Show Me The Money
May 6, 2010
Is it acceptable for the bride and groom to ask for hard earned cash from their guests? In this day in age of recessions, bail-outs and rescues, you’d probably be excused for thinking that it’ll be ok for the married couple to ask for money rather then the usual toaster from you.
This is the interesting question posed by the Wedding Magazine yesterday. According to there research, it said 45% of married couples asked their guests to give money. That’s a pretty big pot!
The British are particularly polite to ask for cash but other international peoples are less embarrassed. The chinese are well accustomed to handing out money at weddings with red lucky packets given to parents of the wedded couple. As cultural traditions go in Cyprus, dollars are stuck on the bride and groom dresses. Whilst in the Philippines and places like Cuba, money can be stuck into shoes as the married couple dance the night away.
With weddings getting more and more expense, it could be more of a common occurrence at weddings that money will be handed out in these difficult times.
Cotswolds wedding photography by Hannah Jane
