How many glasses to register for?

We actually have a set of 24 (12 tall, 12 short) and it's been perfect for the 2 of us. If we're both home then we use them enough that we usually end up with 4 or 6 in the dishwasher before we run it. We also have a set of 8 for dinnerware and that's not usually enough for get togethers and I wish we had 12. I'd say go with the bigger sets because it's nice to have too many and you can't suddenly make more appear when you need them if you don't have enough.

When FH and I first moved in together, we started with 4 of everything (plates, bowls, silverware sets, etc.) and were constantly having to run the dishwasher. We upgraded to 8 of everything and feel like that's a good number for now, and we'll probably buy another set of 4 to get us to 12 once we move into a bigger house with space to host more people. I'd suggest starting with 8 tall and 8 short glasses - we tend to use the tall ones daily and the short ones for cocktails, juice, etc.

I would do 8!

our dining table is set for 6 and a lot of things people gave me were only set of 4! so i definitely think for hosting larger amounts of people or just mixing it up, 8 is better

We've been living together for 4 years so we got our plates from IKEA like 3 years ago lol. We originally grabbed a set of 6 (since you just grab as many as you want) and bought 2 more sets next time we went because 6 wasn't enough. Now I wish we had grabbed 6 more total for the set of 12.

We don't currently have a plate set on our registry because we haven't found a set that we like more than our IKEA plates lol. We might just go back sometime and grab more plates to add to our current set since we really like them and they match our kitchen so well. I do plan on putting extra forks on our registry though because we manage to use forks like crazy and run out like twice as often as our other silverware for some reason.

I am the type of person who would rather have way more than needed than not have enough. There's nothing wrong with registering for extra and if someone doesn't buy them all you can always purchase another if you feel like you need it!

Def. 8, especially since you've said that you'd like to host events and family gatherings!

If you aren't opposed to the idea, I'd also suggest even registering for more than 8, more around the 12 range. We did this just in case we have a lot of people over at one time, or something gets broken and we need an extra before we can order a replacement!