Did anyone decide not to register?

No registry and no regrets. Sure we could use upgrades but would much rather just get money for pricey home improvements. So hoping people get the hint with no registry available.

I'm so glad we registered

We didn't register, no regrets. We were gifted mostly cash. The few random gifts we did receive were very typical and will be useful: 3 photo albums, 1 frame, a set of Mr. & Mrs glasses and some tea.

ETA: We had a DW and we didn't have a wedding/bridal shower

If I was you I would register anyways, but don't put your registry on your invites! It's for your wedding website and shower invitations.

My main reason for registering though...DISCOUNTS!! Most places will give you a discount on the items on your registry up to a year after the wedding and it is free to register. Do I expect someone to buy me the vacuum I registered for? Nope, but I'm going to buy it for myself after the wedding with a discount!

Chelle, smart!!!

Nobody on my side has heard of a registry (nor do they understand the concept) and his side will be ok with it. People will give money as presents, or they know us well enough so they give us something we like.

We had initially decided not to, but then we bought a house. If we were staying in the apartment, we wouldn't register because we had pieced things together well enough between the two of us.

I did go to a wedding recently where they didn't register because they were in a small apartment. They just didn't ask for gifts and at the shower they got stuff like cleaning supplies, gift cards, and some cute wedding related small things.

I didn't, and I regret it.

Registeries are guides. Like "hey, we could use this." You're not telling people what to get you or to even get you anything.

I loved my Amazon registry. It was so easy, and more people used it over the Kohl's one.

We also didn't register due to combining two households, and FH doesn't like the idea of picking out our own gifts. For my shower, the hostess explained we didn't register since we combined households, and suggested Home Depot and Home Goods gift cards for improvements and decorating. Hopefully that doesn't come across as tacky. I haven't had the shower yet, so we'll see how it goes.

My good friend didn't want to register. After a lot of pressure from friends and family, she finally did register. Come wedding day however, she didn't get a lot of gifts from her registry, and people went their own way deciding on appropriate gifts for her and her husband. Not sure that's a typical result of registries however.

We arnt regestering because after the wedding we will be moving to his home in West Palm Beach and don't have a way to transfer gifts because we will be flying to Florida

I didn't register because I have a year and I'm moving to the west coast. I had 2 people constantly ask me about it over and over and after I registered one didn't buy me anything and the other bought me nothing on the list. I wouldn't register if you don't want to

I can't talk about regrets, because we're not married yet. We are not registering. 3 reasons:we are having a super small wedding. (10 people). Therefore, no shower, etc. Two, we are older and we have 3 households full of stuff. We have so much stuff in storage we are trying to give it away to his kids! If I need upgrades, I'll buy them myself. Three, I'm a first-timer, but FH was married before (albeit 33 years ago!) I'm personally not a big fan of registering if either party was married and registered before.

We registered, but not for very much. We are buying a home in the next year and have no idea what kind of space we will have. We also have no space in our apartment. When I moved in I was single and was OK with one closet.

We are registered for some upgrades since most of the stuff in the apartment is mine and we want some "ours" stuff.

People want to buy you things - you're getting married. A registry is more of a guide to let them know what you need/don't have, so you don't end up getting a bunch of random shit from everyone.

Actually, we had a decent sized registry and still ended up with so much random stuff I didn't want or need. But still, most people appreciate having a list to go off of so they know they're giving you something useful.

No regrets we are not registered and we feel it ok for our guest to give what they want from there heart.