# Still tacky to ask for cash as a wedding gift? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550 "2013-06-09T14:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/141 "2013-06-16T14:48:10Z")
Plus, Emily Post™ is a big believer in WORD OF MOUTH for spreading registry information. ---
**Author:** ![colander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@colander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colander)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/142 "2013-06-16T19:31:09Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > Plus, Emily Post™ is a big believer in WORD OF MOUTH for spreading registry information. Perhaps Emily Post would enjoy 'throating my fat wang. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/143 "2013-06-16T19:52:25Z")
Maybe if you ask nicely. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/144 "2013-06-16T22:32:02Z")
Still working yourself up into a lather over this, huh? How sad. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/145 "2013-06-17T00:27:12Z")
If only I could be cool like you, **PunditLisa** , and use my time curing cancer or nursing baby harp seals. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/146 "2013-06-17T01:24:37Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Perhaps Emily Post would enjoy 'throating my fat wang. How rude. ---
**Author:** ![stoplight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@stoplight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoplight)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/147 "2013-06-17T01:58:58Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Perhaps Emily Post would enjoy 'throating my fat wang. damn, the 5 minute edit rule expired and now that nasty post is attached to your for good. DOH ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/148 "2013-06-17T03:01:44Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > If only I could be cool like you, **PunditLisa** , and use my time curing cancer or nursing baby harp seals. Sadly, I know people actively fighting cancer who know that life is too short to be concerned with such nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/149 "2013-06-17T03:04:56Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Sadly, I know people actively fighting cancer who know that life is too short to be concerned with such nonsense. Yet here you are… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550/150 "2013-06-17T17:10:51Z")
> [@colander](#): > > Perhaps Emily Post would enjoy 'throating my fat wang. Miss Pettigrew would hardly approve. > [@AnaMen](#): > > Maybe if you ask nicely. While not specifically mentioned in polite company, isn’t that generally reserved for the hotel room after the reception is over? All those who agree [del]say ‘Aye’[/del] raise your hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/still-tacky-to-ask-for-cash-as-a-wedding-gift/660550.md?page=7)