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Am i right to find this cringeworthy?

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Ledodgy · 04/04/2006 09:01

Ok today I recieved a wedding invitation to the evening do to a university friend's wedding it had this poem stuffed inside:

"We've been together a few years now;
We have pots and pans and linen and towels;
We have glasses and toasters, really quite a few;
So instead of more gifts, we suggest this to you;
If it doesn't offend and it won't send you running;
What we would really appreciate is quite simply money;
We know choosing gifts can be such a pain;
And this way there is no chance of bringing the same."

Now apart from it being an awful poem with dubious punctuation (won't) I can't help feeling that it's really crass asking people straight out for money. Am I being unreasonable feeling this way?

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NomDePlume · 04/04/2006 09:02

Clumsy request thinly disguised in a cheesy poem. Classy

edam · 04/04/2006 09:04

Wow. That would be cheeky if the poem wasn't so sub-Pam Ayres. Oh dear.

TinyGang · 04/04/2006 09:05

Yuk-eroony. Pass the bucket.

I think we should compose a poem back. Equally cheesy and thinly disguised as 'bog off'!Grin

Pruni · 04/04/2006 09:11

Crass crass crass. There are loads of threads on this but I'm always happy to contribute to one more... Grin

Aside from that, it just doesn't scan, does it?

Kathy1972 · 04/04/2006 09:11
Shock Buy 'em the ugliest vase you can find.
Hausfrau · 04/04/2006 09:12

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Ledodgy · 04/04/2006 09:13

It's good to know i'm not alone feeling this way and I agree Pruni it just doesn't scan.

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Pruni · 04/04/2006 09:13

A Beatrix Potter otter.

In fact, just don't give them anything. I wouldn't. If they've got all that stuff, what do they need your money for? Greedy twats.

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Ledodgy · 04/04/2006 09:13

PMSL Hausfrau!

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WharfRat · 04/04/2006 09:13

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Clayhead · 04/04/2006 09:13

Grin hausfrau!

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Ledodgy · 04/04/2006 09:14

That's exactly what I thought Pruni. I know they don't need the money and if they've got all this stuff why ask for money!

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babyonboard · 04/04/2006 09:15

hmm..
we recently went to a wedding..they were both remarrying and late 40's so had everything . they just requested donations to charity instead of gifts.
similarly my uncle is getting married and a month later moving to n.z so they have asked for cash instead of gifts which they will use to furnish their house when they get there..also reasonble i think.

the poem sucks though..lol

Chloe55 · 04/04/2006 09:15

At the end of the day though, most guests to a wedding would like to give a gift and if the bride and groom already have what they want in the way of household crap then I can't see a problem in requesting cash for those who want to give it. We never gave out a wedding list as firstly, I think half the time people are choosing things to put on the list that they don't really need, too much faff etc etc. People asked our parents what we wanted and they told them that we wanted to buy a new suite so a contribution towards that would have been appreciated. Since we got married 2 years ago 2 out of 3 friends who have since married have also asked for cash and I have been happier giving them money than the linen tablecloth we got our other friends as we never even saw it, it was just purchased over the internet through their wedding list at a very expensive shop!

I think your friend is trying her/his hardest not to offend by making light of the fact they are in effect asking for cash. I wouldn't, however, send the poem to someone I didn't really class as a good friend.

corblimeymadam · 04/04/2006 09:16

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TinyGang · 04/04/2006 09:16

So glad to hear the happy news,
you money grabbing pair.
You say that dosh is all you need
Instead of pans and chairs.
So we've had a little whip-round
And come up with the bunce,
Please find enclosed a £2 coin
Don't spend it all at once!

babyonboard · 04/04/2006 09:17

lol tinygang

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Ledodgy · 04/04/2006 09:17

I don't think i'd mind so much if the poem was better or if they wanted us to put money towards a holiday or something. It's the wording and the way it was just shoved in the invitation on a tiny slip of paper that grates. I also think it's cheeky putting it in evening do only invitation.

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corblimeymadam · 04/04/2006 09:20

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Tortington · 04/04/2006 09:20

buy them a guatemalan goat.

i think pam ayres is muchly under rated BTW

that poem was shite

expatinscotland · 04/04/2006 09:20

Um, YUK.

All the more reason NOT to give them money.

That's so beyond crass.

I'd go w/TinyGang's approach.

milward · 04/04/2006 09:22

Nothing wrong with asking for money - great idea - they've got most objects so saves you having to get them something they don't need.

If you don't want to give money perhaps you could make a charity donation & let them know this.

Caligula · 04/04/2006 09:23

Yep, your instincts are correct.

Entirely cringeworthy.

BearintheBigBlueHouse · 04/04/2006 09:23

your grasping rhyme really got my goat
so I got you one
in Africa
for someone who needs it
more than you
and why have you got
quite a few toasters?
that's just plain weird
and before I RSVP
please let me know
will it be a pay bar
at the evening do?

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