we live in an age where we live together before marriage, and as a result we already own most of what we need prior to becoming married, it is now common place to ask guests to drop cash in an envelope and drop it into the wishing well at the reception so that we may use this money to purchase items of necessity for our home, put what ever you feel is the right amount in a plain white envelope and seal it, dont mark it and drop it in, seperately purchase a card and sign it and in tiny ps say something like please put this gift towards the purchase of something you need, I generally suggest the amount to be equal to the average cost of the meal for the invited guest/s, so if it is about 25.00 per head for the meal, I would think that 50.00 would be about right.

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