Registry items given as birthday gifts

Hello, My fiance and I have just registered for our July 2006 wedding. Both he and I have had several people mention that they will buy our Christmas presents from our registries. I understand the tradition of not using wedding gifts until after the wedding. My question is do we follow the.... [Read more]

Wedding gift registry for civil ceremony with no guests?

My fiancee and I have wedding registries that are online. One is at Wal-Mart and one at Target. Is it appropriate to have a wedding registry since we are going in front of a judge to marry us and there will be no guests at the ceremony? Later that evening we are having a reception with.... [Read more]

Making a member of your family in charge of Gift registry?

Is it alright to have one of my family members help with gift registry? My mother is very busy these days helping me prepare for the wedding. The person I had in mind is someone that could assist her however is very good at houskeeping in the family and she usually helps the family choose the right.... [Read more]

We already have everything we need - should we register for wedding gifts

We are fortunate to already have all that we need, we didn't want to register for our upcoming wedding, but I am tired of people asking and feel like people are going to just buy something anyway. We have tried to say that gifts are not necessary, but no one seems to buy that. I am concerned that.... [Read more]

How to handle wedding gift registry when getting married and then moving to Europe

Hi,

I am American but am getting married in Germany and will be living there with my German husband. I have been organizing this wedding like it will be a destination wedding since all of my family and most of my friends are over here. What do you suggest I do for gift registry? I won't be able.... [Read more]