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<p>Deciding what to bring a white elephant gift exchange can be ridiculously stressful. While most work-related white elephant exchanges have a price cap to prevent people from getting salty over the disparity between expensive and cheap gifts, there&#39;s still a wide variety of options to choose from.</p><p>Some people opt to go the funny route to ease the stress of buying a gift for a colleague. While few people desperately want a whoopee cushion of a made-for-TV junk utensil, they would look silly complaining about something obviously meant as a joke. Others go the safe route, buying candles or soft socks or something universally useful and pleasant that they themselves wouldn&#39;t mind receiving.</p><p>And then, there are the few, the terrible, who somehow find a way to royally mess up the basic pleasantries of a white elephant party.</p><h2>A bride-to-be on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/e9gaic/wibta_if_i_brought_an_invitation_to_my_wedding_as/" target="_blank">the Am I The A*shole subreddit</a> got thoroughly roasted when she asked if it was tacky to give a wedding invitation as a white elephant gift.</h2><blockquote> <p>WIBTA if I brought an invitation to my wedding as a white elephant gift</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>OP kicked off the post by sharing that she&#39;ll be getting married next year, and the first batch of invitations went out.</h2><p>Because OP and her fiance both have big families, most of her coworkers haven&#39;t been invited. But after receiving an inevitable batch of &quot;nos&quot; from out-of-towners, she plans to add a few to the list.</p><blockquote> <p>Getting married early next year. Invitations just went out, but a lot of people from work fell on the &ldquo;B&rdquo; list because we both have big families who live out of town who get first priority. A very small number of work friends have been invited already. Once we get &ldquo;no&rdquo; RSVPs from people out of town, we&rsquo;ll replace those spots with work friends.</p> </blockquote><h2>Since a lot of those &quot;B-list&quot; work friends will be present at an upcoming holiday party, OP thought it might be fun to give a wedding invitation as her white elephant gift.</h2><blockquote> <p>Going to a Christmas party at someone&rsquo;s home with a lot of these work friends this weekend, where there will be a White Elephant gift exchange. WIBTA if I brought an invitation to my wedding as my white elephant gift?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>However, she shared she fears it could cause tension and jealousy among the other party attendees who aren&#39;t invited.</h2><blockquote> <p>I can see it either as a cute way to invite someone at an earlier stage... or it could highlight that some people haven&rsquo;t been invited, make people feel like they have to beg and dance for an invite, and make people feel way worse if they don&rsquo;t make the final cut.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/e9gaic/wibta_if_i_brought_an_invitation_to_my_wedding_as/" target="_blank">kmbright</a> thinks OP is a bonified bridezilla.</h2><blockquote> <p>YWBTA and I can&rsquo;t wait to see this post show up in a wedding-shaming group.</p> <p>I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone who thinks people might &ldquo;beg and dance&rdquo; for an invitation to their wedding will throw a wedding that is in any way enjoyable to attend.</p> <p>&ldquo;The final cut&rdquo;? Jesus Christ get over yourself. This whole post shrieks Bridezilla.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/judginUhoes/">judginUhoes</a> wants OP to go through with it so they can hear about the messy aftermath.</h2><blockquote> <p>NTA - guys stop let her do this I want to see the world burn.</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/e9gaic/wibta_if_i_brought_an_invitation_to_my_wedding_as/" target="_blank">Trenvilla</a> can&#39;t believe OP would ask this in the first place.</h2><blockquote> <p>YTA</p> <p>I mean how stupid can you be. This is just rude, and makes you seem stuck up. &ldquo;Wow look at what amazing gift I got, to go to a wedding and buy her something.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/e9gaic/wibta_if_i_brought_an_invitation_to_my_wedding_as/" target="_blank">Ixi7311</a> pointed out the fact that a wedding invitation not only isn&#39;t a gift, but it&#39;s essentially forcing the recipient to buy OP a gift.</h2><blockquote> <p>YTA..a wedding invitation isnt a gift, its a commitment to buy clothes appropriate for the moment, a wedding gift, etc.</p> <p>Sounds a little self centered to use it as a gift</p> </blockquote><h2><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kieka408/">kieka408</a> truly hopes that OP takes a long hard look at themselves.</h2><blockquote> <p>YTA I really hope this is a joke. This is the absolute tackiest thing I&rsquo;ve heard in here. I&rsquo;m not sure if you actually believe this but not everyone is as consumed with your upcoming wedding as you are. This REALLY REALLY comes across as self centered. If I got this as a gift from a coworker I&rsquo;d be highly impressed that they were able to fit the invitation and their ego in the car on the way over.</p> </blockquote><p> </p><p>While it&#39;s clear the internet doesn&#39;t think it&#39;s a good idea for OP to go through with this horrific plan, it would be fascinating to hear how badly it would be received.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bride asks if it's tacky to give wedding invitation as White Elephant gift at holiday party with coworkers.

