Im having my shower in June. My FI and I have been living together since August. I already owned a house and he had an apartment, so we ended up combining our household belongings. Due to this, we have doubles and even triples of some kitchen equipment, living room decorations, bathroom stuff, etc etc. Because we have so much of everything, we decided not to do a registry. We sent nothing out with the shower invitations. We also feel like it’s tacky to ask for money or do a “honey fund”
My SIL and mom both agreed that if we don’t give people direction, they’ll just give us money anyway or “whatever they hell they want” which could potentially result in us getting more junk we don’t need. My SIL(who married my brother in 2016 and lived with him a year before the wedding) said we should have at least gone to look because they ended up registering for things they didn’t even realize they wanted/ needed like picture frames, cake cutter, champagne flutes, luggage, and monogrammed items.
Would it be too late to backtrack and register if we ever decided to? And if we still decide to forgo it, what have been other bride’s experiences with not having a registry? What did you end up getting?
