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Comments (36)Oakley! Honey! I didn't mean to offend you. Just telling it like it is from this point of view. You asked, I gave you an opinion. Then I told you how it is, bottom line, for people who want to stay in business. Americans eho are competing world wide... The reality is, we don't have new employees. We still have our first employees working for us. There is that unspoken agreement. You cover me and I will cover you. But without integrity, there is no basis for truth. Asking a new employee of a new business to go against the policies of the business confuses them with loyalty and can set them up to fail. Yes, the customer comes first but the requests must be reasonable and within understanding of how business works. The food industry and manufacturing both get a bad rap in the USA. Those who succeed must be very savvy. I hope you understand that I was trying to explain, rather than judge you. Because I don't judge you. I love you, Oakley !!...See MoreEtiquette Question
Comments (9)Is it normal? Certainly not typical. I can sort of understand where he's coming from, but I think he's very mistaken in his perceptions of how his Ex will feel. Unless relations are very friendly, the wedding is large, and the Ex needs to bring the children, I can't imagine how an Ex would expect to be invited. Would I be happy about it? No. But I would trust him to deal with is Ex, and would just request that he word the invitation in such a way as to give her the option of a graceful refusal if she thinks an invitation is as wacky as you (and I) do. There are ways of issuing invitations that could make it clear that the invitation was issued out of courtesy and grace only, and that the recipient isn't really expected to attend. Something along the lines of "We certainly wouldn't want to insult you, so you're welcome to attend if you'd like to be there, and we'll mail you an invitation. It'll be a very small wedding - only 20 people or so - but DD might be more comfortable if you were there." Would I try to talk him out of it? I'd try to talk him into reconsidering, and if he wants to invite her, into modifying his wording....See MoreEtiquette question on digging up other people's trees
Comments (35)Leslie, if the tree is close enough to spit out seeds/helicopters in your yard or on the road or public property, take a few and start your new tree. Put the tip of the seed into the ground and protect from critters, and even start some in a pot to increase success. My neighbor has several Silver maples, and the seed/helicopters fly very far from the tree onto my land pretty far out. I personally have gone onto "someone?" elses property along the road to collect acorns before. They had so many acres they never saw me. I don't advise it. But, I grabbed about 10 acorns. I had dug up trees from the woods before, never thinking, this is someone elses property. It was right by the road. It was stupid of me. But they were among larger trees and would've stayed small for years. That was before I got a computer and knew you could order trees. Leslie, I would ask for some seeds and get it over with, unless they were getting blown all over your yard anyway. Good Luck....See MoreAnother wedding gift etiquette question
Comments (44)I think close family members do get asked about gifts so I can understand why you'd be involved :) Weddings are tough - speaking as a gift-giver, I really do think the best gift for a young couple is cash. They will likely (based on my experience) own a lot of their household goods and may be struggling to pay for the wedding (in my circle parents do not pay for weddings). A lot of young couples also don't want a lot of stuff. I now give only cash or perhaps cash and a thoughtful small token such as a craft piece or restaurant gift certificate I think the couple will like. And I understand that gifts are Not to be Mentioned by the couple but let's be real...almost everybody brings a gift. And I'd rather it be a gift the couple wants and can use. None of us want to waste our money on something that will not be used. We set up a registry with the food bank for our wedding and it was a big hit, but we were also getting some help from our parents with the wedding (we paid for most of it ourselves however). I understand the best approach etiquette-wise is still to set up a registry of any sort (household, honeymoon) and close family members will only mention it when asked, or mention cash when asked. I believe most somewhat youngish people that I know around here (40 and under) bring cash to weddings. This may be because a lot of our friends are from cash giving cultures (I have received two wedding invitations that stated No Box Gifts!)...See MoreAnne
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