> > > Ahem... "Best Wishes" to the bride - "Congratulations" to the groom!!
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> > > te (don't you people read Emily Post?) ach
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> > Etiquette is *weird*. That differentiation sounds a lot like you're telling the groom "Woo hoo, you won!" and telling the bride "Well, best of luck, you'll need it, I hope the rest of your life doesn't suck TOO much." I'll stick to "congratulations" for both. Besides, "best wishes" is so blechyly like a generic greeting card you buy for somebody you can't be bothered saying something heartfelt to.
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> Obviously my ironic "Ahem" was completely lost in the virtual translation.

Oh, I got the tone of your post straight off. I was just going off on a tangent about how weird the "best wishes/congratulations" thing was. Not aimed at *you*.

Brunnen-"wondering what Emily Post says is the correct way to apologise when somebody thinks you insulted them online"G