Was the house on the registry too?

No, but they were redoing their bathroom and figured they should just go ahead and register at Lowe's too (along with the standard dept. store registries). They registered for mirrors, light fixtures, little trinkets for the counter, TP holders, a soap dispenser/toothbrush caddy. And yes, a toilet complete with ugly wood seat.

I don't know what was wrong with their original white porcelain toilet, or why they would think it appropriate to ask their wedding guests to furnish their bathrom remodel, or why they would put a TOILET on their wedding registry. I have to chalk it up to a complete and utter lack of class.

did anyone get it for them?

The only thing I can think of is that perhaps at Lowes, like at other stores, you get a discount on un-purchased registry items after the wedding. Maybe they weren't actually expecting anyone to buy it?

Or I'm just giving them the benefit of the doubt...

I think alot of the strange items on registries come now, not from crassness, but from running amuck in the store with the little hand held scanner they give you. When you had to WRITE in your handwriting what you wanted, I think you thought about it a bit more, just zipping a little red beam over a UPC code takes all the thought out of it.

With a bazillion registries now, for weddings, babies, birthdays, christmas, etc etc etc, it is just too easy and too impersonal.

Who REGISTERS for their birthday or Christmas????

I've seen it done.

My Super Sweet 16?

I can't think of any other time that it would be appropriate to register for a birthday than if you have 800 people coming and you've spent $500,000 on the party/guests.

my dad felt that my fiance and i were being rude by registering for our wedding. we went to target.com and picked simple stuff. we needed everything on the list. he thinks that he should give you what he wants you to have:confused:, this coming from a man who eloped lol...

birthdays? nah. kinda conceited.
christmas? hell to the naw! the only thing i think is ok to tell people is size/color preferences.

I like registering kids for their birthdays and Christmas- so family from far away can get a gift that isn't a duplicate. But once you hit, oh, 10 - nope!
When my eldest daughter was four, we went into Toys R Us to register for Christmas. She started to throw a fit - lying down on the floor and wailing fit - yelling "I don't need any more toys! I have enough!".
Parents were stunned.
I was stunned.
(Shhh . . .she's still my favorite child)

We registered for a bottle of good tequila knowing at least one of the husband's friends from work would find it entertaining and buy it. Otherwise everything else was your regular dishes/linens/household needs stuff.

I have seen it done so many times now, I gave up counting...it boggles the mind.

It is "let's play with the scanner at *insertwhateverstoreyouareinatthetime* and see what we can get" type mentality.

It is all about making it easier for the store to rake in the money on *insertwhatevereventyouaregivingagiftfor* event in a person's life.

Well if someone did get it for them, they certainly didn't bring it to the wedding gift table (as per tradition at Midwestern weddings). Come to think of it, if I actually had an extra $299 on me, I would have totally bought it, wrapped it up tightly (as a toilet is a rather distinctive shape) and set it front and center on the gift table. But no, practical me bought them a set of pasta utensils. I really didn't like that couple very much. We only attended the wedding out of sheer obligation since the husband is a coworker of my fiance's.

You're definitely giving them the benefit of the doubt. The bride's mom apparently mentioned the bathroom registry at one of the showers and explained that buying items off that list would really help the couple with their bathroom remodel. I heard that and just had to check the registry out for myself....and lo and behold...A TOILET on page 2. This couple also registered for stuff in the hundreds and thousands of dollars at Macy's and Saks.... think like top of the line 20pc All-Clad pan sets (no open stock for them!), $300 a place setting china, Waterford crystal trinket crap for days, luxury bedspreads, etc. Methinks the B&G got a bit greedy with the scanning gun.......


You're absolutely right about that. I remember having to literally pull the scanner out of my fiance's hands at Williams-Sonoma when he started registering for stuff like $9 bottles of chocolate syrup, cans of demi-glace, candy, star-shaped pancake molds, stupid stuff like that. He was so sad when I recalled his scanner privileges; he was just having fun and getting carried away. Men don't really understand that sort of thing. In the interest of fairness, maybe I have to nominate my fiance and myself for stupid registry items ;)

It seems to me that, as more young adults are living on their own prior to marriage (or even living together and/or purchasing houses), perhaps we will see more and more odd items on their registries because they already have the "basic" dishes, flatware, small appliances, towels, etc, they end up registering for more frivolous things? I admit, the toilet is the weirdest thing.

I had a former student who told me he and his intended were not going to register because they didn't need anything. I told him if he didn't he was gonna end up with a bunch of vases and picture frames, and suggested he register for nice towels and linens. He did, and was very happy - they may be starting out in a tiny grad-student apt., but they have comfy sheets and thick towels!
I was brought up to give practical, everyday stuff for the shower, and nicer (china, silver, something special) for the wedding itself.
One of my sorority sisters married later, and had her grandmother's china, so they just registered for a Christmas china pattern. I thought that was neat.