Proper etiquette to wedding gift-giving

Buying a gift is what the bridal shower is for, on the wedding day the couple needs money. I give what I can afford and what the bride's parents spend on a wedding is their choice so I will not pay what would be the same as a cover charge attending the wedding. You give what you can afford, plain and simple. Etiquette should be thrown out the window as telling people how much to spend is just no longer acceptable IMO Just like why in this day and age are the brides parents still stuck with paying for the wedding while the grooms parents pay only a tiny amount for a rehearsal dinner compared to what the wedding cost and come to the wedding stuffing their stomachs with free food. Can't even say they pay for alcohol anymore as that is usually included in the venue package that the brides parents are paying for. We are no longer in the era of when daughters were given away with a few goats and a commission to the groom for marrying their daughter and financially supporting her for the rest of her life. Women don't need a man to support them anymore and haven't for years and women a lot of the times bring more to the table than the husband does. Weddings should be split down the middle by both sides.

This is ridiculous. This would make me never go to a wedding. I tend to be someone who overspends on people, so don't get me wrong here. But to say that $75-$350 is appropriate? WHAT person can afford these amounts? What if it is someone you are friends with but not close to? What if you cannot afford such prices? Why should you be spending that much on a wedding that is not yours? It is bad enough people go completely overboard and spend nearly what they would spend on a house on a wedding, but that is your dumb choice, not mine. Don't expect that of me, just because you are reckless with your money.