I haven’t gotten married yet, but being 36 years old, I’ve been to a lot of weddings. Is it me or are they freakin expensive? Airfare for 2, hotel room, and then, the gift. A few weeks ago I attended a wedding of someone who does not read The Schtick. I spent $737 on airfare and $595 on a hotel room for 2 nights. For a gift, I gave this couple a bottle of Romanelli Olive Oil. I feel it’s very valuable considering it comes from trees in my dad’s backyard. And then…I got the Thank You note last Thursday.
Dear David:
Thanks so much to you and your lovely girlfriend for attending our wedding. It was great seeing you both. Please remember we are registered at Pottery Barn and Bloomingdales. As for the bottle of olive oil, we wish you would have kept the $12 and used for a haircut or shave before our wedding ceremony.
*****
I know what you must be thinking and I agree: why criticize a gift before you know its true value!! That bottle of olive oil is $25, not $12.
Whether as a wedding gift, a Father’s Day present, or something special for a big birthday, don’t feel like you have to spend oodles of cash. Choose something packed with meaning, and quality. As Oscar Wilde said, “A cynic is the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
And on that note I’d love to share with you Romanelli Olive Oil, handpicked and hand pressed from olive trees in my dad’s backyard. Each drop will dazzle your palette. As my Italian grandparents once said to me, “Finiscila di mangiare, maiale!”** (translation: Stop eating you little pig!)
Visit here to pick up a bottle of the olive oil. It’s on my storefront at The Open Sky Project, a sort of online farmer’s market.
So the question to ask here is can a marriage workshop save your marriage? Marriage workshops can save your marriage by helping to identify the difficulties in a relationship and providing ways to function on those problems prior to they ruin the marriage. When couples attend a marriage workshop, this is usually observed as a great very first step towards seeking professional aid on saving the marriage.
When two people love each and every other extremely much and they desire to spend their whole lives together, then marriage is for them. It can be the union of two individuals both taking their respective vows prior to witnesses and God. Their vow revolves around standing beside each and every other through very good times and bad times for the rest of their lives. It can be almost impossible though to maintain the bad things away from marriage.
wait—- is this for real?? not a joke??
are you serious? did they actually tell you to keep the $12 and get a haircut and shave? that’s very balls-y.
David-
I can’t wait to receive the bottle of your Dad’s Olive oil. I just ordered it. To be able to drizzle handpicked / pressed olive oil on our summer’s bounty of vegetables and mix with some Balsamic or salt for bread – delicious!
I don’t wish I was getting married, just always eating more good food!
-Serrina
That is truly one of the most obnoxious thank you notes I have ever read, except for the time my bil and sil sent a note saying the money we gave their son was not enough so they stuff some cash in it after he opened it. I thought a gift was what you wanted to give.
Hi there,
I looked over your blog and it looks really good. Do you ever do link exchanges on your blog roll? If you do, I’d like to exchange links with you.
Let me know if you’re interested.
Thanks..