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I actually wish I had put more Art on there (frames, pictures, etc.).  Now that we have all of these pictures i wish I had a beautiful frame or 5 to put them in. 

@brenda.m.fields:   i know families (married 20+) that have never ever used their china.  They are a huge pain to wash and to wrap up and put away and take out.   Therefore, we didn't register for china and are so glad we didn't.  Instead we put a really nice $80.00 full 12 person dinnerware set on the registry and will use that for all nicer parties, holidays, or events we host. 

My guests don't care what they're eating on, only the company.  They're not the kind of people to notice trivial stuff like that - thank god. 

Listen - if you want china, then put it on your registry.  All I was saying is that a lot of people I know regret registering for it. 

I'm doing China.  My mother and grandmother use theirs.  I'm getting classic China that I could blend my everyday with in case we have more guests.  I like the idea of having occasions where you dress things up a bit!  We've always used it for holidays and special occasions...it's neat to see the China and know there is a big event to celebrate!  Different strokes for different folks and I think it definitely depends on what your family did!  Certainly not anything to argue over!

My fi and i were already living together so we didnt need your basic starting out kitchen stuff. The only thing i would of liked to have put on it was bedding, dining room table cloth and a clothes steamer. However, i hadnt seen at bedding set or table cloth that  i had liked at that time.

We did also put some Vera Wang fine china as we didnt have that. That was my one must putting my registry together. I'm glad we did that as it is nice to have for those special occasions.   But honestly, we haven't used it yet but will be having company soon so I'm excited to use it!  In hindsight though, im glad i didnt put every piece (sugar bowl, creamers, coffee pot , salt and pepper etc) on it.  I would concentrate on the place settings and the pieces that are most important to you.  For us we wanted the gravy boat and teapot as we are big tea drinkers. I figured the coffee pot we wouldn't use all the much as we have a tassimo. For the other pieces I decided I could purchase later if I wish we had them.  Plus I have some nice plain white creamer/sugar bowl etc that would mix okay with it.  I agree with other bees that this is nice to have and a nice keepsake from your wedding.

 We also needed some bathroom accessories as our house is a year old and still needed to decorate our spare bathrooms. So this is a perfect time to get your house decorated so don't forget about that! The items we really needed were bigger ticketed items like bedroom furniture, new kitchen dining set so getting gift certificates and money helped alot. I was glad we registered at a store like the bay where you can buy your bigger ticketed items as we received around 1500 in gift certificates from there. I wanted to use it towards something we really needed and bought a new king size mattress with it.  I'm not sure what we would of done if the gc were at a store that only sells china,  bedding or linens.  Also remember if anything needs to go back you most likely will only have a gift receipt so the store will only give you a credit not cash!

Crate and Barrel has really nice place settings that appear as nice as China but are more reasonable ($80) and low maintenance which I think would be a great alternative if you have a hard time justifying!

You were take "aback" (you were offended by MY choice?) by my "attitude" (you mean personal opinion? where was attitude in that?) and claim (nope, never claimed anything.  again, my personal opinion and choice).  

You initially asked, "I mean, what are you going to serve Thanksgiving dinner on? Christmas? Lovely dinner dates in with the Hubs?"  I was answering that my $80 (ah! gasp) set will do just fine.  Me.  Personally. I was in no way comparing it to china.  How you responded was very snooty.  And how you continue to. 

If you would be embarrassed to serve your nice meal on every day dinnerware I think that's something best kept to yourself, as a lot of us here don't have the option to register for these kind of things as we need other things instead. 

Do your thing and I'll do mine.  You don't have to berate people because it's a luxury you're priviliged to have.  

@pineapplelove:  You're totally right.  Nothing to argue over.  i was just really offended by what was said.