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Default Wedding registries for expensive gifts.

jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/7/2012 1:26 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
>> On Dec 7, 9:31 am, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>>> In article
>>> >,
>>>
>>> spamtrap1888 > wrote:
>>>> Thinking of impractical, never-used, and expensive wishlists: When
>>>> good friends of mine got married, in the pre-Internet era, I had
>>>> barely heard of registries. He wanted solid copper pots, while she was
>>>> content with these heavy orange pots and pans that I later realized
>>>> were LeCreuset.
>>>
>>>> I gave them an envelope full of cash according to the way of my
>>>> people.
>>>
>>>> When they split up, some eight years later, she kept the LeCreuset,
>>>> while he hung on to the solid copper. By now, he has had to have them
>>>> retinned twice.
>>>
>>>> The only time he cooks is when he entertains, so the pots see little
>>>> use these days.
>>>
>>> What's your question?

>>
>> What's your experience along those lines?
>>

> Giving gifts of jam?
>
> Jill

Since most marriages fail, WGAS?