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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every single wedding invitation we have received in the US has mentioned multiple registries right on the paper invitation and also on the website. I have also received links to registries for baby showers. I don't see how any of this is more refined than saying "no boxed gifts". [/quote]

That's tacky too, as many PPs have stated. [/quote]

Society has clearly moved on, and I think it's time for the etiquette sticklers to move on, too. Although moving on surely provides less personal satisfaction than looking down on nearly everybody for being tacky.[/quote]

No, society hasn't moved on. It's become more selfish and narcissistic, but it hasn't moved on. Do you know what etiquette is? Not something to trip up the slobs, jerks, and yokels, but a foundation of shard rules for a mutually pleasant society. Gifts at weddings: is every guest going to give a gift? Pretty much. Can you give guidance as to what the gift is? Kind of, not really. A registry that is not promoted on the invite, in the envelope, or on the wedding website is acceptable, but only barely. Can you outright say, "I want cash," or "no boxed gifts"? Nope. Melting pot or not, this is America and even if giving cash is the gift standard in your region of the U.S. or your culture outside of the U.S., [i]asking[/i] for it ought to make people hang their heads in shame.[/quote]

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