"The parents say to open a wedding registry. The couple responds that they do not want one. They don't expect gifts from wedding guests (their presence is enough), and they have been cohabiting for years and already have plates, bedsheets and a blender. In fact, since they live in a small rented apartment, they barely have room for the plates that they do have let alone a set of china."
"As a compromise, there may be a house-fund bucket on the registry, down at the bottom after the really niche cookware. (If the couple is especially sneaky, they will pretend to go along with their parents, but rig the registry with unattractive gifts to make the fund look more appealing by comparison.) In the end, the wedding will be lovely. And afterward the married couple may have a china set, but like nearly half of US millennials no house in which to put it."
Many young couples decline traditional wedding registries because they already live together and possess household items, and because small rental apartments limit storage. Couples sometimes propose honeymoon funds or contributions toward a house downpayment, but many parents consider asking for money tacky and pressure couples to include conventional registries. Compromises can include a low-priority house-fund item, strategic registry choices, or hidden tactics. Weddings proceed beautifully, yet many newlyweds end up with gifts without a home to house them. The median age for first-time homebuyers has risen from about 29 in the 1980s to around 40 today, and first homes cost roughly twice as much as in the mid-1980s.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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