DEAR ABBY: Two couples I know are getting married soon. Both couples plan on having small, intimate weddings in the near future and larger, grander weddings later on. Each has their own reasons for doing so. What’s the gift policy when someone holds two weddings? I have already purchased something for one couple’s upcoming small wedding and will likely attend their big one, but must I buy them a gift for that one as well? Or is one gift at the small wedding for each couple enough? — EXCITED GUEST IN OHIO
DEAR GUEST: Wedding gifts are given in celebration of the WEDDING. What these friends are scheduling is an “event” FOLLOWING their intimate wedding. No rule of etiquette demands that you give the couple two separate gifts.
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