Aren't we all?

When I arrived at the church, my soon to be father in law hugged me. His cigarette set my beautiful finger length double veil on fire. My soon to be mother in law gracefully and completely without a fuss, put out the fire, removed the charred edges, hid the damage, hugged me tight, and sent me into the church. 26…

Greek weddings are literal SHOWERS of money. They dance for like half an hour and people throw singles at them. So much fun sweeping up money while people are dancing so they don't slip, holy hell.

CASH ALL DAY, ERR'YDAY for the NYC Greeks, too.

that's what bridal purses were invented for!

This - I got registry gifts for my shower, but actual wedding gifts were exclusively cash and checks. Who wants to lug dishes or towels to and from a wedding reception?

I'm not Italian, but oh is this so true for my family! My mom is still pissed that she gave my cousin $500 for his hs graduation, but that kid's father (my uncle) only gave me $250. This was 10 years ago.

That is exactly why people don't like giving cash. In my family, the standard dollar amount for a gift at a wedding is about 25 bucks—we're an immigrant family that throws huge yet casual affairs for weddings and quinceneras. People give a small amount of cash or pick out a gift at Target. Now that I have attended…

For my wedding I got a ton of cash and almost no gifts. I think we got 3 gifts total and everyone else gave money. I definitely think it is a cultural thing. For the shower I only recieved gifts but that's kind of the point of a shower. I didn't even want to register at all but my MIL who threw the shower insisted I…

Same goes for marrying into a Chinese American family...cash!! Our wedding was paid for and we had a little extra for the honeymoon. Woo hoo!

Fuck Aunt Gina, man.... she is ALWAYS pulling that cheapskate shit!

Haha, for real! I think the whole "tackiness" thing is coming from a very specific American WASP sect. There are plenty of cultures where the expectation is completely different.

Five bucks says you'll be getting an invite to a baby shower long before you get any invites to Miss Bible Thumper's wedding.

Thank you for sharing... especially the comment about leaving ourselves "unlocked" - and your own story. I'm sorry that happened to you. I had a similar experience.

I hate when people say stuff like "taking sides" when only one person is acting horribly!

Ahh hell, love this! Still laughing..

Weirdest present this year came from my boyfriend: A Hickory Farms gift set. I thought it was a joke gift, a reference to the time I chased him around a grocery store waving a summer sausage and screaming "TAKE MY KEILBASA," but it turns out that on one of our first dates, he asked what I wanted for dinner, and I…

My husband bought me and our two cats matching footie Pajamas. It was a pretty hilarious christmas morning

My corgi herds children.

I wish you luck, but we antipodeans are no thanksgiving rubes. We're working with 10 Friends thanksgiving episodes, we come prepared.