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are you registering for china?
I wasn't planning on Registering For china, but my SIL and a woman at work said if I didn't I would never get China and they suggested to.
I was cerious of what others were doing?
I was cerious of what others were doing?
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Re: are you registering for china?
[QUOTE]It all depends on if you see yourself using the fine china for the future. We plan to use it for birthdays, family dinners at least once a week, holiday meals, etc. So, yes, we did register for fine china! There are some brides on here who register for more casual china either because they are going to inherit grandma's china, don't want fine china, or already have some as a gift. If you would see yourself someday buying it, I would suggest picking some out and at least getting 8 or more place settings (12 is the recommendation by the store), or at least enough for your average family gatherings plus 1 or 2 more for breakage or extra just in case.
Posted by kellya01[/QUOTE]
Thanks for your input, I'm really at a loss, because I think I may use it at sometime but I don't know where we are going to live yet so I don't know if I will have room for it, but I do see how if you don't get it at your wedding you never get it. I would probably get 12 piece setting, I could see us hosting his side of the family holidays at times so it would probably be used.
[QUOTE]Get a pattern that's suitable for every day, and can be dressed up for formal occasions with fancier table linens and crystal.
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I know I wasn't a lot of help, sorry.
If we weren't getting my grandmother's china, I probably would have registered for my own set/pattern. I originally thought I wouldn't, but my mom has already "gifted" hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas morning brunch to us, so we'll use it.
I like the idea about getting an "inbetween" pattern than can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion - great idea!
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We registered for nice everyday dishes. They're much fancier than we have, but simple enough to use everyday. I wasn't 100% sure I'd use fine china.
Also though, I have a backup. I'm inheriting 4+ sets of fine china, plus two sets of Christmas dishes (oy). I'll have christmas dishes if I want them, and if I ever want to use fine china I'll have it. I can have them at any time as well- so if I wanted them soon, my mom would give them to me (she sure isn't using them!).
Even if I wasn't inheriting fine china I'd really have to think before registering. I just don't know how much I'd use it.
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If you don't have room for it or need it now and weren't planning to register for it, don't do it just because someone else said you should. That's silly (and giving in to peer pressure!).
And it is silly to say that if you don't get it now, you'll never get it. If you want it in the future, you can just go buy it yourself anytime you want. At that point, you can decide if it is worth the money to you.
I feel like this is a good rule of thumb when registering: If you don't get it, would YOU buy it? If not, don't register for it. I think people get caught up with the industry and put lots of things on their registry that they will never use or need. that's a waste. Register for what you want and need and will use.
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I might not have and then bought it in a few years when I might have a dining room.