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Miss Manners: Multiple gifts not marriage requirement - Mon, 23 Jan 2012 PST

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How many wedding gifts do you give?

Don't pay the marriage tax by giving multiple gifts

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How many wedding gifts do you give?

Multiple wedding gifts needless

DEAR MISS MANNERS: How many wedding gifts do you give?

One wedding gift will suffice

Dear Miss Manners: How many wedding gifts do you give? One for the engagement, one for each shower and one for the wedding. Is this correct? Gentle Reader: The answer Miss Manners will give you is not what you would hear from most engaged couples or those who aid and abet them.