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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 04-20-2008 05:36 PM
  
Maybe I'm cynical, but when I think of engraving for a wedding gift one of the first things that jumps to mind is that roughly half of all marriages in the U.S. don't last. This is a point in favor of the older custom of engraving with the bride's maiden initial(s). Less romantic, true; but traditional and practical. I love the older entwined, hard-to-read script engravings of initials. In the event of a divorce, maybe the one who ends up with the tomato server can take comfort in the illegibility of such a monogram... IP: Logged |
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ellabee Posts: 306 |
posted 04-20-2008 06:01 PM
Re: Dale's example of laser engraving on stainless steel -- De gustibus non disputandum, but for me this image evokes tattoos more than engraving. {Brrr.} [This message has been edited by ellabee (edited 04-20-2008).] IP: Logged |
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silverhunter Posts: 704 |
posted 04-21-2008 03:56 AM
Good to know, there are only four words to engrave "a lot of strength", while the marriage and while divorcing. On the day of our marriage I say to things to my wife. First I wish her a lot of strength for the coming year, second I ask her how she hold out a life with me. I think a wedding stands also with humor it doesn't matter which kind of. Here in Holland they speak about a silver wedding day after 25 years, gold for 50 year. (It's a long way to go!). Perhaps it's a sport if idea to make it a international Olympic number. Knowing that some people in Japan become sometimes 126 years old. IP: Logged |
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Kimo Posts: 1627 |
posted 04-21-2008 03:15 PM
While I agree that the majority of marriages seem to eventually not work out these days, I do not agree that it should in any way affect the way a gift is given or the reason for giving it. Giving silver without the etiquette approved style of engraving seems to me to be akin to making conversation with the bride at the reception and asking her if this is her first wedding. Implying that the newlywed's marriage is destined to fail and they are doomed to a life of serial shattered marriages is not the sort of thing a proper gentleman or lady does. [This message has been edited by Kimo (edited 04-22-2008).] IP: Logged |
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