Wedding Registries, Chinese Culture, and Empty Apartment
Unlike many couples, Stephen and I are not living together and I won’t officially move in until we are married. We just moved him into our place this week, so we actually do need a lot of quality housewares.
Our very empty apartment.
In my culture, everyone tends to give cash for weddings . We usually account for at least $100 CAD per guest, so when my family of four goes to a Chinese wedding, my parents expect to spend at least $500. It sounds odd to western cultures, but growing up, I was used to getting red envelopes full of cash for Chinese New Year, so receiving cash isn’t so odd to me. In fact, my mother was shocked that western cultures give only gifts and it is not customary to give cash.
However, my fiance is basically 100 percent home-grown white Canadian so we made sure to register for items to avoid receiving weird gifts such as porcelain statues of wild farm animals.
We registered at the Bay and Home Outfitters first, and when Crate and Barrel opened in March 2013 in Vancouver, I rushed to register there as well.
Although I prefer receiving cash to help us start our new life together, I’m also very excited about the Sophie Conran dishes and soft Calvin Klein sheets I registered for. It thrills me to know I could be cutting with quality German knives soon!
As a frugal and practical person, I would never personally buy those items for myself. I do secretly wish that Ikea would have a registry though.
Where did you register? Do you and your fiancé already live together? What kinds of unconventional items did you put on your registry? Let me know in the comments below!
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