On Wedding Gifts and Registries
I'm getting married this year (Lord willin)! With that comes many things, one of which is the process of making a wedding registry. The thought of wedding gifts was always kind of ironic to me. “Why are we getting engaged people gifts? They’re getting a spouse! Why don’t we get single people some stuff?” That’s a joke a former part-time comedian, formerly single, permanent man, who formerly idolized marriage would make. I half-joked, “If I’m not married by a certain point, I’m gonna have a ‘not wedding,’ where people can bring me stuff… I’ve gotta wait for a wife, I shouldn’t have to wait for a toaster too…” (If you’re single and you like that idea, we’ll talk after class.) But now that I’m getting married, I’m all like… “Tradition!” This time… I’m three-quarters joking, but I am seriously starting to understand a little bit more. As we’ve thought through what to ask for, some metaphorical scales have fallen from my eyes, and I feel the importance of needing help launching int