Do you send a wedding gift if not attending a wedding? (I always have, under traditional Emily Post principles.)

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I would - even if it’s something small

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I always do

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Now the big question… how do you feel when someone close who was invited but doesn’t attend doesn’t send a gift? Does it impact your relationship with them? Even if you don’t want it to? I am feeling a bit hurt.

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It would definitely impact my relationship with them.

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I do, maybe a small amount but my view is that they felt close enough to me to include me in their wedding day and even though I couldn’t be there, I want to say thank you/congratulations

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Yeah definitely

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Yep!

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Always!!! It means a lot that someone invited me. I always do registry gifts for weddings we decline the invitation to. Something in the $50 range at the minimum.

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If I’m not attending because of scheduling or travel, I’ll send a gift, but like a $70-100 gift, half what I’d spend for attending.

If I’m not attending because the invite feels like a money grab, I’ll send a very nice card.

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Same. In my small town, most folks get married at the local banquet hall that holds 300+ people. Very low frills. They’ll invite anyone and everyone. I just got an invite for a neighbor’s daughter’s wedding. I haven’t seen or spoken to them in 15 years, and even when I lived there we were just acquaintances.

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YES.

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I don’t, unless it’s someone I’m pretty close to and I don’t expect anyone who RSVPs no to my wedding to get me a gift.

Yes, definitely.

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