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Originally posted by Ginger
Are some of you girls on the wedding messageboards? (knot, ultimate wedding, wedding channel, etc.?) what are your screennames over there.. it would be neat if we knew we were posting to one another!

I was one of those who argued that registry cards are not evil in a thread like that. We'll probably do them, only because nearly everyone attending, participating, or orchestrating our wedding is coming from out of state... there will be no showers or anything like that for information to spread... the "standard stores" vary greatly from one part of the States to another... and I'd hate to have people randomly calling one another cross-country to see if they know where we're registered. (ie. grandfather in NJ calls my mother in Arizona... she's not home, so they call my brother in Green Bay (who's standing up for us), but I'm sure even if I told him, he wouldn't have a clue!... and that's just family!)

If anyone is that offended by it, well, they don't have to buy us a gift or come if they don't want to. All a registry card is is a time-saving device to be used if someone wants to buy you a gift, not a statement saying You Must buy me a gift, and it MUST be from one of these three stores.

But, as with everything else, everyone has their own opinion, and if there are two things we've learned on GC... someone will always be offended by something, and you'll never change anyone's mind :)

Since all of my family and my FI's family is within a 90 mile radius of the wedding, there's no need for registry cards. I can see how it would be different when everyone is SO spread out.

It also has to do with your area of the country. Down here, its either an open bar or none at all. People would be very offended to get a registry card in an invitation. That's the south for ya'

I post some on ultimatewedding, but not a lot. I'm on the New Orleans board for TheKnot. WeddingChannel is absurdly slow for me, so I end up skipping it a lot.

I'm in wedding overload mode right now...why I keep checking the boards, I have no frickin' clue!

I'm a firm devotee to weddingchannel. It is outrageously slow sometimes, but I've been there for almost two years, so I'm not going to stop now. I like it because there's more than just wedding stuff, there's general chat and newlywed and family planning. And though it has its share of drama, it's far less than I've seen at UW or theknot. I'm kkgbride over there.

I love the wedding channel! I have been married for over 2 years and I am still over there! I used to post in the Vegas bride threads all the time. I still post there.

I am Jill121101 over there

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Originally posted by ISUKappa
I'm a firm devotee to weddingchannel. It is outrageously slow sometimes, but I've been there for almost two years, so I'm not going to stop now. I like it because there's more than just wedding stuff, there's general chat and newlywed and family planning. And though it has its share of drama, it's far less than I've seen at UW or theknot. I'm kkgbride over there.

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originally posted by Ginger
that's Wisconsin for ya. I think the standard response to a registry card here is "whew! now I don't have to call all those people!" It wouldn't occurr to most people here to be offended.

I guess I don't have a problem when you know all your guests and you know the people honestly won't care about registry cards, but if you're in doubt, at all, I would just not do it.

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originally posted by Jill1228
I am Jill121101 over there

I thought I recognized your picture from the bridesmaids thread! :) I still post, but I'm not as vocal as I was when I was planning. I mainly stick to the Newlywed, NWCC and FP boards.

Hi ladies! I'm also on the weddingchannel and I know the both of you!!!:D I am, of course, jh124;) Easier to remember who I am that way.

We're giving out personalized mint tins. They'll have

"Meghan and Daniel
October 2, 2004"

printed on them. Rather inexpensive and still useful :)

We're also considering letting the guests take home the mini wine glass candles we're using for centerpiece accents. They're tiny glasses with wine-scented wax and wine charms around the stems. We don't know what to do with them when the whole thing's over. Might as well let the guests keep them.

For the whole registry list issue:

I never laughed as hard as when my sister got an invitation, printed out on a home computer, with a card inside that said "We are registered at Wal-Mart and Home Depot." Now, if that's all you can afford, that's great, but I wouldn't advertise those two places in an invitation.

I think it's kind of tacky to include the list. I would tell all my bridesmaids, mother, mother in law, grandparents, etc. where I'm registered and let it up to them to spread the word.

My sister refused to register- she thinks people will just give her money that way. I say she'll get a lot of junk, like vases and picture frames, that have no real use when you're just starting out.