Disagreement on where to register at

wendiandnate

My FH and I got into a disagreement yesterday while discussing where we should register at. He lives in a very small town and the nearest registry-worthy store is a Wal-Mart that's 30 minutes away. I really don't want to register at Wal-Mart, I'd rather register at Target, but there are no Target stores close to his hometown. My future mother in law shares the same concern that he does: If we register at Target instead of Wal-Mart, the people that we are inviting from the area around where he lives, especially the older folks, are not going to get us gifts because they would have to go online to look at the registry from Target, . My rebuttal to this is that if they don't want to look at the registry then they will just write a check for whatever they would have spent on a gift and who doesn't like cash?! He thinks they just won't get us anything.

I feel like I am already compromising on this because I would rather register at Crate & Barrel, but the closest one is 6 hours away. Any advice on how to handle this?

SuMmErKuTiE

I completely agree with you and see where you're coming from with not wanting to register at Walmart. A lot of people refuse to shop there and their stuff isn't good quality and you want your wedding gifts to last.

Maybe you could do a very small registry there, or like you said just not register there and the people who refuse to shop online will end up giving cash instead as a gift which everyone knows is always a welcome gift.

As far as creating a registry at Crate & Barrel but the closest one is 6 hours away, just create it and edit it online. We registered there and it was by far our favorite registry out of the 3 places we registered. They have great entertaining pieces and decorations and I love their dishes and barware.

Try suggesting to your FI to register at Target, Kohls, Macys, JC Penney, Crate & Barrel, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sears, etc.. to sway him away from Walmart.

marissa_claire

Whenever I see people getting upset about registries and gifts, I always ask - what would happen if you received no gifts at all?  I personally don't think it would be that bad.  You're currently living and doing okay, so I feel like the gift arena is "be glad you get anything at all" instead of "what if we don't get that new crock point??"

I agree with you on Walmart.  You shouldn't register somewhere with the only reason being convenience for guests.  They can choose to get you a giftcard to Walmart, and I'm sure some will, but they will always have the option of buying online.  If people ask why you didn't register there, just say it didn't suit your tastes.  

Galaxy8227

Maybe (like PP said) do a tiny registry at Walmart to appease your FI and FMIL and then a larger one at a different store.  They could purchase gifts online or just write a check if they don't want to shop elsewhere. 

DanielleZZ

I would do a small registry at walmart.  I registered at walmart and target(I would have done only walmart but some of my family wont shop there)  you would be surprised at how many of the exact same items are availible at both places, all of my glasses and knives were at both.  Look into it, if some of your items over lap than you can register for those at walmart and still get what you wanted while making them happy.