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  Dear Polite One, How can I inform guests of my housewarming party invitation of my registries? Dear Visitor , I’m sorry, but this is never appropriate.  Since a housewarming is a party we host for ourselves, we shouldn't expect or request gifts. Registering and announcing it could appear greedy.  Plus, you are creating a gift-giving situation for yourself.  Not polite.   A housewarming is supposed to be a party to warm our home with love, not gifts. Some may give us small token gifts. Mostly, they come to visit. Sincerely, The Polite One More by The Polite One How can we host a gift-less housewarming party? Perfect housewarming gift! What should I do with the gift bottle?

  Dear Polite One, My husband and I recently moved into a home we built.  We've been married for over 35 years, and although we want to host a housewarming party , we don't need anything.  We'd like to just have friends and family come to see our new home and socialize informally.  Every time I mention the idea to others, they ask where we’re registered.  The thought of registering for this seems crazy. How can we host a housewarming party without the invitees feeling obliged to gift shower-like gifts ?   Feeling Odd Dear Feeling Odd , This shower-like syndrome has made this sweet party more difficult to host. It's unfortunate.  There is no reason you can't still host this as a housewarming party.  You may have to verbally inform your guests that it isn’t a shower though.   This fad of registering for most everything is crazy, though.  People are also registering for their birthdays, graduations, and retirement parties now...

  Hello Polite One,   I have a problem.  A friend of mine recently purchased a home and is hosting a housewarming party next month.  She is registered with her fiancé, so guests may purchase gifts, even though they are getting married next April.  She also asked in the invite that guests BYOB, and bring a side dish, appetizer , or dessert.  I think this is asking far too much, considering her home is 2 hours from where all of us live.  She moved into a very small suburb of our city, and most people will be commuting at least 2 hours to get to her desolate home.  I gently mentioned to the hostess, that it might be too much to ask guests to bring both alcohol and food and she responded quite nastily, informing me she has a new very high mortgage and she does NOT think it asking too much.  What is the proper etiquette here? We are close enough friends I know I can give her my opinion on anything, but I would like to get your professional ...

  There is more to wedding invitations than listing who is marrying.   We must determine the formality of the wedding, where what time, and who is the host.   This will determine the formality of the invitations.    Determining what information should be listed and creating the perfect invitation is not an easy task resulting in etiquette rules to follow, such as not including gift registry information.   How about other wedding correspondences?   Let’s read what others are asking.   Gift Information in the Announcement? Dear Polite One,  We plan to be married in Brussels where we live right now.  All my family lives in the US and can't make it to the wedding.  So, ours will be an exceedingly small civil ceremony.  How and when do we send announcements to my family/friends in the US and his family here?  It is very costly to cash foreign checks and to ship gifts here, so we will have a reg...