invite inserts asking for cash?? Is this for real? ...apparently so...

loro929 · February 2014

So, it's Sunday morning, I am *still* on the hunt for a customizable STD magnets, as the samples I ordered left a lot to be desired.

With this being said, I am here with my morning coffee, still in pajamas, delving deeper and deeper into the online world that is wedding printer websites... As most of you know, on these websites, you can pick a category of items... such as "STD magnets, STD postcards, Invites, Colors... etc."

However, this particular website had a GEM of a category: "Wedding Poem cards to ask for Cash / Vouchers". Yes, I kid you not. So, of course, my curiosity got the best of me and I pranced over to click on this category and see what was kind of outrageous was inside, and lo and behold, there are "cutesy invite inserts" asking for money in a poem.

Don't believe me, take a look for yourself...

(http://www.wedding-magnets.co.uk/wedding-poem-cards-to-ask-for-cash-vouchers/pack-of-16-save-the-date-wedding-magnets-keep-calm-fun-design-code-kc001.html)

Is this actually a thing? *quietly sips coffee in disbelief*

ETA: because hyperlink did not appear.

happywiggle · February 2014

Huh? Sometimes, I wonder if wedding etiquette could get much lower.

I'm sitting there with you on drinking the coffee in disbelief.

Artemischief · February 2014

Damn.

Lowell14 · February 2014

It is a thing

One friend put a poem in her invite, another friend put 'monetary gifts only' ON her invite.

cookie0803 · February 2014

leahjwatts said:
It is a thing One friend put a poem in her invite, another friend put 'monetary gifts only' ON her invite.

I would be soo tempted to get them a monogrammed rooster, or something equally useless.

AddieCake · February 2014

Yuck. Where did you order samples from that you didn't like?

loro929 · February 2014

I ordered them from printerstudio.com . The magnets themselves were OK, I just did not like how the colors printed (seemed dull/grainy). We used a digital design that we had purchased from etsy.

grumbledore · February 2014

Dafuq. I just emailed them under the Contact Me section and told them that was gross. Couldn't help myself.

lyndausvi · February 2014

I wouldn't give anything if I got a "monterey gifts only" invite. I'm one who gives money at weddings (pretty generous amounts if I say so myself). However, I don't take kindly to being TOLD what I'm to give as a gift.

loro929 · February 2014

@grumbledore Bravo!

Re-reading the poem, still in disbelief, I think the part of the poem that says "We hope you don't find this request to be funny"... says it all.

If you have to apologize, it should hint there is a problem with the logic...

AddieCake · February 2014

You should try Vistaprint. We loved ours, and we uploaded our own design.

Liatris2010 · February 2014

loro929 said:

@grumbledore Bravo!

Re-reading the poem, still in disbelief, I think the part of the poem that says "We hope you don't find this request to be funny"... says it all.

If you have to apologize, it should hint there is a problem with the logic...

Please tell me they rhymed funny with money.

loro929 · February 2014

@Liatris2010

obviously, the stanza finishes up with:

..."but we would really appreciate a gift of money"

at least with a mention of appreciation...?

MGP · February 2014

Liatris2010 said:

loro929 said:

@grumbledore Bravo!

Re-reading the poem, still in disbelief, I think the part of the poem that says "We hope you don't find this request to be funny"... says it all.

If you have to apologize, it should hint there is a problem with the logic...

Please tell me they rhymed funny with money.

loro929 said:

@Liatris2010

obviously, the stanza finishes up with:

..."but we would really appreciate a gift of money"

at least with a mention of appreciation...?

When someone says "_______, but _______"' whatever is said before the "but" essentially doesn't count. So what they really mean is "we would appreciate money". The whole thing is just gross.

Sars06 · February 2014

Stop it. If you hadn't included the link, I wouldn't believe this was real.

Do people really think their guests are so stupid that they don't get that cash is always an acceptable gift? If you need to disguise your message in a cutesy poem, that's a good sign that what you are saying is rude, rude, RUDE.

Yeesh.

sarahufl · February 2014

hahahah, these are terrible!

METAL CHICKEN.

NavyBlue143 · February 2014

Ewwwwwww!

Also, try vistaprint. We loved our std magnets. Plus, groupon and living social have vistaprint deals all the time, so extra savings! Plus the ones we got were under an ounce, so they could be sent with regular postage. Score!

Liatris2010 · February 2014

Anyone who asks for cash should get a Beyonce.

http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

grumbledore · February 2014

Beyonce might be too cool a gift for someone so classless.

Cookie Pusher · February 2014

I can't believe what I just saw. People have no shame anymore. They're getting matching flannel pajamas from Walmart for a gift!

JCbride2015 · February 2014

This is ridiculous. And now we're going to have brides (or grooms, gender neutrality ftw) coming on here saying-- but if I can buy it on a wedding website, it must be okay!

MrsMarende · February 2014

What the F!

And I thought a HM registry was tacky! If I got this I would decline. With so much advice out there that Honey funds are acceptable I can somewhat see how a bride can be steered the wrong way, but seriously this is another level, how could you possibly?

SmileDamnit · February 2014

Oh yes, and it can be even worse than veiled requests with cutesy (read: make you want to barf) poems. We got a wedding invite last month that had an insert specifically requesting we buy gift cards to their VENUE to help them pay for their wedding!!! Beyond awful.

BlueBirdMB · February 2014

I believe it. Oh boy. H's entire family always puts "Please no boxed gifts" on their invites. My MIL was upset that we didn't include this on ours. Over my dead body!

Teddy917 · February 2014

BlueBirdMB said:
I believe it. Oh boy. H's entire family always puts "Please no boxed gifts" on their invites. My MIL was upset that we didn't include this on ours. Over my dead body!

I would bring a gift but throw it in a bag. See not a boxed gift. Or give like a lame movie that doesn't come in a box or something.

That poem wasn't even good. I could've made a better one when I was three.

antoto · February 2014

Same, Just take the present out of the box, put it in a gift bag and BAM no boxed gifts.

RebeccaB88 · February 2014

Some people will try to make money off anything...

APDSS22 · February 2014

grumbledore said:

Beyonce might be too cool a gift for someone so classless.

What about Kanye the metal chicken who has it's foot stuck in its mouth? (Unwieldy and dangerous as well as odd looking.)

sweetwisconsin · February 2014

"Asking for honeymoon money or vouchers or chq's rather than having a traditional wedding gift list is widely accepted now and saves your guests wondering what to buy. "

Wtf? I read this to the side and it annoys me that they are telling their customers this. It reminds me of the stores you registered at giving you those little inserts to put in your wedding invites. Gag!

Also, not sure if it is because it is a UK site and it is common to abbreviate "checks", but this made me crabby as well. If you are a professional website, spell out your words!

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