Dear Blake,
I have a friend who recently got married at the courthouse. Her parents were willing to host a wedding for her, but she chose not to have one since she and her husband live far from her hometown. About a month after the wedding, I received a card in the mail announcing that she had gotten married, stating she and her husband are trying to buy a house and gift cards to start their new life would be appreciated. Is this rude, or is it normal behavior for people who do not have a wedding?
Signed, Joyce
From Freeport, Louisiana
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Dear Joyce,
Yes it is rude for your friend to make such a request. What I think you should do, is contact everyone that you believe she made the same request to, and then jointly teach her a lesson, per my suggestions. Such as, give her some expensive gift cards to for companies that no longer exist, like Montgomery Wards, Woolworths, and Wile E. Coyote’s favorite store, ACME products. Or send her certificate to a local massage parlor, and state that you thought of this because she rubs so many people the wrong way. Or send her certificate for a case of glade, including a card that says her pathetic method to get gifts, stinks! But if it’s really that important that she gets items for her house, I think you and everyone else should accommodate her. And the best thing to do is to find every place near her home that is selling households items, and then give her the addresses of all of those particular garage sales. I hope this helps.
Blake