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Should tools and lawn equipment go on a wedding registry?
AlanS17:
Well I was stuck with my brother and his fiance on a 10 hour drive yesterday. The subject of wedding gift registries came up. A while back, my brother had mentioned wanting to put tools and lawn care stuff on the list, and she didn't have a problem. Now all of a sudden she does.
She kept saying he couldn't put on lawn care stuff because it wouldn't be a gift for the both of them since she would neer use it. But then she said stuff like cookware was for the both of them even though he would never use it.
One moment she's saying she doesn't want that stuff on the list because nobody wants to buy that as a wedding gift. The next moment she's saying she doesn't want it on the list because then if people buy all that stuff then she won't get what she wants (which totally negates the prior statement). Do you see where this is going? She wants the "pretty stuff" and he wants the "practical stuff".
Now I can conceed that you really don't need power tools, but you most definitely need hedge trimmers, weed eaters, and leaf blowers. However, she didn't leave much on the list that he actually wanted. All of "his and hers" gifts she picked were really "her" gifts. What do yall think?
shardian:
Well you can put that stuff on the registry (I did), but odds are you won't get any of it. It is more meant for a house warming gift registry.
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 27, 2006, 04:07:03 pm ---Well you can put that stuff on the registry (I did), but odds are you won't get any of it. It is more meant for a house warming gift registry.
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Well the thing is that he already has a house that he's been living in for a couple of years. There's not much a house-warming to be had.
And if you ask for tools/lawn stuff and don't get them, then what's the problem?
somunny:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on November 27, 2006, 04:02:42 pm ---
She kept saying he couldn't put on lawn care stuff because it wouldn't be a gift for the both of them since she would neer use it. But then she said stuff like cookware was for the both of them even though he would never use it.
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This is what I would call a RED FLAG.
shardian:
Note: Wives only cook until the "fun" factor wears off - which is usually a year or less. :laugh2:
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