My future mother-in-law is throwing me a bridal shower soon and is on my back to register for gifts.
My fiance and I are both in our thirties, own our home, and have already put together two households worth of stuff - we don't need anything (in fact we've thrown out and donated a lot of items in the last year). And if we do need something, I go buy it.
We are planning on buying a dishwasher and building a custom cabinet in the coming months so I told her that gift certificates to Home Depot would be really useful and much appreciated. She responded with "not everyone will want to get that and it's no fun to watch you open that."
I really don't want to sound like a spoiled brat - but I really have no desire to register for items that I won't use or will have to return later, just so that people can watch me open it and ooh and ahh. I would be quite happy just to have the company and to not receive gifts.
My fiance sat down last night and made an honest effort at trying to come up with something, but it just made me frustrated and angry.
What can I say to my future mother-in-law to get her to back off?