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We covered the question should a woman wear white at a second wedding. What about having a shower and registering at a store for people to buy gifts as if it were your first marriage? I'm talking about a woman that was married to her first husband for twenty years and is forty years old.....not a young person divorced or left alone because of death,tragedy,etc. Does this seem right?
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i have to agree on this. i would feel embarrassed to ask for shower gifts---again.
as for a wedding gift, i think if the couple presumably already has all the household items they need, then a monetary gift would be appropiate, OR they can register for honeymoon gifts!
the thought behind household gifts for a new couple is they are just setting up a household
someone in the world and in their own household for decades, already has a household set up
people can bring gifts voluntarily, certainly, as in the celebration of any happy occasion
but telling people to contribute gifts specific to a "registry" seems to me greedy and bossy and demanding, which I do not respond well to
a gift is something freely given, not something ordered and demanded by the person receiving it
Hey, good luck on the second marriage. But the purpose of a wedding shower is to help the new couple set up housekeeping. By the time you're on your second marriage, you've already accumulated all that stuff. So this is nothing more than a grab for swag, and awfully distasteful.
Hey, good luck on the second marriage. But the purpose of a wedding shower is to help the new couple set up housekeeping. By the time you're on your second marriage, you've already accumulated all that stuff. So this is nothing more than a grab for swag, and awfully distasteful.
I totally agree. It's not me,it's someone else in my family,but thanks for the good luck wishes anyway. I'm sure she'll need it.
Getting together to celebrate is one thing. Asking for gifts another. I think it would be far more classy to say in invitations right up front, no gifts please.
If people who know them really well want to give them something particularly meaningful privately thats beautiful.
Or they could mention donations to a favorite charity or something.
What if it's the bride's first marriage and the groom's second (or third)? Even if the bride is older, doesn't she deserve the same wedding traditions as a younger bride? Lets face it, the groom probably gave up most of his possessions in previous divorces.
If it were me, I'd not have the hoopla over a 2nd wedding. I'd feel a bit silly. Been there done that, yanno??
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