Couples Shower

We live together and still made a registry and no one has said anything about it - it's been really nice to get rid of all our old stuff and slowly replace it with newer, nicer things!

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That's what I said! A little upgrading never hurt anyone!

Here's a suggestion.

Pick a football game day, make it a couple shower / game day.

Tona of great decor and easy food and drink suggestion. The turn out will be great and people who would appreciate watching the game and playing a couple of couples games at half time...

Not too elaborate to plan. And something fun for the house also.

Most importantly the importance is less about gifts more about being together!

We live together, honestly most couples I know have lived together before marriage. A registry is a good time to upgrade you kitchen, bathroom and bedroom accessories. We will be registering for nicer sheets, towels, and some kitchen stuff we don’t have or want to upgrade. No one will thinks it’s weird to register just because you already live together.

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I think it's more common anymore for couples to live together prior to marriage than to live apart. And I'm definitely looking forward to being able to upgrade some things around the house!

A ton of people still do a registry and ask for upgraded items for their home even though they already have everything.

We had a registry, put it on our site and left it at that. Didn't really mention it to anybody but still got 15 or so gifts from it. If you have a couples shower, just rebrand it so it isn't called a shower, maybe more an engagement party, as to alleviate any pressure to be bought gifts?

We had a "wedding" shower is what we called it. My husband and I had been living together for more than 5 years before we got engaged/married. We had a coed wedding shower and registered for gifts. We did not get any crap for it and it was a lovely event. I really like the idea of the PP's football event, it sounds like it would lighten the stress of it being a shower.

My bridal party threw us a couple's shower and we had a lot of fun. We registered at Pottery Barn, Macy's, and Williams Sonoma and got most of our items we registered for. We lived together too but wanted to upgrade everything. Our guests were more than happy to celebrate our love by gifting us these items. Oh, and we are both in our 40s and this was a 2nd marriage for both of us. Your guests are not going to question why you have a registry just because you're adults and live together.

We had a couple's shower, and we live together, and we have a registry.

There are plenty of things you can register for that you might not have/need to replace/have never been able to get. We have a BB&B registry, as well as a honeymoon fund.

On our registry are things we need to replace, like colanders, muffin pans, towels, and such. Also things we have always wanted, but couldn't afford: a really nice vacuum, a stand mixer, etc.

It's totally standard!

Also, we really liked the couple's shower, because it's OUR house, and OUR life (also, he's the cook, not me!), and this is about OUR wedding, not just mine. We had a blast, our friends put together a great party, and we felt very loved.

I had a couples shower and i loved it!

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That's a great way to look at it...it's our wedding, not just mine. And I've always wanted a stand mixer, so I may just have to add that to the list!

Its totally up to the couple..weve been togetherfor almost 7 years and just now getting married next fri aug 30th 2019 and we are not doing a party bc we have been living together for 6and half of the 7 years weve been together ...if people want to buy you something they will if not most will put money in a card etc ...and some nothing so i see no point myself in spending money on another party but to each there own if you want one have one it depends on the couples choice to have or not have one