I think it would be terribly tacky to register for your engagement party but I've heard of people doing this. What are your thoughts on this?
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anonymous
ANSWERS: 7
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I think it's ridiculous. Someone who does that is greedy.
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When I got married, I didn't have one. I didn't expect my friends to get us anything. I knew they would, but weddings are expensive enough, even as guests! I never really liked the idea of registries anyway. If I am going to buy someone a gift, it's going to be something I want to give them. Not something that someone is imposing upon me. If my friends and family want to give me gifts that's cool. But I am not the kind of guy to tell them what to buy me. It also might be important to know that I would have been perfectly happy getting no gifts. Having people take time away from their lives to celebrate the day is good enough for me. My wife has different ideas though. haha.
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I think the whole idea of an engagement party is tacky. It's like a fund raiser. Of course you can not help it if some one decides to throw one for you. But don't you get enought at your shower AND wedding??
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I usually give one gift to a couple per wedding. If I give the gift at the engagement party then they shouldn't expect one from me at the shower or wedding.
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I think it is very premature. Who's to say they are living together? Or that they share a household? Why give them gifts just for a promise they made to each other? It doesn't really change anything about them other than an announcement of intention to wed. Definitely tacky!
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It is tacky.I think gift registries(for any event) make the recipient look greedy.I know that it's common place for people to have them,but they always seem like begging or demanding gifts from people.
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I think the idea of registering started so that gifts wouldn't be duplicated and that siliverware sets (when people gave such thinkgs) could be properly filled out. It seems like the entire wedding process has generally become one of excess, greed bad taste and downright stupidity. Registering an engagement would probably fall into at least on of those catagories.
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