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HBADPi 07-30-2007 07:10 PM

Interesting Wedding Registry Items
 
With all the talk about crazy weddings and wedding dates, I thought I'd start a thread about interesting/crazy/ridiculous things you have seen on couple's wedding registeries.

Over the weekend I saw a friend's sister's wedding registery and she had registered for Brita Pitcher Replacement Filters and Tide Sticks. I don't know if I was the only one who thought that was odd but if you can buy the item from your grocery store I dont think it warrants a place on your wedding registry.

I also knew a girl in college that registered for (among other things) a fire extinguisher, his and her golf tshirts and cotton underwear from Wal-Mart.

Unregistered- 07-30-2007 07:13 PM

Glue stick (just the sticks, not the gun), anvil lopper, and a plastic saw horse.

Oh wait...

honeychile 07-30-2007 11:33 PM

I've noticed that both wedding and baby registries are getting much more practical in the past few years. I've seen the tool boxes & fire extinguishers, gardening supplies, first aid kits & seriously ugly everyday dishes. I find myself buying more gift cards with a smaller gift, instead of the nicer gifts I used to give.

Oh, well.

bluefish81 07-30-2007 11:53 PM

I went to a wedding of a former co-worker a few years ago. I was entertained that her husband had hopes that we'd all be stocking their bar with the beer and hard alcohol. I also thought it was funny that they registered for items that were clearly for their little daugter daughter - kids sleeping bag, couple dolls, and I think Candy Land.

Munchkin03 07-31-2007 07:11 AM

The boy went to a co-worker's wedding a few weeks ago, and their registry included RECYCLING BINS (the blue ones!), and a turkey deep-fryer. There were some other things, but those two took the cake.

AlphaFrog 07-31-2007 07:33 AM

I was shopping for a cousin's wedding, and they had a bunch of little stuff on there...wooden spoons, a bottle opener, a cheese grater, etc...so I got a laundry basket and filled it up with all of their little stuff. It worked pretty well.

OneTimeSBX 07-31-2007 09:16 AM

a pool table. i mean, i would have rather gave them cash!

ZTAMich 07-31-2007 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1494195)
I was shopping for a cousin's wedding, and they had a bunch of little stuff on there...wooden spoons, a bottle opener, a cheese grater, etc...so I got a laundry basket and filled it up with all of their little stuff. It worked pretty well.

What a nice gift! I thought of doing the same thing for a co-worker who just got married. She's moving to a brand new house with her new husband so I understand why she needed all those things.
I put a few little items on our registry but just the ones that had pink on the handle hehe. Since I've been living on my own for a few years now I don't need as much for the kitchen.

SWTXBelle 07-31-2007 11:47 AM

Slightly OT - baby shower, not wedding
 
When I hear that a friend or family member is pregnant, I start buying a few little baby basics everytime I go to the store - booties, baby Tylenol, Boudreaux's Butt Paste, Hyland's remedies,the bath stuff, cute little shoes, blankets, baby spoons, etc.- especially stuff that has worked for me and the mom-to-be might not know about - and when I go to the shower I get a super big gift bag and put all the necessities in, topping with a pack of newborn diapers and a cute stuffed animal. It's always well-received.

OneTimeSBX 07-31-2007 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1494312)
When I hear that a friend or family member is pregnant, I start buying a few little baby basics everytime I go to the store - booties, baby Tylenol, Boudreaux's Butt Paste, Hyland's remedies,the bath stuff, cute little shoes, blankets, baby spoons, etc.- especially stuff that has worked for me and the mom-to-be might not know about - and when I go to the shower I get a super big gift bag and put all the necessities in, topping with a pack of newborn diapers and a cute stuffed animal. It's always well-received.

do you want to come to my baby shower in september?? lol

1908Revelations 07-31-2007 11:56 AM

I have seen some stuff that would be considered weird, but I figure people should ask for things they can really use, instead of leaving it in the basement for 10 years and then giving it to GoodWill.

ForeverRoses 07-31-2007 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1494312)
When I hear that a friend or family member is pregnant, I start buying a few little baby basics everytime I go to the store - booties, baby Tylenol, Boudreaux's Butt Paste, Hyland's remedies,the bath stuff, cute little shoes, blankets, baby spoons, etc.- especially stuff that has worked for me and the mom-to-be might not know about - and when I go to the shower I get a super big gift bag and put all the necessities in, topping with a pack of newborn diapers and a cute stuffed animal. It's always well-received.

I had several co-workers do that, only they put all of the items into a laundry basket. It was by far my best baby gift and I have started giving similar type gifts (BTW- Boudreaux's Butt Paste is the best IMO).

I also do the same for wedding shower gifts- buy a bunch of the little things (like serving pieces) and put them in a nice wicker basket.

As for odd items on the registry- 24 glass salad plates. The salad plates didn't match any other china they registered for- and being the obnoxious friend that I am, I felt the need to buy them some of these plates. (they did not register for 24 forks, so I wonder how everyone was supposed to eat off these plates).

AChiOhSnap 07-31-2007 01:05 PM

A mf-ing TOILET.

VandalSquirrel 07-31-2007 02:11 PM

Fat Percentage Scale. I would have bought it but it was an in store only purchase and shipping it to where they were moving to would have been a pain.

LeslieAGD 07-31-2007 02:21 PM

A nose hair trimmer is probably the weirdest thing I have seen on a wedding registry.

Infamous12 07-31-2007 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap (Post 1494370)
A mf-ing TOILET.

Was the house on the registry too?

