Kitchen Appliances

I feel like there’s discrimination and a double standard towards single people. Even though I bought a house just like newly married people do, I work hard and make my bills, nobody has purchased any kitchen appliance or ANYTHING for me, yet time after time I get invited to weddings where a couple has a DOUBLE income yet I’m expected to get them a coffee maker or fine china or nice flatware or crystal vases or designer towels - things I don’t have and nobody ever purchased for me. Just because I want to be present on a special occasion - their union - does it mean I have to take them a pricey gift too. At several weddings, bridal showers, engagement parties a year - it adds up to hundreds of dollars, not to mention should they have children then the baby showers, birthdays and all that. Shouldn’t the invites say “gift optional”.

I ended up not going to 3 of my close first cousins weddings and just sent a cannot make it to my 4th cousin’s wedding because I’m not a cash cow. Just because they fork out expenses for a wedding doesn’t mean I can afford to fork out on a new dress, present from their gift registry etc. I think it’s tacky frankly to not make gift giving optional. Thoughts.
If I threw a dinner party I wouldn’t register at a gourmet food store with $10/pound cheese and $100 wines on my wish list like tacky couples getting married do for their registries at upscale department stores.
And the last wedding i went to a couple of months ago, you had to PAY for the alcohol - after asking the bartender to make me a martini he charged $15. I was like TACK-Y. I think I”m threw with weddings.
House warming parties are the same type or tackiness - people want to get presents so my point is I don’t want to give presents just to share on someone’s occasion and likewise I’ve bought 4 homes in the past 15 years - not one present, so I’m not about to be as tacky as they are by throwing a “housewarming” i.e. gift hording party. I’ve given in to pressure to attend these tacky events all my life and it’s time I say NO and I’m not going to let my family make me feel guilty for not having gone to my cousins weddings.
singlemom - the invite didn’t say the bar would charge for the drinks - i didn’t know until after the bartender made mine and asked for $15 and I had already brought a present. And no thanks I’m not a sheep herd to want to get married like a controlled person who needs a certificate from the government to validate their love and an excuse to get presents.
Don’t worry Maria - if I ever get married I’ll include a note that says “in lieu of gifts you can make a donation to your favorite charity if you so desire”

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