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wedding-present“No need to plan a honeymoon.  My wedding present is an all expense paid trip on the gay booze cruise!”  Marc chuckled sadistically.  He continued, “You know I’m not going to give you cash.”

I was shocked.  “What about Sabrina?”  I was referring to a friend of his who also had specifically requested money on her wedding website to help them buy a home.

“I bought her a really nice food processor.”

“Well definitely don’t buy us that!”

It kinda baffles me what all these middle-aged people do with random registry crap.  Dean and I live very lean.  We have just a few utensils, just a few glasses, just a few plates.  I understand that people are more domestic than me.  Most of the world cooks while I radiate.  But do you really need a porcelain teacup?  Do you really need a salad spinner?  OMG.  Really?  Like really?  I see that stuff as junk.  More clutter that sits in cupboards and doesn’t ever get used.

Three people have asked me about a registry and I’ve simply said we don’t have one.  I honestly don’t think that’s tacky—and it can’t just be me because I know three other brides who handled it the same way along with PayPal links.  We live in a very materialistic culture if the proper way to handle wedding gifts is to dream away a day at Macy’s or Crate and Barrel and stun-gun things that you want.  That is tacky!

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