register before engagement party?

Briannasteve

We have had a bunch of family members ask about engagement gifts. We are having our engagement party this august (a full year after we got engaged due to us living in FL), and our wedding is not until Oct 2013. We thought we should register before the engagement party because of people asking but I DO NOT want it to look like we are ASKING for gifts, nor do I want to look crazy for registering so early. Only thought about registering because of family asking what they should get us. What should we do? 

dramaqueen91087

If people are asking then register. I did it way earlier than I thought I would because my family was asking. They have extremly generous. One of my great aunts actually got so tired of waiting for us to register she bought something on her own! If you don't do it people will still buy gifts and you may not need/like them.

[Deleted User]

We did, people were asking my mom and sisters. So we made a small list at Bed Bath and Beyond. Then if anyone asked my mom or sisters they would tell them about it. We did our first registry about 1 year and 4 months before the wedding. We just went today actually to update it for the wedding. 

LeiselEB

We registered for a few things, didn't tell anyone about it before the engagement party, and got maybe 3 things from the registry. People googled it or asked around common registry locations. 

If people are asking, I'd register now and just keep it small.

Briannasteve

Thanks ladies, I feel a lot better about it now. lol 

ujocdeelovely

I registered very early too but I didn't tell anyone but my immediate family. For Christmas my parents and my aunts bought stuff off our registry as our Christmas gifts. Our engagement party is June but we aren't telling anyone  we are registered unless we they ask. If people are asking you, I would registry but not too much.

Briannasteve

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_register-before-engagement-party-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:34Discussion:aec8aed3-d8ee-4ca4-898e-a96f461bf456Post:72433622-4d72-4b7e-b89d-480cf67f946b">Re: register before engagement party?</a>:
[QUOTE]You can register anytime you want to, but risk the possibility of discontinued items. Register for stuff like your crystal and china. Gifts aren't traditional for e-parties. The party is the gift. Remember that everyone who is invited to the e-party must also be invited to the wedding.
Posted by RetreadBride[/QUOTE]

<div>I didnt plan on registering for much, I just wanted to be able to say we have a registry for those who ask us about presidents. I would never expect a present. </div><div>Of course I know the people invited to the engagement party need to be invited to the wedding, I just have to remind my FMIL and mother of this, Im nervous they are going invite people because they simply ran into them, kind of thing. </div>