The perfect wedding present: Your perfect honeymoon
Filed under: Honeymoons, Gifts and Registries, Culture Clash, Etiquette, Second Wedding
Here in North America, we have decided that it's tacky to ask for money at your wedding. This is a little ironic since by the standards of some other cultures, the whole North American Big White Wedding Industry is itself an exercise in the very tacky. All this proves is that "tacky" is relative. What would have horrified etiquette mavens of another time is perfectly acceptable today; what seems awful to us is fine to another culture. And you know what? No one's right, no one's wrong. It is what it is.Enter the "Buy our Honeymoon" website. Now, even those among us who actually did ask her guests to contribute to her honeymoon (there's at least on one staff here) found this name a bit, well, tacky. But when we investigated a little further, we were pleasantly surprised.
The couple sets up a web page which introduces their guests to the idea. One of our favorites was this one. Isn't that perfectly gracious? Don't you just love them, sight unseen? When you go to their list, you see a choice of fun activities you can purchase for them: a trip to the zoo, surfing lessons, a massage at a spa, a meal at a fabulous restaurant... You can just see their dream honeymoon, can't you? And if you were friends of theirs, wouldn't you just love to help them get it?
We know some of you will still dismiss the idea as tacky. But some of you, those who've been living together for a while, or for whom this is a second marriage -- those of you who already have a pile of stuff and don't really need any more -- we're thinking this might have a particular appeal to you. And really, this is just another registry. We're certainly familiar with those! If you are interested, here's a link to the US version of the How To page.
We know some of you will still dismiss the idea as tacky. But some of you, those who've been living together for a while, or for whom this is a second marriage -- those of you who already have a pile of stuff and don't really need any more -- we're thinking this might have a particular appeal to you. And really, this is just another registry. We're certainly familiar with those! If you are interested, here's a link to the US version of the How To page.
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