So friends of ours are getting married next month, we will be attending and have already ordered a nice and not exactly cheap gift for them. No complaints there, I think they are a really nice, thoughtful, and fun couple, we are glad to be invited and happy to get them something nice. So this next part has blown my mind... They just bought a house and are having a housewarming party next week. When they told us about it they said it was a "housewarming/stock the bar" party, implying that if we were to bring a gift, bring something for their bar because they don't really need much. All fine there. However, we got a facebook invite that was so ridiculously over the top. In the event description it asks that everyone gift booze for their bar/THE WEDDING. I have no problem bringing a housewarming gift, but I find it rude that they are using the housewarming as an excuse to just have all their guests supply the booze for the wedding. Not to mention that on the housewarming invite there is also a list of about 60 different liquors/spirits that they are requesting and they are all mid to top shelf bottles. Nothing on this list is under $35. We are to rsvp to a friend of theirs with which we are bringing to "ensure they don't get too many bottles of Fernet, and none of the other things they need". Again treating high end liquor as a necessity..wtf do they think they are? On top of that, this little shindig is also a potluck and byob affair. So, we are expected to supply a dish, our own beverages for their party, plus the expensive booze for their wedding. FI and I are astounded. I think we should just skip their housewarming party, but he thinks we should go and just bring whatever we want to drink plus our own choice of liquor for them based on what we can afford.
Am I wrong to find this incredibly rude? I don't think so...but it is so unexpected coming from this couple. They really must not have a clue. Ugh..end rant.