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Margaret
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Wedding registry / 2nd marriage

Margaret, on December 8, 2015 at 2:53 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 9

This will be both of our 2nd marriages. We are both 55 and have 2 full households. Some people have already asked me where I'm registered...it didnt even occur to me to register, because, well we don't need more "stuff". I also think it's bad form to say "no gifts", but we don't need more toasters or pots and pans!! What's a good strategy for not denying gifts if someone wants to gift, but not actually requesting that they not gift. And how do you say "ok, go ahead and gift, but we'd rather have honeymoon cash (which just feels wrong), or something non-traditional"

Thanks to everyone!!

9 Comments

Latest activity by ChildressAtLast, on December 9, 2015 at 6:05 AM
  • ZeldaBride
    Master April 2017
    ZeldaBride ·
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    Make a small registry for things you want to upgrade (fraying towels, faded bed sheets) and just tell anyone who asks "we really don't need all that much". Adults know how to give cash. You definitely don't ask for it.

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  • Veronica
    Dedicated October 2016
    Veronica ·
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    I think there are registry sites for the honeymoon.

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  • MNBride
    Master June 2017
    MNBride ·
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    My coworker mentioned to me that you don't typically give gifts for a second wedding when her daughter was getting married for the second time. Anyway you could request that they make a donation to a specific charity in your names instead of gifts.

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  • BeachBride2016
    Master November 2016
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    What ZeldaBride said - make a small registry and people who don't want to buy from that will just provide cash/gift cards instead.

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  • Hollyberry
    VIP October 2016
    Hollyberry ·
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    When my mom remarried, we decided to throw her a small shower and when people called my gmom to RSVP, they asked and she told them that if they wanted to give a gift, to buddy up and get her christmas dishes (dad got them in the divorce). Pretty much everyone did, and not expecting it at all, she loved it. So maybe there's something like that that you would like? Just an idea.

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  • Emmy
    Master January 2015
    Emmy ·
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    Don't register. Also don't register for a honeymoon or ask for donations to a charity. No one needs to be told how to gift money or anything else for that matter should they want to

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  • MNBride
    Master June 2017
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    You don't typically throw showers for someone's second child because they usually already have a lot of the things they need, I guess I have always thought second weddings were the same way.

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  • Sqwiggy
    VIP April 2016
    Sqwiggy ·
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    This is my second wedding. I did not want to register. A good friend finally convinced me. I did a really small registry at Macy's. But honestly I'm thinking about taking it down. In my experience most people buy gifts off the registry for the shower and bring cash for the wedding. Since it is a second wedding I am not having a shower. I am not comfortable with that at all.

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  • ChildressAtLast
    VIP June 2016
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    When my parents remarried each other, they said no gifts because they just wanted people to be there (they got married in the backyard less than 2 weeks after my dad proposed to my mom, they did a phone call invite to all family memebers and close friends) but people gave them gift cards and cash anyway. People know how to give money so either say no gifts or do a small registry.

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