Am I the only one who remembered when not everyone registered for gifts? This doesn't seem like an odd thing to me, but I'm learning that it is to others. I don't want a gift registry. It's not because my fiancé and I already have stuff, because we don't. We aren't living together. And it's not even that I would rather have cash, it is that going to a store and picking out my own gifts for other people to purchase goes completely against my personality, my way of thinking, and the spirit I want our wedding to have.
I know that they say registries are more convenient, but I'm very un-materialistic. I would much rather be grateful and thankful for what I receive than to pick out my own presents and expect others to buy them.
I think that I will have a hard time explaining this to my future mother-in-law. When I tried to explain my thoughts, she was rather surprised. Is this really that odd? How do I explain politely? Help?