Asking for money for a specific thing...<<ducks>>

[ApplesAndCheese]

Am slightly bracing myself for the responses to this

DP and I have been together for several years, and are not spring chickens. Therefore we don't need or want anything that would traditionally appear on a wedding list and it would feel very odd and grabby having one.

However, we are both really into art, and we are getting married in a gallery where all the paintings on the walls on the day will be for sale. We thought it would be really lovely to buy an artwork from the day as a unique memento.

Is it, therefore, tacky to ask for a contribution to the 'picture fund'? I know asking for money for things like the honeymoon gets very mixed reactions but I wondered how people would feel about this specific request?

No twee poems or wishing wells will be involved, promise!

I thought you were going to ask for ducks for your wedding present....

🦆 Same. I'm kinda disappointed tbh. Bye 👋

My friend used a site which let you gift them a “present” for their wedding, which said you picked a dolphin experience for their honeymoon but in reality they actually spent it on whatever they wanted. I’d have preferred them to just say they wanted cash or a gift, as I think experiences are better than cold cash so would have got them tickets for something (that they liked) but it’s their choice.

That said art would be a memory of the day so I’d be happy to give money to a wedding fund for it - just a few words saying that’s what you were thinking.