OT: To hell with _________ !

It's an OSU affair

I have always wanted to do. Now, of course, a cash bar at a wedding reception is tackiers as hell, but there are things from the other side just as tacky. In regard to your comment though, it would allow me to do something like had the bride and groom an envelope they would of course believe to be a dollar amount of 50-75??? I don't know what is the correct amount today. But instead, they would find a note saying, Of course I would have loved to given you a wedding gift but the amount I had to spend at the bar prevented me from doing so. I know you understand fully. But I did have a great time after I had spent right around 80, 90 $ so just wanted you to know really enjoyed myself. 

Now I got married in '75 and this is what I mean from the other side. I remember my wife opening the cards - we men just want the total. Having a job then that paid in excess of 4$ an hr was way ahead of average. My wife opened a card from a mutual friend, Marv, with three one dollar bills. I started laughing my ass off. Now he was making about  7 and hr but was the type - you all have them - of friend we would all bitch at about his reluctance to leave a tip, would disapear suddenly for yeat another piss when it was his time to buy, etc. Cheap fuckers from Day One and to end that way. Understand some parents put these dumb notions into their kids minds about "never spend more than necessary," but these kids, at some point have to realize that applies to life in general, autos, homes, clothings, food, begin saving early with weekly contributions, etc. I don't think any parent would tell their kids to give a 3$ gift for what would have been roughly a 30.00 night in '75. Now Sleepy, I think that's even tackier.

Same deal with my neighbor, who would pile his wife and 4 kids into the car, hit a reception and leave 5$. This was 12 years later so 400-450  a week was good pay. I even talked to him about it once. He is the one that supplied the knowledge about his average gift. I asked, "Paul, you've never thought about what it would cost to take your family out, pay for 6 meals and allow you and Peggy to get a major league buzz going. You know 5$ might cover your first two drinks. But Hell, 5$ is what it cost you for  gas to get there. Now that, Sleep is tacky as heall as well.