Phooey on wedding registries

Those couples who are living together -- don't they have spatulas, steamer baskets and toaster ovens already?

One wedding gift will suffice

Dear Miss Manners: How many wedding gifts do you give? One for the engagement, one for each shower and one for the wedding. Is this correct? Gentle Reader: The answer Miss Manners will give you is not what you would hear from most engaged couples or those who aid and abet them.

A wedding that will see flowers replace monetary 'shagun', dowry

The family and relatives of an activist of save the girl child campaign won't accept any customary "shagun" (gift) and dowry from the bride's parents on his wedding.

Rev. James Ellis, III: It's So Not About the Ceremony

My wife and I recently celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary, a milestone which we are exceedingly grateful for, to God and one another. But, we didn't have the greatest of beginnings. For more reasons than I can fully articulate here, our wedding was a hot mess.

Let Go of the Spatula: Reconsidering Wedding Registries

If you're looking for something that doesn't come from a generic retailer, there are other options for registries.