On Sat 14 Jun 2008 03:56:14p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> In article
> >,
> Dan Abel > wrote:
>
>> I went to a wedding a few years back, and didn't know what to get. I
>> didn't get anything. At the reception, I was talking to a mutual
>> friend, who said, "Well, they're *registered* at XYZ!. That store knows
>> exactly what they want and what they've already got.".
>
> No sweat. You've got a year after the ceremony to pony up a wedding
> gift. I wish I'd taken that time when my niece married; she was filing
> for divorce about 9 months into the marriage. They'd been shacking up
> for about 3 years before the wedding‹no guarantees for anything anymore.
>

A co-worker "friend" who had been living with the same person for five
years prior to getting married, filed for divorce 1 day short of a year.
Glad I didn't go to the wedding.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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