PixKristin, while I've never been married, I've gone to plenty of weddings, and finding the registry has always been pretty important to me. That said, if someone told me that all the info about the wedding was on the website, my first move would be to go to the website and look for registry info. If someone's been to the website and still can't find it and asks, then I'd give them the direct link.

Are a lot of older people going to be using this? I don't know your wedding's demographics. My Dad (82)would never have found the registry link, my sister (50) would have no problem.

It is considered tacky to put registry info on the invite, but not on the website. People are supposed to ask where you're registered.

ND, where did you get your $5 ones? Online? Newegg has cheaper, too. The HDMI cable to my Apple TV has broken its connector.

I think I picked up a bunch of them on a Woot.com sale as well as a few other sites. I've also had good luck here:

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The wedding stuff is coming from my frustration at the bad communication that seems to be now ingrained in the process. It's impolite to ask for gifts, so it should be essentially passed around by word of mouth, but if you aren't registered somewhere then that is also considered impolite. I just get very frustrated at the craziness of it all. We were fine without registering or having gifts until we were told that it is really bad form and makes people uncomfortable, so fine we register, and then the rule is to obfuscate the idea that you are registered somewhere. Built. From. Crazy.

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I know! It's about 25000. I knew that because as a kid I read about how an ancient Greek (I think) astronomer figured it was that amount, which was very close to reality. He figured it out... using geometry! By the difference between the length of shadows of a sticks with the same length in different cities at the same time. (I don't remember how he measured time that accurately in the two cities, which were about 1000 miles apart.)

I forgot that I had talked last week with a mom and arranged a playdate for mac today. So, after 2 nights and a full day away from each other, he is now out with friends and I am getting more stuff done at the house.

laundry is in
repaired dresser is about to be delivered
Clothes are going back into closets today
books get stored on upper closet shelved and
furniture being moved for Christmas tree.

awesome.

Are a lot of older people going to be using this? I don't know your wedding's demographics. My Dad (82)would never have found the registry link, my sister (50) would have no problem.

I have to say, my mother (64) was kvetching about not being able to figure out how to RSVP for a recent wedding: "All there is on the invitation is a website!" "Yeah, did you go to the website?" "No...." Of course it turned out to be obvious on the website.

But yeah, for someone who would immediately go to the website, that's plenty of information. Other people will start making calls anyway.

Just keep it on the website, ND, and Pix. The minute anyone asks where you're registered, feel free to tell them, and also say that there's info on the website. The minute someone asks, you do not need to obfuscate.

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Thanks for the link, ND. I think I'll shop there.

The idea that you can't have a wedding (or any celebration you choose) without receiving gifts if you don't want them has always bothered me. I used to invite people over for my birthday and just not tell them it was my birthday because I didn't want to deal. And when some found out afterwards they were annoyed.

As a young person, I would expect to find the registry info on the website. If I were an old person, I should be used to the tradition of asking the family/couple where they were registered.

Some registries even show up on google. Mine still does.