its your precsence, not your presents that count. if a person cant *cover* the dinner too bad. I never expected that. there are articles on the WT CD too look up on this very subject.

my thoughts are ..if you are poor.. and can't afford it.. and just going to help celebrate. thats awesome. no need for a gift. but if you have dough... and dont even give a dollar or 2... thats jus...

Perhaps that's true, but I feel that we should always assume the best about our brothers and sisters, so that if they didn't bring a gift, no matter how much money they may seem to have, there must...

yea, they're cheap. haha, j/k. your're right - a person's circumstances may change. I also know what ty is saying. It's kinda of annoying when you know someone makes close to six figures a year...

my mom has a story like this. her great aunt (grandma's sister) was an extremely wealthy woman and wore 2 fur coats to her wedding cuz she was so cold only gave my parents $10.

she was so cold? is that why she wore TWO fur coats? haha