Lots of gifts vs hoping for cash??

If u need home repair stuff register at home depot, lowes or menards, soooo much stuff they're you might end up just getting gift cards for the stuff cuz i mean who wants to bring drywall to a bridal shower lol

Small registry sounds good and ask for home depot cards as well. Only register for gifts you really need and will use. I'm hoping for cash but my partner wants new everything. Ugh.

That is what we did.

My fiance and I are older and have been living together for 2 yesrs. We both had houses and we actually had to get rid of stuff when I moved into his house. I registered on Honeyfund. We listed honeymoon excursion, flight, hotel stay, and there is an option to give any amount of cash gift. Our guests can pay online and it is deposited immediately in our bank account or they can print a voucher and send a check by mail or give it directly to us. There is also gift card options and they add other registries. We listed a few items from Amazon like changing the bathroom ensemble, towels, and a few dishes. Plus we added suitcases for our trip. It's just enough for the traditional gift giver. But mostly we get money. It's working for us.

We need DIRE repairs to our roof, among other home repair which is too numerous to mention due to the age of the home. All of our family and friends know about the hardship we are going through with our house. Due to this, we set up a gofundme website for home repairs, and used that as our registry. We asked that people donate to help fix up our house rather than give gifts. There will probably be a few people who think its "tacky", but the purpose of a gift is to give something that will be meaningful and helpful to the couple to start their marriage together. This is the most meaningful and helpful thing any of them can do. I also prefer that we are upfront about the fact that we need money for this. I like this approach much better than registries that only have a few items. That approach just seems manipulative to me, in my opinion. No beating around the bush here. We don't need blankets or dishes... we need a roof to stop the leaks, stop the mold, and to stop getting sick. Those that care about us and know what we are going through will understand. Since this is our wedding, only those that care for us are in attendance. A few of my family members even suggested we do it. So, my registry page on wedding wire is a Gofundme. If any of my guests don't like it, they don't have to donate, or come to the wedding for that matter. One less heartless mouth I have to buy dinner for, in my opinion.