newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:33 pm

Kammekor wrote:Yes. Indeed. The last wedding I attended was one of those over the top ones in a restaurant with about a hundred tables, so about a thousand attending. People I shared a table with managed to take two half cases of Ganzberg with them in a bag.
At smaller weddings I have never experienced this though. They also tend to record the visitors and their donation in a book at those weddings instead of setting up a heart shaped box for anonymous donations

Not to worry, cheap Charlie’s family has made sure to invite Missus to every wedding they’ve had ever since.

Everyone knows she’s out of the village, and thus will always pay her share.

Just like everyone in the village knows missus is a big softie in her heart and if they look pitiful in front of her long enough, she’ll give in and help.

Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:54 pm

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:23 pm

Apparently once you receive an invitation you basically can't refuse to either attend or send a donation in lieu of attendance.

^this
You can drop the word 'apparently'. You either show up and pay, or pay in lieu.

Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:57 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:54 pm

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:23 pm

Apparently once you receive an invitation you basically can't refuse to either attend or send a donation in lieu of attendance.

^this
You can drop the word 'apparently'. You either show up and pay, or pay in lieu.

I got invited to an engagement party (out in the sticks) by a girl I knew. Her fiance was a westerner that I knew by sight only. Apparently, these affairs are also big dress-up occasions. I was actually very surprised to receive it and I didn't really know how to react.

Having already experienced a wedding, I decided that honesty was the best policy, and I said I didn't really want to go - thanks, but no thanks. She never spoke to me again.

Now I know why...

Doc67 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:57 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:54 pm

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 2:23 pm

Apparently once you receive an invitation you basically can't refuse to either attend or send a donation in lieu of attendance.

^this
You can drop the word 'apparently'. You either show up and pay, or pay in lieu.

I got invited to an engagement party (out in the sticks) by a girl I knew. Her fiance was a westerner that I knew by sight only. Apparently, these affairs are also big dress-up occasions. I was actually very surprised to receive it and I didn't really know how to react.

Having already experienced a wedding, I decided that honesty was the best policy, and I said I didn't really want to go - thanks, but no thanks. She never spoke to me again.

Now I know why...