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Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...

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Girl 1: So, we're at the rehearsal dinner and they say it's time for the gifts.  They handed out the gifts to us, the attendants...

Girl 2: What did they give you?

Girl 1: (disdainfully) a gift card to Macy's...

Girl 2: Oh, well that's not bad.

Girl 1: Yeah.  So then - now the Bride's parents are divorced and both remarried and the Groom's parents are, too - so there's like, four sets of parents.  They gave a bag to each of the moms...the natural moms, the ones that gave birth to them and that's it.

Girl 2:  ::indignant hubbub::

Girl 1: I know, right?!  Then (Bride's) dad said "You didn't get me a gift?  I gave you $2000 and you didn't get me anything?"

Girl 2: Wow....

Girl 1: (Bride) said "Um, no we didn't"  The moms opened their gift and it was a picture frame, for them to put a picture of (Bride and Groom) in. That was the gift.  (Bride's) dad said again, "I can't believe I gave you $2000 and you didn't get me anything!"  (Groom) said "If you want a picture frame so f*cking badly, I'll go home and get you one of ours"

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  • achiduckachiduck member
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    Oh my.
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  • Blueyed228Blueyed228 member
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    Thats kind of rude to exclude people from a gift so blatently.
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  • kd.josephkd.joseph
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    Well isnt that special. Nice bride and groom.
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  • LoopysevenLoopyseven member
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    That's why we handed out our wedding party gifts privately instead of making a public show out of it.
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  • Meegles4Meegles4 member
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    ::giggles::

    Rude all around. Dad was kinda rude too for constantly bringing up how much $$ he gave them.
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  • jennylee813jennylee813 member
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    Nice. What happened to people being appreciative of others, whether its getting a thank you gift or of having the couth to not bring up how much money they're giving?

    Courtesy is a lost art.
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  • kd.josephkd.joseph
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_conversation-overheard-in-a-restaurant-yesterday?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:63c510d8-f629-4bcf-9613-968db8711951Post:30f16633-01a1-4a17-8024-c6452e3ac9f3">Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...</a>:
    [QUOTE]Nice. What happened to people being appreciative of others, whether its getting a thank you gift or of having the <strong>couth</strong> to not bring up how much money they're giving? Courtesy is a lost art.
    Posted by jennylee813[/QUOTE]

    I havent heard this word in forever, my brothers used to use it all the time. Sometimes not even in the right context, just to use it.
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  • jennylee813jennylee813 member
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    I'm all about obscure words. dd's fave word is "meloncholy" - guess where she heard it? Laughing
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  • kd.josephkd.joseph
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_conversation-overheard-in-a-restaurant-yesterday?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:17Discussion:63c510d8-f629-4bcf-9613-968db8711951Post:1234c1a1-e51f-4196-ba6c-10edd472cdfd">Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...</a>:
    [QUOTE]I'm all about obscure words. dd's fave word is "meloncholy" - guess where she heard it?
    Posted by jennylee813[/QUOTE]

    My father used to use this. He would say "I once had a woman, I called her meloncholy, because she had a head like a melon and a face like a collie"!

    He was full of them!
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_snarky-brides_conversation-overheard-in-a-restaurant-yesterday?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:17Discussion:63c510d8-f629-4bcf-9613-968db8711951Post:e91776f8-f504-4ecb-974b-75ff9d7b0204">Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday...</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Conversation overheard in a restaurant yesterday... : My father used to use this. He would say "I once had a woman, I called her meloncholy, because she had a head like a melon and a face like a collie"! He was full of them!
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    Rotfl. That's quite a picture!
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  • mrsbiss2bemrsbiss2be
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    They sound like a really classy bunch. Geez.

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  • Kristin789Kristin789 member
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    That's the reason that gifts really aren't supposed to be given out at the RD.
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  • Wife KittyWife Kitty member
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    See, this is why I read through these posts, ladies. It's because I want to make sure that I do NOT screw up as a bride. It's also because I'm really nosy and a thread with the title "Conversation Overheard" is too good to resist. And finally, it makes me happy to hear that fellow posters are appreciative of long-lost words such as "melancholy" and "courtesy."

    So I'm making a list of notes to self, and now, thanks to this post, I've added the following to my list:

    1. Probably best not to give the bridal party gifts at the rehearsal dinner.
    2. Do not, under any circumstances, skip giving a gift to any attendant, parent or sibling.
    3. Gifts that are limited to only a single item - especially a small item like a store card or picture frame - are not acceptable.

    In regard to #1, though... when should the gifts be given? Bachelor and bachelorette parties? A separate party that you plan to thank your attendants? How about the parents' gifts? And do the grandparents receive gifts as well?
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