Rude by Rebecca Reid

Author:Rebecca Reid
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Presents

One of the first weddings I ever attended was quite a lavish affair for a couple who had plenty of money. The day before the ceremony I remembered, with gut-twisting panic, that I hadn’t bought them a present—a big faux pas for a British wedding. Of course, when I logged on to their registry the only things left were disgustingly expensive. I was making minimum wage as a receptionist and I almost cried as I spent a day’s pay on a bathroom trash can for them. Why? You probably know the answer by now. I didn’t want to be rude.

It’s not rude to keep your spending within a comfortable limit. You did not choose to invite yourself to the wedding, nor did you force the happy couple to cater steak for a hundred people. Therefore, it is not your responsibility to offset their costs for the wedding via gifting. If you want to buy a present, then that’s lovely. But if it’s going to cause you stress, make your life harder, or put you into debt, then absolutely fuck that. Your friends do not need copper-topped salt-and-pepper grinders more than you need to be able to pay your electricity bill.

Taking a card shows that you thought about it, rather than forgot entirely. If you want to give a gift but you’re not feeling flush, there’s nothing wrong with going a bit homespun. I gave some friends who had a nine-year-old daughter two date nights of free babysitting when they got married. I got to know their daughter, they got cheap childcare, and I didn’t spend $75 on a hand towel.

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