AChiOhSnap 07-31-2007 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Infamous12 (Post 1494447)
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.

cuteASAbug 07-31-2007 03:48 PM

did anyone get it for them?

Drolefille 07-31-2007 03:50 PM

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...

sageofages 07-31-2007 03:52 PM

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.

AlphaFrog 07-31-2007 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sageofages (Post 1494489)
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????

cuteASAbug 07-31-2007 03:56 PM

I've seen it done.

AlphaFrog 07-31-2007 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cuteASAbug (Post 1494492)
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.

OneTimeSBX 07-31-2007 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1494493)

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.

SWTXBelle 07-31-2007 04:55 PM

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)

ISUKappa 07-31-2007 05:01 PM

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.

sageofages 07-31-2007 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1494490)
Who REGISTERS for their birthday or Christmas????


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.

AChiOhSnap 07-31-2007 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug (Post 1494486)
did anyone get it for them?

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 1494488)
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...

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.......

Quote:

Originally Posted by sageofages (Post 1494489)
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.


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 ;)

AGDee 08-01-2007 06:40 AM

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.

SWTXBelle 08-01-2007 08:19 AM

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.

ForeverRoses 08-01-2007 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1494490)
Who REGISTERS for their birthday or Christmas????

My family doesn't register at a store or anything, but since my 3 siblings and I all live in different states, we usually do send each other "wish lists" for Christmas. Usually a list of 10 or so items that the kids and/or the adults would like to have. Sometimes you get something from the list, sometimes you don't, but it at least gives us an idea of what to buy.

Oh, and if I had seen a toilet on the gift registry, I think I would have tried to pool money with a few other people and buy it (and put it on the gift table front and center!)

PinkRose1098 08-01-2007 02:54 PM

Off Topice
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1494312)
When I hear that a friend or family member is pregnant, I start buying a few little baby basics everytime I go to the store - booties, baby Tylenol, Boudreaux's Butt Paste, Hyland's remedies,the bath stuff, cute little shoes, blankets, baby spoons, etc.- especially stuff that has worked for me and the mom-to-be might not know about - and when I go to the shower I get a super big gift bag and put all the necessities in, topping with a pack of newborn diapers and a cute stuffed animal. It's always well-received.

I LOVE Boudreaux's! It's been a life saver several times already!

OneTimeSBX 08-01-2007 03:12 PM

also off topic...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by PinkRose1098 (Post 1495307)
I LOVE Boudreaux's! It's been a life saver several times already!

who sells this Boudreaux's? i was prepared to stock up on Desitin again, but apparently theres something better...

AlphaFrog 08-01-2007 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX (Post 1495329)
who sells this Boudreaux's? i was prepared to stock up on Desitin again, but apparently theres something better...

Walgreens. It's better than any other diaper cream.

ISUKappa 08-01-2007 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX (Post 1495329)
who sells this Boudreaux's? i was prepared to stock up on Desitin again, but apparently theres something better...

Our SuperTarget carries it as well. Usually it works great, but on occasion we've had to use something else.

sueali 08-01-2007 03:54 PM

Worst was a folded piece of paper in the invitation that said we already have everything, so instead of presents please give us money so we can buy a house. Asking for money is tacky.

PinkRose1098 08-01-2007 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX (Post 1495329)
who sells this Boudreaux's? i was prepared to stock up on Desitin again, but apparently theres something better...

I've found it at Walmart, Target, and Babies-R-Us.

adpiucf 08-01-2007 04:44 PM

I think registries are a necessary evil, and with so many couples co-habitating prior to marriage or getting married after their have already been out on their own, they either have to register for luxury items or simply upgrade their current everyday items.

I enjoy gift giving, and especially giving something to someone that I know they want, so a registry can be helpful. That being said, I am loathe to buy a breast pump for a baby shower or an odd serving dish that is part of a 5-piece set I can't afford.

So I just send gift cards. I figure that when they go to close the registry, most places give you an additional 10% or so off on your purchases, so this is helping add to their fund to buy that $500 knife block or the super-deluxe baby bassinet they've been dreaming of. Plus, I am an amateur photog, so if I attend a wedding or shower, I follow-up with a CD of the gazillion photos I took at the event... that's always appreciated :)

HBADPi 08-01-2007 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adpiucf (Post 1495374)
I think registries are a necessary evil, and with so many couples co-habitating prior to marriage or getting married after their have already been out on their own, they either have to register for luxury items or simply upgrade their current everyday items.

I enjoy gift giving, and especially giving something to someone that I know they want, so a registry can be helpful. That being said, I am loathe to buy a breast pump for a baby shower or an odd serving dish that is part of a 5-piece set I can't afford.

So I just send gift cards. I figure that when they go to close the registry, most places give you an additional 10% or so off on your purchases, so this is helping add to their fund to buy that $500 knife block or the super-deluxe baby bassinet they've been dreaming of. Plus, I am an amateur photog, so if I attend a wedding or shower, I follow-up with a CD of the gazillion photos I took at the event... that's always appreciated :)

I do the same thing! A lot of times I'll just end up giving gift cards that way the couple can pick what stuff they want that's left on the registry. Plus gift cards are easy to transport than most gifts.

OneTimeSBX 08-01-2007 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HBADPi (Post 1495378)
I do the same thing! A lot of times I'll just end up giving gift cards that way the couple can pick what stuff they want that's left on the registry. Plus gift cards are easy to transport than most gifts.

i dont care how "impersonal" people think gift cards are...id rather be able to get exactly what i wanted and not have to return the awful gift you attempted to get for me. after christmas, when everyone else is standing in the return lines, i am happily shopping for the right color/size/shape!


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