Make It Rain

My brother-in-law, Jim, got married today. There was a beautiful ceremony and a wonderful party following. Food, family, and dancing.

The gift table is always interesting. You almost wonder why there is even a gift table and not just a card slot of some sort. Any new bride and groom don't want gifts; they want money. A nice card with some moola.  Gifts are the norm for the engagement and bridal shower, but not the wedding. Jim made this clear. "You are Italian, you give money," he announced to his brothers.

Jeff and I filled a card with cash. Jon, the youngest of the three brothers, filled a box with money. It's not that he gave him a ridiculously huge amount of money that he needed more room than a card would allow. It was that he wanted his big brother to "make it rain." In order for this to happen, Jon filled the box with a few hundred single dollar bills. The hope is that Jim will take the single dollar bills and toss them in the air. Maybe Jim will go beyond making it rain and find the need to roll around in them afterwards.

Before Jim opened this gift, he was upset. He thought he had made it painfully clear to Jon that he wanted money, not a gift. He was at the point where he was refusing to open it. Good thing he did! You can't been hundreds of ones. That thick stack of money in your wallet can make you feel much wealthier than you really are!