You and your sweetheart know each other very well. After all, you know the passwords to each other’s streaming services, you know exactly how you take your coffees in the morning and you know which songs you can play to turn your car rides into a karaoke session–and that’s why you’re getting married! Now, you have the opportunity to build your wedding registry, a process where together, you can choose items and experiences to build your future.
As you navigate through endless options of household items, decor, and experiences, you might uncover some unexpected revelations. At MyRegistry.com, we encourage couples to embrace this journey of discovery. Curious about what you might discover? Here are three surprising things you can learn about your spouse while creating your wedding registry together.
Your Spouse’s Personal Style Preferences
A new comforter, decorative pillows, shower curtains, and a rug are all great additions to your wedding registry. Although these may seem like no-brainer additions, you may find yourself in a bit of a dilemma when it comes to exactly which of these to choose. While you may envision your future home together to be filled with vibrant colors, bold designs, and statement pieces, you may find that your spouse prefers a more subtle and simple look for your home. By adding these decorative elements to your registry, you’ll be able to see exactly which styles your spouse prefers and, in the process, find a way to compromise so that your future home together is one you’ll both love.
Your Spouse’s Secret Sentimentals
Whether you’re looking to add items that are more functional or you’re looking to add fun experiences, the reasoning behind your spouse’s choices on your registry may surprise you. These may seem like surface-level additions, however as you make your decisions, you may find that your spouse insists on adding something based on the nostalgic value it holds for them. Perhaps there is a particular brand of coffee maker that their grandparents had, or maybe they want to add a particular cooking class where the food reminds them of their childhood. No matter the case, by adding gifts to your registry with your spouse, you may be highlighting a sentimental side you haven’t seen before.
Your Spouse’s Future Aspirations
By building a wedding registry together, you are building a future together. As a result, the items and experiences you and your spouse add can say a lot about your aspirations. Maybe your spouse is highly interested in adding luggage and a honeymoon fund. Most likely, they see a future of travel with you. Maybe they favor items such as dinnerware, seating, or entertainment systems. Perhaps they are looking to host parties and entertain often in your new home. Acknowledging which items and experiences your spouse is prioritizing can help shed light on how they truly envision your future spent together.
Conclusion
There’s always more to learn! Even when you think you know everything about your spouse, by creating your wedding registry, you may discover even more. Together, you can decide what to add, giving you insights into how you can deepen your understanding of each other and strengthen your bond as you prepare for your new married life!
Wedding Registry FAQs
How many registries should you have?
Technically you can have as many registries as you wish. However for your guests sake, it would make sense to be able to access all the various registries you might create from the big box stores or high end department stores from a single place. Syncing your registries with a single MyRegistry.com registry is a great way to do this.
How should you share your registry information?
Email, your wedding website, even text message for your close friends, possibly your invitation as well. There are many different ways to share your registry. You just want to make it as easy and unobtrusive as possible for your friends and family and guests to find the items you want.
Is it OK to ask for cash gifts?
Absolutely. We get asked this all the time. For many couples cash may be the preferred gift as they may have much of the household stuff already or they value experiences and time together more than material goods. Adding a cash fund to your registry is easy and you can let your guest know exactly why you’re asking for it.
How many items should be on a Wedding Registry?
It all depends on what you need and what you want. The wedding registry is a way to share with your friends and family all the items you’re looking for to help you start your marriage off on the right foot. We recommend focusing on the process with your partner and the actual number of items is of less importance.
How will people find my registry?
Finding your registry is easy! Google Search will actually pull your registry from the MyRegistry.com list of registries if a searcher uses the name or title you used when creating and naming your list. The same happens when you go to MyRegistry.com and type in a name in the Find a Registry or Gift List box at the top of the home page.
Following this comprehensive wedding registry checklist will help keep you organized and focused as you get prepared for your wedding. There’s no need to stress. You and your partners working together will have a wonderful time searching for and adding all the perfect gifts that will truly get your marriage started off on the right foot.
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