I know, talk about #RidiculousBrideProblems
Anyways, hear me out.
I am already living with my spouse. The argument (if only in my head) is, “Why are you registering for gifts if you already live together? Don’t you have everything you need?”
The answer to that (hypothetical) question is: NO WE MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT. WE HAVE NOTHINGGGGGG.
Allow me to explain.
When my soldier and I moved in together, it was mostly because the Army was like “Hey, we are going to send him super far away now… so are you coming or not? Decide fast… Ok Thanks.” And then I was like, “Shoot. Ok. Do I quit my job and move or… no I am gonna stay. JK. I am gonna go. WAIT I DON’T KNOW. Ok I am going.” When we began our moving process, we begged and borrowed things from EVERYONE WE KNOW. We have the coffee maker from my office (Laurie, I promise you will get it back someday) we have my college dishes and cups, a friend gave us glassware they won, and my parents lent us some old silverware. We have a rug his parents threw out at one point, a table that has been moved more times than most people have, and aside from our couch and our bed, all of the rest of our furniture is from many garage sales. (I also Joanna Gaines-ed the CRAP out of every piece of furniture that we got second hand but that besides the point.)
Am I complaining about any of this? HECK NO.
We are truly experiencing what it is like to start out with nothing. We are truly learning that we are actually in our relationship for one another, and not for material things.
Yet…
At some point some of this stuff has to go back to its actual owners. At some point, we will need things that are actually our own.
And therein lies the registry.
I realize that a bridal registry exists to set up the new couple for their new home. And while we are already in a home, our home is not quite yet our own. What is kind of cool is that it is a little bit of everyone who has helped us get here. But eventually, those people are going to want their stuff back.