Gift poll

carrieoz_76

Inspired by Burichan's post below.1) Are you going to register?2) Will you include anything about "your presence is our gift" in your website/invitations/other communication?3) Deep down, do you really want gifts?I'll start.  :)1) Heck yes!2) Maybe.  I have a long time to decide.3) Absolutely!  But I'm guilt-ridden (thus, see #2 above).  So we'll see.

JanineRM

1) Yes.2) There is a link to our registries on our wedding website.3) Yes!

BoBride28

1) We did 2) We have links to our registries on our wedding website 3) Yup!

A.a.A.

1. Yes we are going to register! We have absolutely nothing. Ahh the joys of being students. 2. Only about 30-40 of our guests are OOTers and the rest are local. I wouldn't expect gifts from the OOTers. 3. Yes, yes - see #1. We have nothing! FI has been living at home, and I have been living at school in a dorm, so we literally don't have any furniture or appliances. I had some before, but I gave them all away when I moved off the island. Sigh.

HappyGoLuckyGal

1) Yes 2) I'm not mentioning anything about gifts or registry on anything. I think it's appropriate to put registry info on a wedding website, but we chose not to since it's a DW and we don't want people to think we expect gifts. People will have to ask us where we are registered. 3) Yes

ldanzr

1.  Yes we are going to register.  Mainly because my girlfriends in AZ wanted to throw me a shower, even though it wasn't necessary.2. We are not including any information in the invitation about gifts.  There is information on our wedding website.  However, I will strongly discourage anyone traveling to Hawaii to bring any type of gift with them (even money).  I would rather they get to enjoy the island.3.  I would be lying if I said there isn't a part of me who wants gifts.  But registering was sooo difficult - and I felt sooo greedy!!  Definitely feeling guilt as well.  But I think I have done a good job communicating to people that we don't need gifts, and we would rather them save money to join us on our special day (or just save money!!)

peachmango

1) Yes, we registered.  It was more for the bridal shower and AHR purposes though.2) No we didn't.  We mentioned to a few friends that we don't want any gifts from them... They ended up giving us something anyways.3) Tough question.  I always like opening gifts.. but I really didn't want the guests at the DW to give us any. 

licia9880

1) Yes!!! 2) I am planning to include it on our website. Also my BMs are planning to throw me a shower so they will have the info as well. 3) Yes. More than half our guest list are local. Of course, having my friends and family there that will have to travel means a lot more to me than gifts...but I've been in 7 weddings over the past 10 years and have had to travel for everyone of them!

burichan

Great post!! I love being an inspiration!  :P1) Are you going to register?Still haven't decide. I don't want to, FI really wants to2) Will you include anything about "your presence is our gift" in your website/invitations/other communication?Yes, I still haven't found the words yet. Maybe on the website.3) Deep down, do you really want gifts?Good question. At first I did. At this point I really don't. I've always been awkward about receiving gifts. Especially since they are coming from so far away. I've always been like that though. I'm dead set about not having a bridal shower and I have a feeling there might be an argument about it.Also, the thing is.. FI and I do financially well. We aren't wealthy, but we save well and we aren't struggling. Sure it'd be great not to have to pay for it ... but if we can afford it I don't want to ask for it.