Wow! This is really informative!
I didnt know about the 2 angbaos part. Hopefully if my in-laws dont give the 2nd one, my parents wont know and wont mind....
Do your mothers need to buy a new pants + wallet/coin pouch for your hb? My MIL just told me my parents have to give him that, and leave some money in wallet/coin pouch, my mum said she never heard of this practice....
I'm also worried about the guest list + RSVP =(
For most weddings which I was invited to, the friends would sms/email/call me before sending card. If I said ok, then they sent the card. If I couldnt make it, they wouldnt send the card & thus I no need to bao angbao too.
But my mum said it's very rude to do that. She said we'll just send invitation cards to all whom we intend to invite. Then see if they respond. And that we shouldnt ask people exactly how many people coming??
But like that hor...if they dont turn up, wont my seats go to waste? And if they dont give number of attendees, we run the risk of having extra, or worse, less than enough, seats right?
Btw, for SB brides, have you all heard of a MUA named Elsa? Any comments?