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" When an invitation says &amp;quot;No gifts, please,&amp;quot; is it in bad taste to bring a present anyway? I&amp;#039;m invited to a close friend&amp;#039;s anniversary party, and my husband and I would hate to show up empty-handed. It&amp;#039;s not in bad taste to bring a gift when asked not to, but it&amp;#039;s definitely inappropriate. What to do? Send a present to the couple&amp;#039;s home ahead of time; that way you&amp;#039;re honoring them apart from the party. People who make this request usually have their reasons. Perhaps they don&amp;#039;t want to seem as if they&amp;#039;re asking for presents, or they don&amp;#039;t want guests to feel obligated. Or they simply don&amp;#039;t feel that they need any more possessions. When people show up with gifts anyway, it&amp;#039;s embarrassing to those who do follow orders and come with nothing. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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