Receiving gifts during your wedding day is one of the highlights of the affair and of course these gifts are special from the ones you love who witnessed your exchange of vows.
It doesn't matter whether your guests could attend your wedding or not as long as they will send you their gifts for your wedding day.
Tell your friends that you have signed up for a gift registry, this will help them get the perfect wedding gift.
Always assume that your guests have no idea on whatt to give you on your wedding day so that you will get only the items you want in case you were not able to sign up for a gift registry.
Never feel bad.
You can still get the wedding gifts you want, here's how.
Get the items you only want.
To avoid running back and forth over things you have to exchange for after the wedding, tell your guests what you would like to get instead of letting them pick the wedding gifts themselves.
Your groom should also tell you what he wants so you won't end up getting things for yourself alone.
Your next activity as the newly wedded husband and wife will let you list down the wedding gifts you would want to receive during your wedding day.
Ideally, it would be a good practice to just have the list in case you sign up for gift registration.
Have a list of items that were not registered when you signed up for gift registry.
Consult your checklist all the time especially a few weeks after your wedding since this is the time when your guests would cram and buy your wedding gifts.
No matter how much respect you have for your guest, it's but fine to exchange his or her gift if you think that a replacement is really needed.
Exchanging of gifts is necessary if you think that such items will not be useful for you.
Never mind if your guest ask for the gift they gave you, just tell them truth about having it replaced if that is the truth.
Don't do alibis for this will just make you insincere, tell you guests what item you have chosen instead and gladly show it to them.
If one gift you received really needs to be replaced, just make sure that you keep a tally of all the items so you can track them in case somebody asks where it went.
Though it is hard, by having a list ready to look at in case one guest would ask, you just have to tell them which their gift was and what you took in return when you have it replaced.
Your friend will surely ask if you liked their wedding gift, and if you are dumbfounded, look at your list so you would know what to say.
It is much better if you tell them what happened to the gift in case it is one of the wedding gifts you have to exchange for another item.
Exchange your gift with something that will be functional on your part instead of just anything you see on the shop.
Do not replace your wedding gift with edible items since this won't last and unfair for someone who gave you something they think you will use for a long time.
No matter how much you wanted the food or chips or disposable gadgets, do not buy one that will not last long since this will hurt the giver's feelings.