May 6, 2013
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Gift registry
So over the weekend, whilst I was at Highpoint. I figured that it would be a great time to go to David Jones and buy something from my friend’s wedding gift registry.
The staff printed me out a very long list of items- it seems either people haven’t started buying anything yet OR she’s got an extremely large list of items that she needs.
Now coming from a Vietnamese background- gift registries is somewhat foreign. We do CASH only for weddings… and I guess, most of the weddings I have been to that aren’t “Asian” have not bothered with a registry.
Regardless having to buy a present for the bridge and groom is a major hassle because you need to find time to buy something for them. A Gift registry is a great idea because it means you’re not buying something that they don’t want/need.
But the registry can be a harrowing experience for the non experienced such as myself- with so many different options, it’s a LARGE task to actually physically look for the individual items on the list.
So it’s almost just as bad as not knowing what to buy for them and wandering aimlessly in a shopping centre, except now you are wandering around in one department for an obscure object.
In the end, I gave up…
I’ve decided to just do the Asian thing and just give her cash- she has said Cash is welcome. Cash makes much more sense. It gives them the ability to buy what they were missing or pay for their wedding.
Stress avoided
