{"id":3665,"date":"2010-06-08T22:09:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T03:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2012-09-14T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T22:04:55","slug":"i-expected-a-gift-from-every-guest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/i-expected-a-gift-from-every-guest-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I Expected a Gift from Every Guest…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This may seem like a selfish expectation to those who have not yet planned a wedding. But when your time comes and you put a year into organizing your wedding and an average of $30,000+ for the day, you may be surprised how your expectations will change.<\/p>\n

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I have heard numerous people quote an etiquette belief – when attending a wedding in New York for example that your gift as a guest is expected to be equal to the amount that the host is spending per person at the wedding. \u00a0So if you estimate that the reception price is around $100 per person your gift should reflect the same. \u00a0I would love to hear from others if this etiquette expectation is true and if so where it is practiced.<\/p>\n

I don’t necessarily believe that you have to look solely at cost and numbers when you attend a wedding but I do think that by accepting an invitation, as a thoughtful gesture you should give the couple a gift of celebration. \u00a0It is assumed you have up to one year to give your gift, so if you don’t show up with an elegant box don’t fret. \u00a0I remember I received a gift 8 months after my wedding and it was a fabulous surprise and I was just as grateful 8 months later for the thought.<\/p>\n

What are your thoughts\/experiences on expectations of bringing gifts to a wedding?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This may seem like a selfish expectation to those who have not yet planned a wedding. But when your time comes and you put a year into organizing your wedding and an average of $30,000+ for the day, you may … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-inspiration","category-wedding-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3665"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3674,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions\/3674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}