To think this is grabby and genius? Wedding request related

[sweetmotherog]

I've been sent an invitation to a wedding and they say

"Instead of bits and bobs, give a few bob. A scratchcard (or two) will suffice. But if we're a winner, call us a. You won't see the prize, just fancy new teeth and a pug called Keith"

I think it's brilliant

Will be going with £30 worth of scratch cards.

Good luck to them I say.

God such po-faced joy suckers on this thread.
They must've all got out of the wrong side of bed.
I like the sentiment of what they've written OP
shame their poetry really ain't much cop.

Ta-da

I agree with a pp. Scratch cards are all well and good for those who can limit themselves and afford to loose a few quid. But that's not the reality of them. They really disproportionately affect the less privileged people in our society and I don't agree with making them a jolly fun thing.

I think the same people from the no sex once you have had kids post have arrived on this post now.

What is up with MN these days.

I like receiving scratch cards as well.

shudder. I am glad I don't know people like this. I can't stand bad poetryand don't understand why people buy scratchcards. It give me the impression that the wedding will be in a greyhound race track catered by KFC.

I would give money for any wedding gladly. Wish people could just say clearly in the invitation "we don't need anything, but cash gifts will be gratefully received". So much simpler and less embarassing.

The worst thing about this is how poorly it’s written. Half it rhymes, half of it doesn’t. It’s just a poor attempt all round.

Arghhh god I hope this some kind of reverse. I feel sorry for the poor sod who wrote this, lad's been roasted!

I think they don't want anything but know people will want to get them something so have said to get them a scratchcard for a laugh and a talking point at the wedding. It's genius, and I'm one of those people who don't like any mention of gifts in the invitation.

Well I personally love it 😂 definitely a fun gift idea if they don't want anything else 👍

It's so badly written it hurts my head. The first part works but then the pattern changes too much with the introduction of teeth and the pug!

TERRIBLE!

the senders of this invitation most likely aren't aiming for a classy look

Just as well really ... but then folk will probably gather that because "please" features nowhere in it

Come clean OP this is your effort isn't it?

Really vulgar and tacky.

Execrable.

I suspect the ‘somewhere in the SE’ is Essex.

I love that idea! The poem could do with some editing but I'd much rather spend £10 on 10 scratch cards than £30-£50 on a present when they probably won't remember who's given what. Plus it's always fun when you find something. But clearly that makes me cheap, vulgar and tacky!

To the people assuming the Bride and Groom are tacky, wedding will be shit, food will be chicken and chips would you then decline the invitation to your friend/relatives wedding because of your assumptions?

If yes that says more about you than an Admittedly tacky poem. Not very nice friends either.

I like it. A scratchcard costs as little as a quid, it's saying "don't waste loads of money on us" and (whoever said it up thread) please don't give us any pottery (you think it's nice, but you might have shit taste!)

Don't buy us a toaster a vase or a frame
A scratchcard or two's quite enough
But if your card's a winner, don't call me a sinner
The cash is all ours so tough!

As fun buy them one or two scratch cards and give them the £30.

It's pretty much throwing money away buying £30 worth.

OP are you really just canvassing opinions on whether to put this in YOUR wedding invites?

They don’t want a shedload of photo frames or naff mugs, and they don’t require three new kettles or a pasta maker. It’s their way of saying that politely I think. Most people will give money and one scratch card I suspect. Which is what they want, and not wasteful.

Location very popular amongst the rich does NOT mean it's not tacky OP! Some of the richest people I know are the tackiest. Money can't buy class.

Good idea! I sometimes put a scratch card or lucky dip into a friend's birthday card.

Some people on here really have sticks up their arses they come across like disparaging pearl-clutching neighbours in a 1970s sitcom.

Is the new teeth and a pug called Keith some kind of complex cultural allusion that’s gone right over my head or just the inane mental dribbling of someone writing a really terrible wedding poem?

I’d buy him a book on scansion, personally.

We didn't ask for anything present-wise for our wedding, but a lot of people very generously gave us gift cards or physical presents which were of course gratefully received. A family member of DH gave us a present but also put a scratchcard in our wedding card - I thought it was a fab idea. We scratched it and won £1, I never cashed it in though as I wanted to keep the scratchcard itself in my memory box, which I still have years later!