Housewarming Registry

I had a friend who did and I thought it was really strange. But they only had a strict three hour time frame for people fo come over and they weren’t providing food sooooooo. I dont really think it’s necessary, did you have a wedding shower? Do you feel like you need to register ? People might complain if you did have a wedding shower and they bought you stuff for that.

My friend and former coworker had a housewarming registry for her first place and everyone was more than happy to buy from her registry and help her and her boyfriend get some essentials. My other coworker and her son got their first place and had a registry but no housewarming due to covid and I was happy to get a gift. Since I was young I’ve always known ppl to beings gifts to housewarmings anyway. So I think it’s fine. There are many occasions to have a registry. I had a college registry when I went off to college 10 years ago. I guess it depends if you think you still need some essentials after your wedding registry. My hubby and had no one but from the registry but all gave in cash so we plan to buy things with the wedding money off our registry when we move into our new place hopefully this year.

View Quoted Comment I did not have a wedding shower mostly because I felt like I was asking for too much especially during the height of covid. I got asked by one person tbh about if we had a registry. I didn’t even know it was a thing until then.

View Quoted Comment Thank you for the advice. I started to make one but deciding if I should post it on the event page I made 😔

In my circle it is typical to give things such as wine (or other alcohol bottle) or flowers for a house warming. I am surprised this is a thing in other areas but this website shows that things are not the same everywhere. Here, you would be thought of as money grasping if you had a registry. Even though this is an expensive area to live, people just wouldn't buy you a $50 blender for a housewarming here.

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I think it would be okay to have one especially since you didn't have a wedding shower! Thats when you get most essentials for your house anyways!

Better than getting things you don't need!

Since you didn't have a wedding shower I think this would be appropriate!

My husband and I didn't do a housewarming registry. People still gave us gifts & money but we didn't do an actual registry.

In our group, housewarming parties are meant more to get together and see the new place, and people might bring a nice bottle of wine, but we have never seen a housewarming registry. If it's a really close friend, we might give a gift card for Container Store or such, but that's it.

We did ours a bit backwards: We bought a house last year and we are getting married next year. We did a Housewarming but didn't need much as we've been together for 9 years. Most of what we needed was expensive things like washer/dryer, mower, etc. The response has been really positive so far.

Depending on what sort of items are on your registries, I wouldn't think your friends or family would be upset.

The answer to most of these "should I make a registry?" questions is sure, go ahead and make one, but keep it private. Then feel free to share it with anyone who asks if you have one. That way you don't appear to be asking for gifts for what, in many social circles, is not really a gifting occasion (other than small things like houseplants, wine, or bread & salt).

I also don't think whether or not you had a bridal shower is relevant. Choosing not to have a shower (I didn't have one either) is not a go ahead to ask for big gifts for every subsequent occasion forever.