Ahira's Hangar

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Help...
Advice needed before we leave on Friday afternoon.

My cousin's wedding is this Saturday night.

We didn't really have the funds, but due to our particular relationship with these relatives, I went outside of her registry and selected a gift which I feel will have a lot of meaning to her and will be appreciated.

While not a one-of-a-kind work of art, it is unusual enough that I do not think I would find another anywhere locally, as I already ordered it online.

The piece arrived today, and except for one tiny little fault, is in perfect condition. However, knowing these relatives, should they spot the fault they may think I purposely bought a faulty piece at a cheaper price, which I did not do!

There is no way I could ship the piece back and request a replacement on time for the wedding Saturday night.

Do I gift the piece to them anyway?
If so, do I tell them after the wedding I am already aware of the fault and have contacted the artist to see what can be done to rectify it (which I just did via email)?

Or do I not bring the gift with us and tell my cousin her gift is "in the mail?"
*cringe*

I would just openly and honestly explain the situation - you ordered a meaningful gift, but when it arrived it had a flaw. You are in the midst of getting it fixed/replaced, and will send it on to them as soon as all is OK. You could always write this on a card if you do not want to address this verbally. I do not know these people, but most people that I know would be all right with such an explanation.

Thanks Duchess.
I also posted about this on the Watch, and ali gave pretty much the same advice.

My guess would be that given how busy and chaotic most weddings are, the subject will probably never even come up, and you can cheerfully ship the gift in the next week or so, when everything is cleared up, and no one be the wiser.

So sad over the latest news about Furls.

I read Fire Daughter's post over and over, and I just didn't want to believe this could happen to her mom. Been just recollecting the times I chatted with Furls on MSN. Don't know what else to say, I'm in a daze.

I'm a mess over this-going to go back to bed and cry

Terrible news. *sigh* All things must pass. It's little consolation, but I am glad that she is home among loved ones.

--A

Yes -at least she is surrounded by loving friends and family now.

This latest is simply devastating news.

Like you Moon, I'm in a daze, I feel weird and numb. Stephen's thread on KW is unique in its power, inspiration and beauty, and Furls is also unique.

so very sad for Tracie's family - at least she is home

Okay. <pant pant> I am here. Still getting the White Screen of Death when I try to go to the main page.

Here is what I had to do to get here today:
* Clicked on the link in my Favorites. White Screen of Death.
* Googled "Ahira's Hangar". Clicked on the link for the main page. White Screen of Death.
* Went back to the Google search page. Clicked on the "cached" button. When their cached page came up, clicked on "Snowy Owl Chat." And it worked.
* From here, just for fun, I clicked on the "Board index" link at the bottom of the page. White Screen of Death.

Isn't that *weird*??