Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who gives the fool a gift?

[missdiane]

Maybe this is why I don't get invited to wedding showers nowadays.

Coworker Elaine feels the need to tell me her tale of supposedly amusing woe about some family member and how rude she thinks it is that the person put rules on the shower gifts. Evidently:

• You must wrap the gift in clear paper so the bride doesn't have to unwrap it
• You must put the receipt on the bottom
• You must fill out the address and put a stamp on a thank you card. 

Oh, and the wedding isn't until October and it's a destination wedding in some obscure, hard to get to location. Sounds like Elaine is going to actually feel obligated to follow the rules and take her brood of children to the wedding which is going to cost a mint. 

Then she groused because this person had a registry for the engagement party which was two years ago. At this point I was mentally done with listening to this asinine story and we had this exchange:

Me: Don't tell me that you actually bought these selfish moneygrabbers an engagement gift?
Her: Well yeah.
Me: You're an idiot. 

She laughed but nah, I'm serious. You're a complete moron, Elaine and your relative is an ass. Stop buying into her nonsense. 

Comments

[sassybrat]

That's insane pants. Yuck

[spikesgirl58]

Yeah, Elaine's an idiot and her relative is a money grabbing little Bridezilla.

[threecee]

I'm with you. The demands for the wedding gifts will no doubt be even more unreasonable.

When I was still working, someone had one of those "gender reveal" parties and the invitation had directions for the gift registry. First, I don't care if you are having a boy, a girl, or a bowling ball. Second,you already had two baby showers (so many co-workers had excuses for not attending the one her mother gave that she reserved a meeting room and gave herself a baby shower there during work hours - just drop off the present, have a Dunkin' Donut, get back to work.) Somehow, I was forced to miss all three events.

[missdiane]

Shucks! I know you were totally looking forward to attending all three!

I also have disdain for people that have baby showers for any babies after the first one. Bugger off with your moneygrabbing, baby factory.

[amethyst-witch.livejournal.com]

Yeaahh people do stuff like that because people like her enable that crap.

-_-

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. The more people let her get away with obnoxious shit like this, the more she’ll feel entitled to do it. Sometimes it’s necessary to call bullshit on these people

[amethyst-witch.livejournal.com]

THANK YOUUU. Like, it's pretty simple math. If my first reaction to an invite is shock and offence, I don't go to the thing. It's not that complicated...

[spiffikins]

I would nope out of that on the very first "rule" - seriously? The wedding industry is out of control and encourages entitled people to feel even MORE entitled.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Yep. I mean what a blatant, selfish money grab.

[grey853.livejournal.com]

Seriously? She expects you to address and stamp your own thank you card? What a fucking joke.

I'd say forget all that.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

If it were my obligation, she’d get $10 in a lame card and I wouldn’t bother going to the shower.

[veganhothead.livejournal.com]

Elaine is a pain!

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

She’s all about the unnecessary drama. But if she’s dumb enough to bring this crap up again, I’ll continue not to mince words in telling her how stupid she is for giving into it

[10-96.livejournal.com]

The bride would be lucky if I showed up wearing deodorant let alone expected to follow some ridiculous directions regarding clear wrapping paper, I feel like if I am going to buy an expensive gift for friends who are getting married that I should be permitted to wrap it in newspaper and duct tape if I felt so inclined...