I'm up for a chuckle or two. Please supply your wedding poems asking for money.

[MARGOsBeenPlayingWithMyNooNoo]

'cos I searched the archive and I can't find the thread.

Right, I'll start with one I've made up (It won't be very good)

Ahem.

Tony and I are setting the date,
It's been such a long old wait.
For him to ask "will you be my wife"
It will be the happiest day of my life.

'cos you'll turn up with bags of cash
Which we'll spend on cheap old trash
We won't bother writing to you
As that's just not what we do.

Anyway, I'm sure you can do much better than me.

I do agree that they all sound naff and rude to be asking for it with the invite. When my husband and I got married we had our house furniture and things and we were really struggling financially. He had just been made redundant I had just had the happy accidnet of DD1 and we still truly meant it when we asked for no pressies....'your presence is our present'. Despite this and genuinely meaning it we were still inundated with cash from our friends and family to the tune of £4000 so we got a new bathroom...My point being you don't need to be crass and ask, most people will want to donate anyway...

Was at my parents this afternoon and they had just recieved one of these. Snaffled poem so you could share

We are sending out this invitation
In hope you will join in our celebration,
But if a gift is your intention,
We will take this opportunity to mention
We already have a kettle & toaster,
Crockery, dinnermats and matching coasters
So rather than something we have already got
We would appreciate money for our honeymoon pot
But most importantly we request
That you come to our wedding as our guests

Thanks biscuits!

Am slightly scared of posting this, as it is the poem put in our wedding invitation:

Dear Friends and Guests, you know me well ?
You know my house is packed
With stuff and things that take up space;
It?s driving (DH)cracked!

Please, if you want to give something,
We?d rather have the loot
To help us with our travel plans
A cheque or cash would suit!

It might sound grasping BUT it was designed to avoid people bringing us presents - because often, even if you specifically request "no presents", people will give you something.

And I would just add that I kept a record of the amount given by each person so that they all got a Thank You card with the personal detail of thanking them for the amount they gave - rather than a generic "thanks for the money".

And no one said they were offended, they all seemed to think it was fine.

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Oooh Thumbwitch you are brave posting your here.

(well done for writing Thank You cards)

Thank you MARGOetc.
I spose I could also have mentioned in the post that our 'travel plans' were more about emigrating to Australia in the near future rather than going on some flash honeymoon (5ds in Belgium/France not really flash) and all our F&F knew about our plans.

Feel honoured for the invite to our evening do
It means you've passed the credit score
and are worth a bob or two.

Inspired by sobernow!

As you all know we've been living in sin
Collecting most things from a bed to a bin
So rather than racking your brains for a present
A gift of some money we'd find the most pleasant.

That's a real one, and no, I'm not going!

Namechanged for this, you never know who's reading this. Am 3lb usually for the record!

Few years ago, family of dh sent "poem" which I mainly have blanked from my mind, but do remember them rhyming "don't be at a loss" with "vouchers from Argos"! I used it at work to torture my mate the english literature teacher, who was most affronted.

Now the reason for namechanging- a friend's forthcoming wedding. I feel the need to share in full their work:

We want you to come to our wedding
You may want a new suit or dress
But don't worry about choosing a present
We don't want to cause any stress!

We won't be sending a present list
We think it's a bit of a bore
We have all we need for the house now
And just couldn't fit in any more!

We can't wait to see you in [month]
We just hope its going to be sunny
And if you would like to send a gift
Please could we ask for some money!

So any gifts of cash would be smashing
We hope you know what we mean
We don't mean vouchers or tokens
Just 'Pictures of the Queen'!

So please don't think we are cheeky
You don't have to give anything at all
We just want you to come to our wedding
Love from us two, [bride] and Paul xx

FFS!

Do I win?!

All grammatical errors are theirs, btw, let's not go there.

They're getting a photo frame, btw [evil]

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Actually, I'd get them a toaster Weddingguest - all they blardy deserve with that.

I did once give money to a couple - they didn't put anything in the invites about it, but they were totally broke (v low cost wedding) and were desperatly saving for a deposit to buy a flat (at the time house prices were very low where we lived, and rents were high - they lived together in one room of a shared house). All money went into a special account just for that.

I wouldn't mind so much giving money specifically for a new bathroom or kitchen if the couple were short of cash, but do object to paying for 'the holiday of a lifetime'.

Sobernow- I'm going to save that poem !