No registry?

Re: No registry?

• RoMy215 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  It's fine not to register, but it's not fine to actually ask for cash. You might want to post on the ettiquite (or registry) boards, but use caution because, in general, the posters on those (national) boards tend to be more...honest.
  I had lived on my own for .. I can't even remember, but a long time before we started dating and we lived together for a little over a year before we got engaged. So we had a lot of stuff as well. We still registered for things that were old/needed replacing or things that we needed a full set of (I'm clumsy so by the time we registered, we were down to 2 drinking glasses).
  People will want to give you SOMETHING -- and some people don't like to give cash. So you might as well pick a few things you'll actually like instead of having to make the face (we all know it---thanks so much for this ...ugly/useless thing that I can't even return) at your shower when you're opening things in front of people.
  Then have your wp spread the word that you'd prefer cash.

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• jagore08 member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  My advice is to make a small registry because, as pp mentioned, some people will want to purchase an actual gift for you.  There are always things you can upgrade (sheets and towels, pots and pans, kitchen electrics).  

  
  

  
  

  Ignorance is a poor defense.

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• czarinamae member

  

  January 2011 edited December 2011

  I feel the same way, but as many knotties will advise and other friends of mine tell me, it's better to register for small things than to get stuck with something that you didn't really want.  Fi and I also live together and have all that stuff, but we are registering for nice sheets, duvet covers, picture frames, and mini household appliances (I've always wanted a K-Cup coffee machine!)
  Our friends and bridal party know what we want and they will be our "feelers" out there to let folks who do ask what are preference would be.
  
  

  
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• JuneMaggie member

  

  March 2011 edited December 2011

  I know it considered in poor taste, but I think it is fine- we have a "wish" registry which basically equates to cash- it is so far working really well- www.uponourstar.com- it might be a good compromise, we have traditional items on it as well! 

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• BrideCa2011 member

  

  April 2011 edited December 2011

  So has anyone had luck with no registry?  I have a "wishing" registry at uponourstar.com but I am curious to know if you don't register, how it panned out for gifts. 

  
  

  I am afraid to not register at all, so I am wanting to beef up my wish registry, but my FH thinks we could just keep it small and specific, and just let the cash pour in by not registering for a lot.  Thoughts?  

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