Serene Vannoy > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> Serene Vannoy > wrote:

>>> Steve Pope wrote:

>>>> Sure, the correct etiquette is to force persons accepting
>>>> the invitation to make phone calls, ask around, check
>>>> gift registries etc. because it is their job as invitee
>>>> to conduct a detective operation to find out if gifts are
>>>> expected.

>>> That's just silly. Gifts are NEVER mandatory. Never. Otherwise, they're
>>> not gifts.

>> That's why I said "expected" rather than "mandatory"....

>Then you're not being "forced" to do anything, right?

True. My statement was conditional. *If* the attendee
wants to give a gift when gifts are expected, *then* the
atendee is forced to research whether gifts are expected.

Hope this helps.

Steve