{"id":3123,"date":"2010-01-04T13:12:20","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2010-03-26T11:37:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T16:37:37","slug":"fine-china-or-wii-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/fine-china-or-wii-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine China or Wii Console?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the question many of today&#8217;s couples are asking themselves. \u00a0Since most couples have lived on their own for a few years and have collected kitchenware and house necessities that are still updated and working well &#8211; what is left for them to register for? \u00a0Is it appropriate to ask for a new Wii instead of that 200 dollar serving dish? \u00a0Will a guest be willing to purchase a new camping set or fitness equipment instead of bathroom towels? What will your guests think??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3142\" title=\"lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365.jpg\" alt=\"lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/lenox-fine-china-dinnerwa365-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3141\" title=\"wii\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wii.jpg\" alt=\"wii\" width=\"400\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wii.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wii-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wait.. did I just say what will your GUESTS think? \u00a0Your registry is meant solely to help guide your guests to give a gift in celebration with YOU for YOUR upcoming marriage. \u00a0I can see how this can be a sticky situation &#8211; especially if you are inviting a lot of traditionalist who may see buying the most updated Iphone for you as a waste of their money. \u00a0Is it better to register somewhere and \u00a0return the gifts later for money&#8230; (I hate to say that this does happen) &#8211; and I think it is a waste of everyone&#8217;s time! \u00a0If you are already established and have your china set and serving bowls, \u00a0I fully support picking out movies, outdoor equipment or entertainment games. \u00a0As I mentioned earlier, your registry is a guide not a requirement. \u00a0If your friends and family don&#8217;t feel comfortable with any of your requests on your registry, than they have the choice to present a gift in another route such as monetary or however they choose.<\/p>\n<p>Couples also set up ways to donate money towards their honeymoon online or a charity that they may request donations instead of a gift. \u00a0Either way, you are offering another suggestion for your guests to give you a gift in celebration, outside of the traditional bedding and dishes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you registering for.. Fine China or Wii ?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the question many of today&#8217;s couples are asking themselves. \u00a0Since most couples have lived on their own for a few years and have collected kitchenware and house necessities that are still updated and working well &#8211; what is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/fine-china-or-wii-console\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wedding-budget","category-wedding-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3442,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions\/3442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bubblybride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}