I find alot of Bridal Couples these days tend to ask for cash instead of gifts, and when it’s done correctly can make the giving and receiving of gifts a whole lot easier.
Ask for money should be done in a respectful manner, and simply adding a footnote of “cash instead of gifts” will most certainly leave a bad taste in the guests mouth, and won’t create a good impression.
Instead, think of a cute poem telling them you have all you need and a gift of money would be most appreciated. Here are a few examples shamelessly taken from the Brides Diary Message Boards;
“because at first we lived in sin
we have the linen and the bin
while a gift from you would be swell
we’d prefer a donation to our wishing well”
or
“Our house is equipped, we are truly blessed, if you are considering a gift, money would serve this purpose best”
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Hey There, we asked for cash at our wedding too simiply becuase we had been living together for about 4 years, so we had everything we needed.
We had a poem like the one above, but I modified it a bit. Instead of saying donation (which sounds like begging) we a said help us fill our wishing well.
We also had a registry, becuase I know not everyone feels comfortable giving cash and it worked out perfectly, plus we go the really nice gifts that we really wanted :)
I love the idea here! I even tried converting this into Afrikaans, but it just doesn’t sound right ?? LOL
Me and Mr Calla Lilly have been living together for 3years now, and have both lived on our own, so we also have everything….
This is what we did….
Instead of asking for money we made a whole “fun” think out of collecting money.
We bought LOTTO tickets with one line numbers - R2.50 per ticket if I’m not mistaken - for every guest at the wedding. I kept that in a basket. During the reception, I stood on a chair and the MC asked everyne to PIN money on my dress, …. but in return they will get a lotto ticket….. HOWEVER, if they win, they pay for our honeymoon ! hehehe.
Kidding ! We got so much money and at the end it became a betting game. People were fighting to get more tickets….but they had to pin more money on my dress.
We then gave them that nights lotto winning numbers by 10h00. So it also kept the guests there and what a build up to 10h00. We had one couple winning 4 numbers. So that was great !
Make it fun. Theres no harm in trying !
Very different Natashja, I love the idea! I went to a cypriot wedding once where its tradition to pin money on the bride (PLUS give a gift! Damn I wish I was cypriot hehe). Anyways, this was about 12 years ago, and the bride was covered in cash!!! Her father in law pinned R10 000 in cash!
Hello!
My fiance and I are going overseas soon and we really didn’t want any gifts that we would have to get rid of or ship across so we included this little poem in our invites:
If you were thinking of giving a gift to help us on our way, a gift of cash towards our move would really make our day. We hope you don’t find our request to be funny but we really would prefer a gift of money.
None of our guests have complained yet!
Hi there
I am desperately looking for a poem in Afrikaans, that still sounds nice..
PLEASE ?
I have been browsing the web, but NOTHING!
‘n Geldjie in die sak
is beter as ‘n geskenkie op die rak.
Hi, I am getting married in Novemer 2008, I desperately need a nice poem to put on my invitation to ask for money instead of gifts.I’ve been staying on my own for 3 years now and therefor have all the necessary stuff.
Please help!!!!!