How NOT to write a thank you note for a wedding gift

duchy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3582662/Bride-groom-email-guest-say-wedding-gift-wasn-t-generous-enough.html

I thought this tale of the couple who wrote complaining about their wedding gift was hysterical.

(The gift was £100 cheque)

: 'We were surprised that your contribution didn't seem to match the warmth of your good wishes on our big day. In view of your own position, if you wanted to send any adjustment it would be thankfully received.'




:eek::eek::eek:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

sweetilemon

:eek: That's ridiculous! I thought gift lists were cheeky enough! £100 is a generous gift. How ungrateful. Seems the bride knew she could 'afford' more because of an inheritance. It really is frustrating when someone thinks they are 'entitaled' to someone else's wealth because they know them. No-wonder we don't discuss money in this country when that's the attitudes.

LilElvis

I somehow can't see the bride and groom receiving an anniversary card after writing that message

Even my 5 year old has better manners :j

wannabe_sybil

This started on Mumsnet here

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2630932-Post-wedding-message-please-help-me-what-the-hell-do-I-say

But please be aware that content may not be suitable for work. They use industrial strength language and graphic imagery.

The original poster's nn on there wouldn't pass the swear filters on here, and she is normally lovely, and I think rather on the back foot about how viral this has gone. I don't think she wanted the entire Western Hemisphere to know of her predicament.

duchy

Well if you don't want the bride and groom to know you shared your thoughts about their manners and greed - Mumsnet probably wasn't the best place to post considering how huge it is .......... even if the Mail hadn't picked up on it !

Pollycat

Also featured on This Morning today.

£100 'not generous enough' for an ex-colleague?

What a sense of entitlement this couple (or whoever wrote the letter) have!

I hope whoever they are they are both cringing with embarrassment and desperately hoping that their names aren't revealed.

But if they can actually be so crass as to think that letter was in any way reasonable, they'll think they are in the right.

Pixie5740

I'd be cancelling the cheque if I still had time. £100 is more than generous for an ex-colleague, not a friend, not family, not even a current colleague but someone that you just used to work with.

duchy

Pollycat wrote: »

But if they can actually be so crass as to think that letter was in any way reasonable, they'll think they are in the right.

Is it really bad of me to hope they feel so much in the right that they agree to be interviewed to put their side ? I'd love to hear their rationalization of this !

Mojisola

Pixie5740 wrote: »

I'd be cancelling the cheque if I still had time. £100 is more than generous for an ex-colleague, not a friend, not family, not even a current colleague but someone that you just used to work with.

I think the newly-wedded couple cashed the cheque before suggesting that the amount could have been higher.

Pixie5740

I think a cheque can still be stopped after it is has been presented at the payee's bank. I'm sure there some scam a few years ago with people buying cars using cheques. The seller wold receive the cheque and once the funds were showing as available they signed over the car but it was still possible for the buyer to cancel the cheque. So with a bit of luck the happy couple could have spent the money before the cheque gets cancelled.

Cancelled cheque or not, the newly weds sound incredibly ungrateful. I have a friend who works in the wedding list department of a large store and couples phoning up to check if that's all Great Aunt Marjory really bought them for their wedding is more common that you'd like to think. Equally it's quite common for Great Aunt Marjory to contact the store to make sure said gift had been delivered because months later the happy couple still haven't sent any kind of thank you note.

Pollycat

duchy wrote: »

Is it really bad of me to hope they feel so much in the right that they agree to be interviewed to put their side ? I'd love to hear their rationalization of this !

Not at all.
I'd love to see that interview.