Post # 1

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Blushing bee
I’m finding myself checking my (2) registries daily (if not several times a day). I think it’s a bad idea, but I just find myself drawn to the sites….
even worse- amazon.co.uk has an option where you can see WHO gave you what gift. thus far, I have managed to stay away from that option, but it’s calling me.
are you’all drawn to check up on your registries? do you think it’s a good idea or bad?
Post # 3

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Buzzing bee
I didn’t need to check mine, my mother did it for me. She was obsessed with checking them. She would call me up every time something on it changed and ask had I noticed and who had bought it, etc. It was sort of annoying at the time but now to think of it it was funny 🙂
Post # 4

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Helper bee
This is too funny! I check the ones for showers I am going to, just to see how lucky the bride is!
Post # 5

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Helper bee
I stalk mine and well as my best friends! Dont feel to bad, it’s all in good fun!
Post # 6

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Bumble bee
I usually stalk them around important dates….showers, etc. The wedding is in 23 days, so I’ll more than likely return to "stalker mode" here in 2 weeks or so. =)
Post # 7

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Blushing bee
do you think it ruins the surprise of recieving a gift? or does having a registry do that in and of itself?
i had a "hunch" that someone was throwing me a surprise shower this weekend (i live in the UK- and hence there aren’t a lot of open dates). but it’s been 100% confirmed by the number of items being purchased off the registries in the last week.
Post # 8

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Busy bee
My FH thinks it ruins the surprise, but I think its not really a surprise when you registered for it! lol I am addicting to checking it! Sometimes a couple times a day too!! lol
Post # 9

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Busy bee
I love being surprised so I COMPLETELY stay away from my registry leading up to major events. I just had my shower this past weekend, so I stopped looking at my registry online about 3 weeks prior. Two weekends ago my Fiance wanted to update one of our registries when we were at the mall. After we scanned everything, I made him upload it to their computer so that there was NO CHANCE that I would see what had been purchased.
Post # 10

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Helper bee
My shower isn’t till April. Right now I go on there and update/change stuff. But I think I’m going to stop going on there in the next week or two, when invites go out…. or at least I hope I will. I want the gifts I get to be a surprise *or WHICH* one’s I get to be a surpise!! This being said, curiousity often gets the best of me!
Post # 11

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Wannabee
I am also a registry stalker. I have a shower this weekend and I admit I’ve checked them today. I need to stop because I do like being surprised!
Post # 12

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Busy bee
- Wedding: May 2018 - Coyaba Resort, Montego Bay
My sister asked me not to look at it, so I haven’t looked at it since the last time I added items!
Post # 13

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Bumble bee
- Wedding: August 2018 - Oakland Manor
I’m a registry adder and second guesser. I can’t work in the UK so I have way to much free time to read up on blender reviews and slow cooker reviews and what not. Too much free time is dangerous
Post # 14

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Busy bee
hahaha I hear ya dorsay! I’m behind a desk all day and its sooo tempting lol. I love being "surprised" but I just can’t help but look at it and change it, etc!
Post # 15

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Blushing bee
I definitely change mine randomly because I second guess my choices. However, this has resulted in a larger than necessary registry. I actually was super-excited when I checked one day and saw that my super-huge, uber-expensive (on there for the completion discount) pots and pan set showed that it had been purchased. After some detective work, I discovered that someone bought off the wrong registry. How lucky is the random bride who is getting my pots and pans! 🙂
Post # 16

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Busy bee
hahaha MrsCPT! I can’t believe someone bought yours and it was for another bride! lol
I have also realized our registry is growing because I second guess and find new stuff!