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registration for the content

Here is my trouble I have lived with FI for 6 years during this time if we needed something for the house we either bought it, saved up and bought it, or asked for it for Christmas.  As a result I was looking at a list of things that we should register for and I realized that other than upgrading a couple small appliances and wine glasses we need nothing and anything we get will just take up space we really do not have.  Before anyone asks I am not trying to think up a way to just ask for money that isn't it just I know someone must be in a similar situation and I do not know what to do.  FI thinks we should just not register he suggested if we did we should register for gift cards which I shot down, but I am afraid not registering will lead to us getting 12 toasters and 15 cookie jars in the shape of roosters.  About three quarters of the invitees, I believe, know our situation well enough to understand but the other quarter and really it may be as much as half are cousins who we see as little as once a decade or something.  Short of writing "your attendance is gift enough for us" on the invites I do not know what we could do. 

Re: registration for the content

  • Just register for the few upgrades you need, and possibly for stuff that will wear out like sheets and towels. Then people will know of the few things you want and other people may give you cash.
  • Are boxed gifts the norm in your circle or area? If so, I'd try to get creative with my registry. If not, I'd try to spread it around that we were saving up for XYZ and hope for cash. Either way, if its a concern, I'd go to what ever store i was registering at's website and see if there is anything they sell that I didn't know I wanted.
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  • Ooo Pasta machine.  Thank you everyone for the advise I think I shall do just that.

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