Wedding Registries are Changing (For Good)
Posted by Lisa on Jun 23, 2008. Filed under Green Weddings, Stuff We Love, Wedding Registries and Gifts
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In your pre-wedding world, you probably already have the dishes, the towels, and the ubiquitous crock pot that grace most wedding registries. So what do you register for if your cupboards already runneth over? You could succumb to that borderline tacky (okay, really tacky) trend of asking guests to pay for your honeymoon or even help fund your wedding. Or you could help make the world a better place by registering for your wedding at ChangingThePresent.org.
At ChangingThePresent.org, couples can register for “items” like adopting a jaguar ($35), replenishing a rainforest ($50), or funding a year of school for a young girl ($250). Choose from thousands of items from a wide variety of charities to promote global health, environmental causes, animal welfare…whatever you two lovebirds are passionate about (besides each other).
Your wedding was already destined to be the happiest day of your life. But a wedding that can improve the lives of others? Now that’s a celebration of love that will stay with you and your guests long after that last bottle of wine runs dry.
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You make a good point about the tradition of giving money to newlyweds, but I see a difference between a money gift from a relative and asking someone to purchase a designated section of your wedding or honeymoon. For one thing, usually those monetary donations aren’t specifically sought out.
And think of the thank-you note: “Thank you for springing for my wedding night champagne and strawberries, they were yummy” seems weirder than, “Thank you for your generous gift, we will invest it wisely for our future together.”
Hey, I actually think you stumbled on something good, Lisa. I would have been happy to enjoy a wedding night gift!
I couldn’t convince my husband that doing a wedding registry was the opposite of rude—and so we didn’t register for anything! (I am always thankful when a couple is registered—it saves me time and I know they want what I buy through the registry.) Our poor guests were left to fend for themselves—not surprisingly we wound up with decorative things that were not our taste at all. (We would have been totally fine if no one had given us a present. I have found that people regularly ignore my “no presents please” messages—people just have a need to give.)
Maybe if we could have registered at Changing the Present, I could have convinced him to register…and we all would have been happy.
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With most couples cohabiting prior to tying the knot, wedding registries are becoming a bit useless. Asking the guests to contribute to a charity is a wonderful, wonderful idea, that is sure to be appreciated by many guests. However, I don’t think that asking guests for money is as tacky as it used to be. Many couples now pay for their weddings themselves and writing a check is even easier for guests than buying a gift. Also, giving money to the newlyweds is an age-long tradition in many cultures.