wedding

[mnko]

Me and my Fiancee are getting married in september and we are asking guests for money rather than the normal gifts as we already live together and have everything. how would you word "asking for money on the invitation? many thx

[Octavius]

Some people frown on this and others prefer so you can never win. I would say�

We do not have a wedding list, however we are saving up to (blank) and would welcome gifts to help us achieve this.

Or something like that.

If you make guests feel like they are contributing to something that you both want they shouldn�t be offended, and if they are you will just get a toaster. At our wedding, we said that if they wished to bring a gift then we would prefer vouchers. In the end we actually ended up with a lot of cash. Which was nice.

[Octavius]

Just to add, we put this on a slip of paper in the invite - not write on the invitation itself.

[undercovers]

def think you should put it on a letter / note with the invite... most people seem to say they are saving for their honey moon and would appreciate a contribution to a special account they have opened

[butterfly23]

You could just put 'No boxed gifts please', which would imply it needs to be either cash or vouchers.

[Craig007]

Take the Bob Geldolf approach and just put GIVE US UR MONEY NOW!!!!

[laurence2]

Quote Bob geldofs speech from Band aid all tho years ago '' Give us your f*****g money''

On a lighter note, word of mouth tends to do the trick, saying that, either way you decide you will still get some people get presents so expect both.

Ps, All the best in september

[undercovers]

yuk i wish i hadn't thats just wrong and horrid - feel a bit sick now... i really hate chris martin.

old girl dancing is ok though

[undercovers]

ooops that previous answer was for the she's 84 you know question - not this one... sorry - try and ignore me

[yr990099]

you should write this in your invitation card:

please bring your gifts with their recietes so i can return them and get the money back.

[rugeleyboy]

mnko, i got married 4 years ago last week (30-03-2002) and we asked for no presents, but if you wanted to leave money it would be welcome!

no one was offended and we made a fortune!!