On Jun 13, 11:28 am, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:14:16 +0000, Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> > ChattyCathy >
> :in rec.food.cooking
>
> >> We got an invitation today from an acquaintance and his wife to a
> >> combined birthday/house warming party they're holding at the end of
> >> the month.
>
> >> The invite says that 'guests are under no obligation to buy any gifts'
> >> - but they've registered at *two* home ware stores and given all the
> >> details about them - just in case.
>
> > Right off I think the invite is tacky. A combined birthday/house warming
> > invitation implies, to me anyway, that if the invitation is accepted by
> > me, a gift should be taken. If they don't like my gift, they are free to
> > return it themselves.
>
> This is true.
>
> >> At first I thought, 'bit of a cheek' but when I thought about it some
> >> more I realized that might not be such a bad idea; I've been to some
> >> weddings where they have an arrangement like this. It saves the couple
> >> getting 10 butter dishes and 15 potato peelers (or whatever).
>
> > I still think it's tacky. It's not a wedding.
>
> This is also true.
>
>
>
> >> That is, until I saw the 'wish list' that they had also tacked on to
> >> the invitation. It includes (among other things): a new HD Television,
> >> a new double door fridge and a home theater system. I thought this
> >> might be a joke, but they have actually stated the name of a store
> >> where one of the items on the wish list can be purchased.
>
> >> Now that's 'Chutzpah', in my book - or is it? We won't be accepting
> >> the invitation, regardless - we barely know these people.
>
> > ROFL... My Gawd... Do they *think* a housearming gift should be of the
> > same type as a wedding gift? "Chutzpah" indeed. Who ARE these people?
>
> Just somebody DH knows from work. We've never socialized with them
> before. Which is what made me think it was a bit of cheek in the first
> place...

Perhaps in their circle, that's considered normal-type gifts for a
combined
event celebration. Don't worry, it's not my circle, either<G>

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