This is a very strange etiquette post and finance post in one. So how do you save on a wedding gift? Don’t give one! Are you obligated to give a gift to the couple? What happens if you don’t?
Our roommate went to a wedding memorial day and didn’t give the couple a gift. And yes [...]
How to save on a wedding gift…
July 29th, 2008 · 9 Comments · gifts, marriage
Tags: Etiquette·Gift Giving·Wedding
Matter of Perspective
July 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Goals, Personal Finance, marriage
I realized as I had dinner with a few couples the other night it’s all a matter of perspective. What do I mean? Well one couple had just gotten married over Memorial Day weekend. It was a lovely wedding. But from their perspective it was a small wedding of 175 guests.
My jaw started hanging, when [...]
Tags: Down Payment·Home Ownership·marriage·Wedding
Etiquette Question
June 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Morals
A woman asked the question, if she and her husband had agreed to be in a friend’s wedding party, how late is too late to back out?
We’re supposed to attend an out of state wedding for friends in a few months. These are very very close friends of my DH and I’ve known them for [...]


