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Steve Pope Steve Pope is offline
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Default Another party invitation...

MareCat wrote:

> *Extremely* tacky to include a gift registry notice in an
> invite--even a wedding or shower invite. It's customary to learn
> about where someone is registered via word-of-mouth. Gifts are
> *always* considered optional, and any mention of them in an
> invite is in poor taste, IMO.


If the invite doesn't say "no gifts expected", that's a clue
that you should look at Amazon, local department stores, etc. for
wish-lists in the host's name.

The "no gifts expected" can avoid confusion if the host is
holding mutliple parties/events in the same time-frame.

Steve