Acquaintances asking for registry information

I haven't had this happen yet, but I would just casually tell them. They might just be curious, or still want to get you a little gift even though they're not invited. If they end up bring up the invitation part you could just say something like "were keeping it pretty intimate. We're still in the early stages of our planning and people have already started inviting themselves - I'm dreading making the guest list!

I just politely say that we haven't gotten that far in our planning yet and try to change the subject. I have such a hard time trying to politely say we're only having family and very close friends.

I have heard of this and people have just wanted to nicely get them a gift

They weren't expecting an invite. I have done this to someone before that I worked with. We were close at work but not outside of it and some of us just wanted to give them a gift.

Some people are aware they aren't invited but still want to give you a small gift. We both had coworkers send us presents.

Yes, this is not uncommon. Some people would simply like to send a gift and have no expectation of being invited. If someone asks, you can tell then. There is nothing wrong with that.

I just told people when they asked.. whether they were invited or not. Most of those inquiries came from my mom's coworkers or my own coworkers. I feel like trying to avoid giving them the information looks worse.

Thanks for the responses. I did tell her but wasn't sure if it would be wrong to do so as we don't see each other often.

@mslauren you're right it would look worse

Inviting people shouldn't be with the expectation of receiving a gift, so the opposite holds that someone inquiring about a gift should not be assumed to be fishing for an invite.

One of my bridesmaids is having a small family wedding a couple months before mine. I will be getting her a wedding gift no matter what. However, she keeps putting me off about telling me her date or registry info. I completely understand I am not invited, I encouraged her to do a small one if she wanted, but her not telling me is frustrating. Some people just want to give you gifts.

Is this someone who could just be giving you a gift to be nice?

We received two really nice gifts off of our registry from one of my aunt's best friends who wasn't invited to the wedding. I called my aunt in a panic asking if her friend thought she was invited, or if she was just being really nice. Turns out she was just being sweet and thoughtful!