I married my wife 16 years ago... she was 32 at the time and the Pinkey ( the baby in the family )
I paid for the 2 wedding bands ( gold was very low at that time ) her eldest sister put up wads of her cash and jewlery on the Sin Sod display trays
to show boat ( she said that was old school and not fair to me ) and we split the bill for the reception dinner, Monks and ceremony at the Siam House in Bangkok ... quite spectacular food and atmosphere $1200/US for 75 people
there was also the envelopes with 100Baht ea for the brides maids 1@ front door 1@ stair case to go up and 2 for the maid of honor at her dressing room door
I gave her 1 and she smiled and said.. Oh.. you don't love her that much ? so I had to fork over a second.. ha ha ...
Then at the end of the party when I went to retrieve my shoes .. i noticed her cousins all wearing sh*t eating grins,, so I paid 1 envelope and got 1 shoe back
then ( me being somewhat of a smart ass..) I had some blanks with me and handed 1 over to get my other shoe back ...
funny as hell when he opened it and it was empty. ( and we are still good friends to this day )