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Double Wedding Party Gifts?

Michelle, on March 21, 2023 at 11:01 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 1

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We are getting married soon and plan to give gifts to our parents/out of town wedding party at our rehearsal dinner. We gave most of the gifts to our wedding party when we asked them to be a part of our special day. I have anyone feeling left out or having it be awkward when we give gifts to those who didn’t live near us and the wedding party like MOH for example doesn’t receive a gift. Would it be better if we give something a little bit smaller to them so they don’t feel left out or call it good with just giving the out of town guests their presents?

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Latest activity by CM, on March 22, 2023 at 12:43 AM

CM · on March 22, 2023 at 12:43 AM
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I would not give gifts or bigger gifts to some people in front of others at all. Personally, I'm not a fan of the trend of giving gifts when you ask people. To me, that puts undue pressure on people to accept and should not be necessary.
If you really wanted to give something regardless, say after they all accepted, I would have suggested mailing them to the out of towners in real time. However, I don't think those kind of gifts, which tend to be modest and token, if anything at all, are meant to take the place of an actual thank you gift for what they've done. That usually comes afterwards. I'd probably give everyone comparable thank you gifts now, which could be while everyone is together and then give the welcome gifts that were never given earlier, privately.
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