Cards/monetary gift for bridal shower!? What?

I’ve never seen that and would feel really awkward being at something like that. Did she not have a registry?

View Quoted Comment Yeah, I agree with you. She registered at both Amazon and BBB. They both were listed on the bridal shower invitation. She has a lot of items on both, but at all sorts of different price ranges, so I’m wondering if they waited that last minute that they couldn’t make it to the store to get anything? I just couldn’t believe it lol

Wow, that is really awkward! My sister I think had 4 cards but one of them had a pic of what the friend ordered- it just got back ordered and was arriving a week later. I don’t think having mostly cards is the norm

I received one card with money in it and I didn’t open it in front of everyone. The woman who gave it to me said she was overwhelmed with the registry so she wrote a check ha! Totally understandable, so I waited to open it with my fiancé along with the other non-monetary cards ♥️

I actually got a ton of cards with money/checks/gift cards in them. It was probably 60/40 physical gifts and monetary gifts/gift cards. I’m not complaining though my fiancé and I have been living together for almost 2 years and my mom has been buying me house stuff since before we moved in together. I just threw a small registry together (amazon and BB&B) for people who preferred to buy a physical gift. I had a pretty big shower (70-ish people) and I didn’t have time to open all the cards so I did it at home. I don’t think anyone noticed or cared 🤷🏻‍♀️

View Quoted Comment That was nice of them to include the picture! I think there will always be exceptions, it just seemed like 10 was a lot when the bride had two huge registries.

View Quoted Comment Aw that was so sweet of your guest to give you the heads up and do that! I’m all for exceptions like that, and that makes complete sense! I know we’ll have one with a family friend that can’t make it but was in town recently so she dropped off the card. Super sweet of her and unnecessary, but again, exception lol

View Quoted Comment Huh that’s interesting! Was everything or mostly everything purchased off your registry? Just curious if it’s small and the guests had to do the monetary approach. Hey whatever works for you, no judgement! Just for my region and my friend had two huge registries it caught me off guard lol

We had a registry for my bridal shower, but there were still a few people that gave a card with a gift card or cash inside.

View Quoted Comment Thanks for sharing your experience! It was just so weird I had to ask lol. Like I said above even a few people it makes sense. But this was like 15% of the people lol

Yeah, that seems weird for a shower, but sometimes people just would prefer to give a gift card or give cash because it is easy.

I've been to some bridal showers where that happens and feel like its always awkward for the bride when she's opening those up. I will say, both of my grandmothers gave cash/checks as gifts at my shower so then I could choose what to do with the money. Others gave a gift plus cash/gift card or just a gift card to where I registered.

When I go to a shower, I like to get the bride to be something that I would like to have off of their registry but also within my price range. Sometimes I end up gifting a baking sheet or baking set plus a check depending on who it is. I like this option because I'm gifting a physical gift but also giving the bride to be a choice in what she wants.

I went to a shower recently where they had a poem in the invite saying they didn’t register and would prefer cash but feel free to bring any gift that you like. They had a card box and there were a few gifts as well. They did not open gifts at the shower and instead had a few games.

View Quoted Comment We still had a few items left but We had way more cards than gifts left on the registry

Personally, I would be upset that someone did not think enough of me to bother themselves to pick out a shower gift. Why didn't they just send it with a wedding gift. Showers are for physical gifts. You actually have to think about someone and choose a gift. To me, it is the height of laziness to do it because it is easy. ( Different if a person has asked and been told, most of all, we need money for some specific purpose. Not this O.P.)

View Quoted Comment Right exactly. I’m all for exceptions like you noted and if it’s onesies twosies I get it, but for it to be so many people it blew my mind . I don’t even think the bride to be’s mom got her a present! Just feel so bad for her

View Quoted Comment At the end of the day it’s whatever works best for you and what you and your future spouse need to start your life together

It’s normal for my family to give money instead of gifts! I’m Indian and registries aren’t super popular in Indian weddings as of yet. I only made one specifically for my shower.

View Quoted Comment You learn something new every day!! Yes that makes complete sense, it must be cultural/regional

I also got a ton of cards with checks or gift cards in it. I even got some physical gifts with additional gift cards taped in. It didn't feel weird/awkward but maybe it was because there were so many of them.