chicago_basia
20 Sep 2013
Life / Golden Wedding in Poland, the protocol for giving gift for a wedding? [58]
Merged: Sending wedding gift to Poland; what and how?
I've been corresponding with a 2nd cousin in Poland that I have only come to know in the past few years. (I was lucky he spotted a post I had put on ancestry dot com over 10 years ago!) His daughter was married this past June, and I received an annoucement/"invitation" via email, and while it would have been wonderful to travel to Poland for the wedding at that time, I opted to not go, although the cousin seemed excited to get to meet me. I failed to send a card or anything for his daughter's wedding, and now i feel I must send SOMETHING; a card and ????
I'd love to send like a Visa Gift Card, but I have no idea how that would work, or if that's even possible. Some of the online "gifts to Poland" services have only flowers, booze or wine, or sweets. I know in the US, a young couple is glad for some money, but is it safe to assume that's the same in Poland? I know not to send cash. Western Union? And then, how much? I don't want to come across cheap, but I also don't know the bride, and alternately I don't want to send too much and come across as showing off.
I haven't heard from him since before the wedding, and I don't want to let this go much longer.
Am I off-base thinking there is an obligation here that I need to meet?
thanks from Chicago!
Basia
Merged: Sending wedding gift to Poland; what and how?
I've been corresponding with a 2nd cousin in Poland that I have only come to know in the past few years. (I was lucky he spotted a post I had put on ancestry dot com over 10 years ago!) His daughter was married this past June, and I received an annoucement/"invitation" via email, and while it would have been wonderful to travel to Poland for the wedding at that time, I opted to not go, although the cousin seemed excited to get to meet me. I failed to send a card or anything for his daughter's wedding, and now i feel I must send SOMETHING; a card and ????
I'd love to send like a Visa Gift Card, but I have no idea how that would work, or if that's even possible. Some of the online "gifts to Poland" services have only flowers, booze or wine, or sweets. I know in the US, a young couple is glad for some money, but is it safe to assume that's the same in Poland? I know not to send cash. Western Union? And then, how much? I don't want to come across cheap, but I also don't know the bride, and alternately I don't want to send too much and come across as showing off.
I haven't heard from him since before the wedding, and I don't want to let this go much longer.
Am I off-base thinking there is an obligation here that I need to meet?
thanks from Chicago!
Basia