Wedding Registry Question (improper to ask others so I'm asking here)

Question

I don't want to sound like this is all I am concerned with... because it is not. And there is no real proper way to ask this, so I'm asking on here in hopes that I can get an idea.

When you get married, how much of your registry did you get? 75%? 50%?

The reason I am asking is because we really need a lot of things, and I'm curious because if we don't get most of it, we will indeed be purchasing a lot of it ourselves (at 10% off!!) And I merely wondered roughly how much on average people usually end up with vs. how much they end up buying. :)

We have invited about 200 guests.

Answer 1

we got everything except for maybe like 4 or 5 items

Answer 2

We did not register at all and when people asked us what we wanted we said "We just want you to come to the wedding and enjoy it" and we still got gifts, which was so lovely and thoughtful of the people that brought them.  I would not expect a certain percentage to be honest, the less you expect the better and bigger the surprise.

Answer 3

most people will buy you what they want, weather its on your registry or not some people most likly will give you some money as well!!

Answer 4

i got about 1/2 if you have a lot of expensive things on your list you may only get a few, unless your family is rich. you usually get most of the small stuff. congrats.  

Answer 5

We did not get much, but that was fine as our most important gift to us from our guests was them at our wedding.

Answer 6

Maybe a bridal registry isn't for you? Have you thought about doing a wishing well? You can print some really lovely poems that ask your guests to make a donation to your wishing well rather than buy you a gift. They are available to hire or buy and are quite nice, and there are lots of poems to choose from, you just have to google it. Then you can go and shop for everything you need anyway. Something to think about

Answer 7

I believe most of your guests will probably give you money. I, for one, hate going to the registry stores and getting the couple exactly what they ask for. I think registry is rude in itself. I know it is within wedding etiquette but I don't like it. I also think it is somewhat of an improper question to ask as anyway you look at it, it is a gift and you should take what you get with a smile and a thank you. Don't EXPECT anything.

Answer 8

About 1/2 of the guests gave us gifts off our registry.  I will say that the majority of the gifts came off the "low end" but we got married young and had a lot of friends attend who were still in university or barely-graduated.

About a quarter gave cash or checks.  It didn't add up to a whole lot (again, young friends) but it was still cool.

The rest gave gifts of their own choosing.  Some cool, some odd, some downright useless and completely not "us".  Oh well, we lived.

Answer 9

most of the time they dont even look at your registry my sister just got married in may and she only got about 8 things from her registry

Answer 10

I got about half of my registry stuff, but that's because I had 3 showers and that's where I got most of the registry items.

At the wedding, most people gave us gifts we didn't need/like or money. The money was nice though. :)