Hi Ladies,
I have read here a lot about registering or not, but haven't seen so far anything similar to our situation, so I would be curious of your opinion.
My Fi and I are living overseas (just got engaged:-)), but we are going to get married in the US next year. After the wedding we are planning to come back to Central Europe and live here for at least a few more years.
This means, despite I would not mind creating a registry, we are literally unable to ship anything overseas (because we'll be moving between two continents, and also because we are renting a flat here). I also cannot expect my in-laws in the US to store stuff for us for years until we move back.
Therefore we need an alternative option to give a chance to our 100 guests to give a gift, if they want to.
I am just becoming familiar with US traditions, "do"s and "don't"s now, but I see that asking our guests to donate for our "house fund" would be really rude. (Couples have no problem to tell this to guests in my country, and they are fine with it too.)
What other solutions can you suggest for me? How do you think I can let our guests know this as I see it's rude to even mention gifts on the invitation card?
Thank you for your help!