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Anonymous wrote: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".

That's tacky too, as many PPs have stated.

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.
 
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I tend to agree with this.  Look, I get that it brings some people a great deal of smug satisfaction to be able to proclaim others "tacky." But, norms evolve.  And, frankly, I appreciate being told up front where the couple is registered b/c then I don't have to go the extra step of reaching out to a family member. I can always gift cash if I don't find anything reasonably in my price range available.

I'm not a fan of the "go fund me" accounts for honeymoons, etc., but have given to them.  I mean, again, it's about conveniences.  If the couple is going to use the money for XXX, then why go through the motions of giving to them to then later use the money somewhere else.  All for the sake of some artificial etiquette established years and years ago by women who had no inkling of social media and the options available to people now.

So, I don't view these sorts of things as "gift grabs." I view them as a reflection of the reality that most/all people invited to a wedding will give a gift.  The registries and so forth makes it easier for me to pick something (if I choose not to give a check) and is a mere suggestion of the couple's tastes. Viewing it through that lens may not make the uptight smuggies happy, but I assure you, I waste much less energy than those folks when it comes to giving gifts for a wedding.  [/quote]

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