In terms of the wedding gift thing: you know you can put a twenty in the envelope instead of 50. Not unreasonable.

In terms of the wedding gift thing: you know you can put a twenty in the envelope instead of 50. Not unreasonable.

Hey, if you want to show it's a gift you put some thought into, nip off to your local bank and get, like, a 1,000 lire note or something like that. If their honeymoon is taking them outside the 50 states, there's your choice of currency.

Taking home the big trophies.

Emmett's team won their second tournament in a row.

I've already given the "gift" portion; that's what sticking me. This gift is supposed to be CASH, in an envelope, which either she's going to come around and collect, or we're going to hand them in some sort of procession line, either way it will be painfully obvious to everyone who brought an envelope full of cash and who didn't. I wish I had the option now to skip it entirely, but I've already RSVPed and it's too late to back out.

Zenkitty, just to chime in with meara, Teppy, and the others, this "supposed to be CASH" thing is ridiculous. I'm nosy, so I'm wondering: did the bride tell you this, or did one of your co-workers? This is way out of line. To be clear giving cash isn't out of line (depending on the social circle) but expecting it is way the hell over the line.

The social custom (for guests--I mean this on the guests' side) is to give a gift at both the shower and the wedding (when you're invited to both), but the IRONCLAD ETIQUETTE RULE (on the hosts' side) is that an invite is never a request for a gift, and the hosts invite people for the pleasure of their company, not as a means to obtaining a gift, and should expect nothing other than a reply to the invitation. Also, old etiquette rules say you have up to a year after the actual wedding to give a gift. I just mention this, in case things are too tight, right now. Finally, you can get them a fifty dollar U.S. Savings bond (series EE), and it will cost you $25.00. Most banks sell them.

Whoa, I missed a big weekend. Elopement, birthday, not one but two emergency hospitalizations... (and birth and death made appearances elsewhere, too). I am glad everything seems to have worked out well (although have we heard from Scola? Hope the morphine kicked in.)

In my news, me = tired, baby = cranky as fuck.

and leave on the 23rd at 9:08.

Now I need to sleep and maybe sound less stupid. And sleep. Did I mention the sleep?

Hey, is it a holiday in the US too? I have to say, I love long weekends!

No, Sue, it's not a holiday in the U.S. What holiday is it in Canada?

I've already given the "gift" portion; that's what sticking me. This gift is supposed to be CASH, in an envelope, which either she's going to come around and collect, or we're going to hand them in some sort of procession line, either way it will be painfully obvious to everyone who brought an envelope full of cash and who didn't. I wish I had the option now to skip it entirely, but I've already RSVPed and it's too late to back out.

Just so you can feel more justified. This is totally awful and crazy and if I were you I would bail immediately. That's just me and my reaction though. GOD. People. UGH.

Um, it's just the August long weekend. Most places it's a civic holiday, but it's called different things everywhere. We call it Natal Day.