Deciding what to bring a white elephant gift exchange can be ridiculously stressful. While most work-related white elephant exchanges have a price cap to prevent people from getting salty over the disparity between expensive and cheap gifts, there&#39;s still a wide variety of options to choose from.Some people opt to go the funny route to ease the stress of buying a gift for a colleague. While few people desperately want a whoopee cushion of a made-for-TV junk utensil, they would look silly complaining about something obviously meant as a joke. Others go the safe route, buying candles or soft socks or something universally useful and pleasant that they themselves wouldn&#39;t mind receiving.And then, there are the few, the terrible, who somehow find a way to royally mess up the basic pleasantries of a white elephant party.A bride-to-be on the Am I The A*shole subreddit got thoroughly roasted when she asked if it was tacky to give a wedding invitation as a white elephant gift. WIBTA if I brought an invitation to my wedding as a white elephant gift OP kicked off the post by sharing that she&#39;ll be getting married next year, and the first batch of invitations went out.Because OP and her fiance both have big families, most of her coworkers haven&#39;t been invited. But after receiving an inevitable batch of &quot;nos&quot; from out-of-towners, she plans to add a few to the list. Getting married early next year. Invitations just went out, but a lot of people from work fell on the &ldquo;B&rdquo; list because we both have big families who live out of town who get first priority. A very small number of work friends have been invited already. Once we get &ldquo;no&rdquo; RSVPs from people out of town, we&rsquo;ll replace those spots with work friends. Since a lot of those &quot;B-list&quot; work friends will be present at an upcoming holiday party, OP thought it might be fun to give a wedding invitation as her white elephant gift. Going to a Christmas party at someone&rsquo;s home with a lot of these work friends this weekend, where there will be a White Elephant gift exchange. WIBTA if I brought an invitation to my wedding as my white elephant gift? However, she shared she fears it could cause tension and jealousy among the other party attendees who aren&#39;t invited. I can see it either as a cute way to invite someone at an earlier stage... or it could highlight that some people haven&rsquo;t been invited, make people feel like they have to beg and dance for an invite, and make people feel way worse if they don&rsquo;t make the final cut. kmbright thinks OP is a bonified bridezilla. YWBTA and I can&rsquo;t wait to see this post show up in a wedding-shaming group. I seriously, seriously doubt that anyone who thinks people might &ldquo;beg and dance&rdquo; for an invitation to their wedding will throw a wedding that is in any way enjoyable to attend. &ldquo;The final cut&rdquo;? Jesus Christ get over yourself. This whole post shrieks Bridezilla. judginUhoes wants OP to go through with it so they can hear about the messy aftermath. NTA - guys stop let her do this I want to see the world burn. Trenvilla can&#39;t believe OP would ask this in the first place. YTA I mean how stupid can you be. This is just rude, and makes you seem stuck up. &ldquo;Wow look at what amazing gift I got, to go to a wedding and buy her something.&rdquo; Ixi7311 pointed out the fact that a wedding invitation not only isn&#39;t a gift, but it&#39;s essentially forcing the recipient to buy OP a gift. YTA..a wedding invitation isnt a gift, its a commitment to buy clothes appropriate for the moment, a wedding gift, etc. Sounds a little self centered to use it as a gift kieka408 truly hopes that OP takes a long hard look at themselves. YTA I really hope this is a joke. This is the absolute tackiest thing I&rsquo;ve heard in here. I&rsquo;m not sure if you actually believe this but not everyone is as consumed with your upcoming wedding as you are. This REALLY REALLY comes across as self centered. If I got this as a gift from a coworker I&rsquo;d be highly impressed that they were able to fit the invitation and their ego in the car on the way over.  While it&#39;s clear the internet doesn&#39;t think it&#39;s a good idea for OP to go through with this horrific plan, it would be fascinating to hear how badly it would be received.