My FI and I have been "living in sin" for over two years now, and we bought a house together last year. We'll both be 30 by the time we get married (May 7th), and have accumulated a lot of stuff and household items. We really don't need anything, so we decided not to register the traditional way. We want to set up a honeymoon registry (we're going to Ireland and Scotland in September). The way it works is people give "gifts" (i.e., money) to our travel agent towards our honeymoon. He then in turn tells us who gave a "gift", but not how much they gave.
I have some older friends who expressed their dislike for the idea. I understand how some might think it's tacky to give money, but I would never know how much. Also, when you register for gifts at Target and people buy them for you, you know how much they spent.
(My FI's people think it's a great idea, but they're all from Boston, which is where he's from, and they give actual money in cards as gifts.)
So my question is this...As fellow Southern ladies, do you think it's taboo or tacky to have a honeymoon registry rather than a traditional registry?
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