Apple,
The daughter is 23 years old, recently graduated from college and working for the first time. She should definitely have known better. However, this particular branch of the family usually has its hand out, so I shouldn't have been so taken aback when I got this request. :rolleyes:

My husband wanted to send $25, which he felt was a way of saying that he was giving in to the extortion, but not to the point where they were worth anything of substance. He also felt that, since it was a silver anniversary, $1 per year was fitting. Personally, I feel that it's not even worth responding to, and want to throw it away. We'll see which one of us prevails.

I'm glad that there is someone else out there who agrees that this was rude. I would put this up there with the latest "screw you" to people as "destination weddings", where the people being married expect you to fly off to some exotic destination at your own expense, just to witness their "joyous occasion".