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Is it out of order to just ask people to give money as a wedding present? Was just thinking that we're not going to be having a honeymoon for some time (nothing planned anyway) and there's not much 'house' stuff we need but we could always do with some extra pennies!
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No i dont think so..me and Mark only had a registry office wedding, lowkey and asked for money, we ended up with £900 in cheques and £600 cash..was fantastic! lol
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Hi...
I got married in September and we asked for money, we had a wishing well and I put a poem in the wedding invites, it was a really nice poem which read:
More than just kisses so far we've shared,
Our home has been made with love & care
Most things we need we've already got,
Like a toaster & kettle, pans & pots
A wishing well we thought would be great,
But only if you wish to participate,
A gift of money is placed in the well,
Then make a wish...but do not tell!
We may then be able to book a holiday for two,
And look back and say it was thanks to you!
If u don't like this one there's lots on the internet or you can make your own words up! I bought a beautiful real wood well that was painted white and the guy puts your choice of ribbon/colour on it then sends you a photo to see if you like it, he hire them out for £45 but you can buy it for £60 and you can keep it as a planter thing in your garden! If you go on ebay and put wishing wells in, it will bring them up! Anymore questions feel free to ask, I organised my own wedding in 4 months and we didnt have loads to spend so I've got lots of good tips!!
K x x
Ooh thanks Karan that's a lovely idea!
I'm just started planning our wedding and have 4 months to do it as well so I'm totally all over the place haha :D Doesn't help that OH is in Afghan and I have no idea who he wants to invite so I only have half a guest list!!
I may have to pick your brain if that's ok... ;)
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ooh no problem any help I can be I'm there!! Pick away!
I love weddings :o
i would say the guest list is THEE hardest thing out of everything, thats probably the only thing me and the OH argued about, but then wouldnt you if he's got 100 aunty's n uncle 1000 cousins etc etc!!! LOL!!
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I think that's going to be our problem too, he has a huuuuge family compared to mine (and way too many friends haha) - my total guest list is around 30 and I think his is going to be at least double that... I don't really want more than 70-odd people there as it gets sooo expensive :eek:
Will have to wrestle a list out of him on RnR and hope that it can be cut down dramatically hehehe
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Hi...
I got married in September and we asked for money, we had a wishing well and I put a poem in the wedding invites, it was a really nice poem which read:
More than just kisses so far we've shared,
Our home has been made with love & care
Most things we need we've already got,
Like a toaster & kettle, pans & pots
A wishing well we thought would be great,
But only if you wish to participate,
A gift of money is placed in the well,
Then make a wish...but do not tell!
We may then be able to book a holiday for two,
And look back and say it was thanks to you!
If u don't like this one there's lots on the internet or you can make your own words up! I bought a beautiful real wood well that was painted white and the guy puts your choice of ribbon/colour on it then sends you a photo to see if you like it, he hire them out for £45 but you can buy it for £60 and you can keep it as a planter thing in your garden! If you go on ebay and put wishing wells in, it will bring them up! Anymore questions feel free to ask, I organised my own wedding in 4 months and we didnt have loads to spend so I've got lots of good tips!!
K x x
thats awesome , wow how cool!
I don't think its out of order because the majority of couples now live together and have set up home before they get married.......It would be a waste of people's money if you were to be given 3 toasters as you'd end up either having to give them away or sell on e-bay! we were 32 when we got married, I'd had my own house with everything I needed since I was 20. When we moved in together a couple of a couple of years before we got married we already had 2 of everything - Instead of a poem we did the following insert in our invitations (which we copied from a friend Lol)......
.......... & ..........'s
Wedding Gift
Suggestion
As we have been living together for a number of years & have already set up home, we therefore did not feel a traditional gift list was appropriate.
Your presence at our wedding is gift enough but if you do wish to give us something, then one of the following suggestions would be greatly appreciated:
A contribution towards our honeymoon in US $ to help us do some of the amazing & spectacular things that we have planned, making our honeymoon a truly unforgettable experience.
Or
Debenhams’ gift vouchers to allow us to get something nice for our home or garden to remember our special day by.
Awww I think thats a lovely Idea Karan xx
We asked for money for the wedding, we got £1,000 from each side of the family, we also got a few housey gifts (mainly from my dad). I dont think its out fo order to ask at all, people want to help out too.
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the well idea is lovely karan! think i want something like that for my wedding lol!
People tend to be more accepting of couples asking for money nowadays..
...alot of my friends have done that when they got married. They set up little post boxes by the door for people to post it into...saying stuff like "honeymoon fund" and stuff like that...one friend included a poem in her invitations asking for money (it was quite sweet mind)...just basically saying they had all the pots and pans etc but they needed money to buy a house together and their "gifts" would go towards it.
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