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AIBU?

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To be slightly miffed at no wedding present?

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StandingStillIsHard · 28/07/2019 20:53

Just want to know if aibu or not...

I got married last month, it was a very small occasion, with only 15 guests. My parents gave us a gift bag with some presents in, so I wasn't sure if these were from just my parents, or if my three sisters also chipped in.

I asked one of my sisters if any of the presents were from them, she said no, they were all from my parents. She then said she and the other two were going to buy us something, but they never got round to organising it in the end. She waved it off as if the matter was dismissed and in the past, so it doesn't sound like they're going to bother now.

AIBU to be a little bit miffed by this? They are all in their 20s with jobs so they're not kids. I know when they get married we will need/be expected to give them a nice present. It's not even that I'm a grabby person, it's the thought that counts so I wouldn't have cared even if it was something small but heartfelt, at least it would show some effort was made IYSWIM?

(And to put the cherry on the cake, one of them brought their new boyfriend (who I've met once) to the reception without even asking me if it was okay to do so. The boyfriend arrived and started eating food from our buffet without even congratulating us. I didn't say anything to sister about this to avoid ruining the day but I thought this was a little rude tbh)

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RasberryRoyale · 31/07/2019 07:45

Yanbu

I didn’t get a gift from my sibling at my wedding. My in-laws didn’t get us a gift either or even come but as their gift was going to be a private bus to take them and some other family there and back I don’t think we were bothered!

And no, the venue was 15 miles from their house (if that) they all drive, and are loaded so a taxi wouldn’t have broken their bank.

WhoTellsYourStory · 31/07/2019 07:54

Yikes @Allli! If my sibling addressed me with instructions about having a year to provide a gift and presumed I was saving up to get something suuuper expensive, I’d be a whole lot of Hmm! I don’t get the wedding presents thing tbh. If people were excited, helpful, enthusiastic - genuinely involved in the occasion - then does it really matter if they don’t get you something expensive and shiny as well?

kmammamalto · 31/07/2019 16:18

@laythetablemabel us either! And they're From a culture where wedding cards are very generous so a total head scratcher for me. DHs brothers were both groomsmen, his sister was a bridesmaid and we didn't get so much as a card with best wishes in it!
I'm glad to see by this thread that I'm not alone in finding it unbelievably rude! I just feel sorry for my lovely DH who does loads for them, and they're just crap.

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