If You Give A Bride A Beautiful Set Of Bone China, You Set Her Table For A Day

Yes, wedding gifts can be a great way to help young’uns start grown-up households together. But as the average marriage age rises and registries become luxury-item wishlists (because adults already have their own toasters), could we get away from status symbols and commercialism … and back to the traditional roots of marriage? Never thought I’d…

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Carolyn Silveira

Feb 3, 2014

And it’s not just for weddings, either!

Here’s a pitch for the website that’s trying to make these registries as easy to use as Crate & Barrel’s:

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