So here's some background: FI and I have been living together for a few years, and are pretty established in the "essentials" of our home. For that reason, we originally decided to forgo a registry. However, just a few days after sending out our save the dates, we started getting calls and emails from generous family members and friends asking us where we are registered and noting that they prefer to have a list to go by.
This threw us off a little, as we really weren't expecting gifts (we are both in our thirties, and as I said, have already established a home), just the presence of our family that we get to see so little of. So, we opted to register at a few stores that we knew would be convenient for family and friends. We went to BB&B last night to begin our registry, and I was really uncomfortable with the whole experience.
Even though I know, intellectually, that my family wants a registry and that it is a completely normal and practical way of doing things, I can't get over the feeling that I'm being selfish and demanding, even though I have used registries as a guest in countless weddings with no problems. Part of the problem is that I grew up fairly poor, and in a culture that abhors asking for help/things. Scanning any item over $50 sent me into a fluster, and my FI kept having to talk me into scanning a wider price range of items. Even so, we spent 2 hours at BB&B, and I ended up with a whopping 12 items.
Has anyone else felt this anxiety over populating your registry? How did you get over it? I know it's completely irrational, but at this rate there won't be anything at all on the registry by the time the wedding comes around.