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Does anyone have any suggestions for wedding poems to ask for cash rather than a wedding list?

I'm going to be getting married in Cyprus and there is an option for wedding guests to buy vouchers towards the wedding, does anyone have any ideas of how I can put this in a wedding invitation without seeming tacky/cheeky? I thought I would clarify a few things as it seems people are thinking I am doing this for my benefit 1 - I am only doing this as people keep asking what gifts to get and will not take nothing as an answer. 2 - I have already paid for the wedding if people purchase vouchers they buy them for things we have not chosen to have or to upgrade what we have already paid for. 3 - Guests flights and accommodationn for the wedding night has ben paid for by us Hope this clarifys why I am asking this question

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1. Try here for some inspiration: http://www.thefizz.co.uk/wedding-budget/cash-instead-of-gifts/ http://www.youandyourwedding.co.uk/community/forums/thread/47813 http://www.love-of-poems.com/wedding-poems-asking-for-money-as-gift.html http://www.wedaholic.com/archives/the_etiquette_of_asking_for_cash_wedding_gifts.php
2. Not really because it is cheeky/tacky. I'm presuming your wedding guests are paying to fly themselves out to Cyprus & put themselves up in a hotel & you want them to pay for the wedding too? It's your wedding, you pay for it. If you can't afford a wedding in Cyprus then postpone it, start saving & have it when you can afford it.
3. There is no way you can be tacky without actually seeming tacky. Asking for anything in particular (whether it be money or gifts) is gauche and rude. Don't do it. No poetry in the world is going to make you look any less trailer-park if you do.
4. Asking for money is tacky and rude. No 'nice' way to demand cash from your nearest and dearest. Don't do it.
5. It is cheeky and rude. Period. No clever wording or cute poem can change that. I suggest you pay for your own wedding, learn to live within your means, and be more gracious toward your guests. No one owes you anything, much less to chip in for wedding expenses YOU racked up!
6. WE ARE RUDE AND GREEDY AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THIS SELFISH WEDDING THAT YOU HAD TO PAY TO ATTEND WE'RE NOT SATISFIED YET NO, WE WANT YOU TO GIVE US MORE MONEY BECAUSE THE WORLD OWES US A LIVING AND WE'RE IGNORANT CRETINS It doesn't need to rhyme in this case. It's exactly perfect to describe what you are doing.
7. The only thing more tacky than asking guests to pay for a reception supposedly thanking them for attending your ceremony is finding some stupid poem to make it seem more acceptable. Don't do this.
8. pay for your own holiday and party, sweetheart. Assuming anyone turns up, remember it is costing them a fortune already. roses are red violets are blue we're ever so greedy and we want more from you!
9. you never mention gifts on the wedding invites - it is rude and tacky to mention gifts on the invites,full stop as for everyone asking what gifts,spread it by word of mouth or have a wedding website with the relevant link so people can then purchase the vouchers.if they don't like the idea,then then they will just not pay and maybe start listening to you when you say 'no gifts'