Choosing variety of priced items for the bridal registry
This is less of an etiquette question and more of a why do people do this question and may be seen as two questions but I'd like to know the experts opinions. My fiance and I recently registered for items for our home and were very careful to choose many small items as well as a few larger items all of which we would like to receive and will use. When I have purchased wedding gifts I set a budget and choose a gift based on that budget. For my shower several people bought many of the small items and combined them into a single gift. I appreciate the thoughtfulness but many of our friends (recent college grads) will now look at the registry and only see big ticket items. I have made certain to tell them (when they asked where we are registered) that their presence at the wedding is gift enough for me and that we certainly do not expect gifts. My question is if we (the couple) go to the trouble to ensure that there will be items to fit all our guest's (who choose to buy a gift) budgets why can't others think about this as well? I am very interested to hear what the experts think about this
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Re: [stellagirl] Choosing variety of priced items for the bridal registry
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Dear stellagirl,
I'm not sure I understand the question. Your registry is only a guide. If your guest wish to purchase a gift from your registry, they will. It is not mandatory to purchase from it. If the gifts remaining on your registry are on the high side, your guests will decide for themselves whether they wish to purchase any of them.
Shower gifts are supposed to be less expensive. In fact, many are deciding to have gift-less showers, due to the 'double wedding gifting' phenomena.
Choosing variety of priced items for the bridal registry
