Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend and I have lived together for several years and now we are getting married. We already have everything we need so we have asked everyone to make donations to charity in our names rather than giving us more things we don’t need, but still we are receiving wedding gifts every day.
Queenie, how do we get the message across? And what do we do with all the stuff we don’t need and really don’t have space to store?—Frustrated
Dear Frustrated,
Accept all the gifts with thanks (be sure to send “thank you” notes to the donors in a timely fashion) and later donate whatever you do not need to whatever charitable organisation can make the best use of them, even if it is just by holding a flea market sale.
And also be sure to send “thank you” notes to those persons who actually complied with your original request.
