My FH and I have been living together for 3 years, so we have what we need. I know my family will want to give gifts, so we registered at Target. I told him I wanted to add Amazon as well, since both families have a lot of Prime members and are tech-savvy. While at Target, he didn't get the point of registering for $5 items. I explained that some people will want to purchase multiple little things that go together instead of one item and that it would help meet everyone's budget. He seemed ok with that and added some smaller items. We are inviting pretty much just family (there are 4 non-family members invited and 1 is in the wedding party). Total invites is about 60, 135 people total. At the end I had about 50 items on the registry. FH talked to MIH, who insisted there shouldn't be anything under $20 on the list. I told FH I would review the lists, and did remove a couple items that didn't really go with anything else. He went in last night and removed about half of the items. I explained again why those items were there but it didn't matter (he feels we can just get that stuff whenever, but it adds up and I don't have the extra money to do that, just him). There will probably only be 15 people at the shower, and feel about half the families won't bring a physical gift to the wedding. So now, as I see it, my options are:
Don't worry about it.
Add the removed items to my own Amazon wish list and either a) don't say anything, b) let my Mom and Sister who are throwing a shower know to direct people there if needed
Let my Mom and Sister tell people we are set for 'stuff' but would appreciate donations to our home improvement fund if needed.
Also, this left our Amazon list with only 4 items on it, 3 of which were things I picked out that I thought he would like for organizing tools. I'm thinking we just nix that list? Most of the Target stuff is available both in store and online.
Thanks for any input on this.