Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got married in 1998, and I still use the following:

-Glass mixing bowls (two sets)
-Casserole dishes
-Serving platters (ranging from C&B/PB to Tiffany)
-Stemware
-China
-Everyday dishes
-Silverware
-Vases
-High quality picnic basket

OMG we got three of those. Never used any of them. They weighed a TON!

They make a nice centerpiece for a summer or fall party.

I admittedly channel my inner Martha Stewart when I pack it and put out a picnic lunch.

They come in handy at a beach house or lake house.

I never would have purchased it myself, but I’m glad someone gifted it to me.

Anonymous wrote:Got married in 1998, and I still use the following:

-Glass mixing bowls (two sets)
-Casserole dishes
-Serving platters (ranging from C&B/PB to Tiffany)
-Stemware
-China
-Everyday dishes
-Silverware
-Vases
-High quality picnic basket

OMG we got three of those. Never used any of them. They weighed a TON!

Got married in 1998, and I still use the following:

-Glass mixing bowls (two sets)
-Casserole dishes
-Serving platters (ranging from C&B/PB to Tiffany)
-Stemware
-China
-Everyday dishes
-Silverware
-Vases
-High quality picnic basket

We got wooden bowls we didn't register for that it turns out I really like. Kinda like this with matching salad bowls: https://www.amazon.com/Lipper-International-1174-Serving-Diameter/dp/B008EQAMK0?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1
Turns out we use them a lot.

A hippie-ish friend made us beeswax candles in a variety of glass jars with lids. They are clean burning and give off negative ions which clean the air. It was a very "her" thing to give us and we always have thought fondly of her when burning them. Also we always get compliments on them.

Anonymous wrote:take this with a grain of salt but I was married 35 years ago. Formal China a joke. I guess it made it easy for people to buy a gift.

Best gift - coffee grinder with two very cool mugs. I still have the grinder and remind my aunt that it's the only gift I have left - hers.

Why is formal China a joke?

One-of-a-kind art pieces chosen by other people for us. Nothing expensive. Still have all of them decades later.

Cuisinart food processor. I've been married 32 years and that food processor is still going strong.

Convection/Toaster oven. Used everyday and still going strong.

No registry -- most of our gifts were art objects, which we still have and display.

I think its a little weird to give a friend a blender.

One of our guests paid for a dinner in Paris at a really nice restaurant since he knew we were going on a honeymoon in Paris

Rice cooker and I'm not asian

If this is a second marriage please no registry.

Registries are trashy.

Also, make sure yours isn’t public or attached to a public wedding website.

Immersion blender! Most used appliance and unexpected. I didn’t register for it, a friend gifted it noting it wasn’t on my registry.

Anonymous wrote:Our friends and family gifted our honeymoon. The memories of that far outweigh and material items.

This. I rather pay towards a trip than crap. Weddings are an experience. Marriage is an experience. Honeymoon is an experience.