Thanks to Weddingbee’s Weekly Roundup, I found an interesting article in the NY Times entitled, “At Weddings, Efficiency vs. Etiquette.” The main gist of the article was about the etiquette of asking for cash as a wedding gift. I guess there is a “long standing stigma” about asking for cash as a wedding gift. In one case cited in the article a couple is planning on returning the material gifts they receive from their gift registry in return for cash, in a way of getting around asking directly for cash. Which sounds a little ridiculous and dishonest to me. But anyway the gift registry has become the accepted way of a couple asking for gifts without really asking for gifts directly. The couple says these are the things we need, you can buy them if you want or you don’t.
Anyway, the article mentioned the growing popularity of alternative registries such as MyRegistry.com. Through MyRegistry.com a couple can register for pretty much anything from any store or just cash all in one place. It makes it easy for your guests to find something for you and for you to keep track of what you are getting.
The one thing that got me when looking at MyRegisty.com is that they are trying to sell it as a place for anyone to have a gift registry all the time, for birthdays, father’s day, or no occasion at all. Is this taking it a little too far? Are we as a society getting some entitlement issues or a little spoiled? I’d be interested in hearing what you think.
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Rhonda
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I love registries. It is like knowing the person is going to love your present ahead of time. I did a Christmas registry one time, but only because we had a baby on the way and a new house, and our families wanted to know what to get us that would be of the most help. I don’t plan on making a habit of it.
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