there is a newspaper article today about wedding financing, the singaporean chinese way. briefly, there is a going rate for the cash gift you bring to the dinner reception, and woe betide the couple who do not receive sufficient lucre to cover the cost of their reception. also, woe betide the hapless guest who gives a gift instead of cash.
having a going rate for giftings is offensive. it's almost a contract for payment. a donation. not a wedding gift.
what society considers wedding extravaganzas to be de rigeur? what parents insist on palatial banquets? what breed of young men and women commit to expenditures they need to be bailed out of? what kind of misguided idiots actually string profit and wedding together in a sentence?
good grief.
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