Why the mad rush for souvenirs at weddings? Anyone knows why???????

First and foremost, i'm not against "souvenirs" but my hubby-to-be should know that it's not a do-or-die affair, i'm not one of those intending brides who would faint if souvenir is not shared at her wedding, i have seen folks plan for wedding and they place priority on things that are not really important, why go indebted because of souvenir? This weekend, i attended two weddings, not as a blogger but i went to catch my groove as all work and no jokes make me a less creative person the first one really brought this striking topic to me about "Souvenirs". Well, some people think its only courteous to acknowledge invited guests to the wedding by giving them gifts in return, and then my question is why give only those who gave you gifts why not give all who attended the wedding? cos the truth is all who attended should be thanked for paying their way through to the event, abi tfare no be something? I did a small research on souvenirs and i discovered that yes even in the Western world they have provision for gifts for invited guests, but again we must also check the time for their wedding preps as most of them plan and prepare for weddings in a span of one year, so they have a list of all invited guests and plan adequately for all things. But, in Nigeria, i have realised that our weddings is primarily a party for our parents as most of them wan use us shine and we end up paying for their party where they'll have reunion of all their friends in the name of "our wedding". So even when we don't plan for souvenirs, they arm twist us to do it and this is why young men think they must become billionaires first before they settle down because the cost of marriage these days is on the high side, now how about cut off the souvenirs and do it only if its affordable and don't borrow for souvenirs when you have a life after the wedding called "marriage" and for someone like me who loves to have her honeymoon in Barbedos, won't that cut into my hubby's budget? Future hubby take note of our honeymoon spot and surprise me, i know you read my blog so*winks* no fall my hand oooo. lol.
I saw folks scrambling for sieves and jotters and i kan de wonder if dem no get sieve before? also annoyingly the couple were giving out the items according to the size of the gift given, now isnt that alarming? I also think that makes the wedding rowdy cos folks have to come upstage to exchange gifts when they can drop it at the back and receive acknowledgements too. For security too, it wasnt too safe for the couple to handle those gifts because of bad belle pipo, not trying to scare anyone but hey we freaking live in africa and stuff happens mehn!!!! That said, view the photos of the scramble after the cut...... more on this topic later.