It is a common tradition to give presents to the bride and groom when invited to a wedding. Brides and grooms often give gifts that will help them in their new life as a family. But should we actually be expected to give gifts to couples who weren't invited to the wedding
according to one woman's family, as she was told? , she says she should buy her cousin a wedding gift even though she was left off the guest list for the ceremony itself. He explained that he couldn't attend the wedding because he wasn't close friends with Maddie,, but insisted there was no bad blood between them.
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She said she was polite to her cousin's future wife, but other family members tried to bring them closer and moved the graduation party. I even let Contain Maddie.
In a Reddit postshe said: 44} “Then Ted met Maddie a few years ago and started taking her to family functions. But she's not someone you want to hang out with or be friends with.My cousin (Ted's sister) really liked Maddie.Don't.I'm kind and polite, but she
"Auntie (Ted's mom) really pushed her onto me. I don't know if it's because we're the same age or what. , it was annoying. Whenever we were together she would find some way to unite us. I felt like a little kid forced to play with someone.
"My own college graduation party had Maddie to work and excluded her It was inconvenient, and most of my friends couldn't come, so I had to go around in a hurry. Like I said, I've never been rude to her, but I've never really bonded with her."
He attributed his lack of relationship to being unable to attend the wedding, but said it was unfair that he was left behind after moving the graduation party for her.
Family Despite not being invited to her wedding, other members of her family (including her father) insisted she needed to "be a bigger person" and still bought gifts.
She added: "Ted and Maddie are getting married soon. I knew he was engaged, but I didn't know when the wedding was. Another family member asked what they would get for their wedding gift, and I said, "I don't know." I wasn't invited. It's nothing personal, but I need to prepare a gift for them.
``I asked my father when he received the invitation, but I think it was some time ago.I have to reschedule my party for them. He said it was a graduation party, this was a wedding. Now that you know about it, just be the bigger person and get the gift.
"I don't want to buy them gifts. I probably won't even invite Ted to future events. Everyone else in the family was invited, so why was I left out?" I don't know. Maybe it's a budget issue, not a personal thing, but I don't want to spend money on gifts when I'm not cool enough to invite... I'll send you a birthday present."
Commenters on the post were quick to defend the woman's choice, as many agreed that there was no need to buy gifts when not invited to the wedding.
One person said: "You weren't invited, they didn't get a present. You can send nice congratulations cards to appease the family, but you definitely don't need to spend money on them."
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