By Lisa @Privilege

It’s June. For the next handful of Saturdays, couples all around the Western Hemisphere will be getting married.* If you’re attending a wedding,  presents are de rigeur. What, I’ve been asked, do High WASPs give?

We follow our leader, Count Appropriate, who tells us Context Is All. A High WASP-approved wedding present is one that makes the couple happy, first and foremost. If you don’t want to make them happy, I am terribly sorry that you have to attend their wedding.

So I do not recommend trying to impress anyone with the most perfect serving platter, banded in navy with gold, perhaps a yacht flag or two, if that’s not their taste. I would love it. Others would not. We are supporting a ritual that can support society and continue the species.

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