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Dear Former Me, Please Read Before Creating Our Bridal Registry
Dear 28-year-old me,
Congratulations! You’re getting married and you’re about to choose what items to register for.
I know you’re excited. Your fiancé, Frederic, doesn’t care what you register for. So, you get to choose everything all by yourself. Whatever you want. Lucky you!
Don’t worry, his lack of interest in the bridal registry is not reflective of a lack of interest in the marriage. In fact, I’m writing to you today from the future to offer you the wisdom gained by over 16 years of total wedded bliss.
As I recall, you do understand sarcasm.
Right now, I know you’re feeling tempted to register for the items you plan to use in the life you aspire to have. You’ve got big dreams: Pottery Barn Catalog/Instagram/Pinterest/a semi-modest version of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” worthy dreams. (I know you don’t know what Pinterest or Instagram is, but one day they will come to suck up many valuable hours of your life. Until then, enjoy all your free time.)
Today, I’m writing to give you a little insight as to what will and won’t be useful in the life you’ll actually have.
Because these are two very different lives we are talking about, Jen.
