Identifying the line is a sticky question, yeah. My thinking: Whether or not a person is “well off” is all relative. Take your NYC salary—comfortable, I’m sure, but nothing to fund a life lived large—and move it to Detroit, and you’re rich. But that doesn’t matter in the context of registries (or it shouldn’t); you’re… Read more

Wait...you tell people not to bring wine and still kinda expect them to bring wine? I thought people really meant that w/r/t dinner parties etc. I’m a bad guest, I guess. Read more

Not bogus at all! My husband and I are not rich and had a traditional wedding, and we wrote it at the top of the page with our registry link, actually. (I’d happily show you but it’s been almost two years and the site is long gone.) I suppose I came to believe that was a polite and normal thing to write to your guests… Read more

I’d say a portion of this registry is reasonable, but not a majority. Asking for a watering can and a grill cleaning brush is reasonable, but not at $90 and $60, respectively. Read more

For the sake of argument, let’s assume that all of Amoruso’s friends are super rich (which I highly doubt) and to them, this registry is totally reasonable. Even if that were the case, the lack of “presents are not expected, your presence is enough” language still pushes the whole thing over the edge. Read more

Someone who chars hundred-dollar bills over an open flame, I guess? Read more

It’s handcrafted by artisans in a rural hose community. Read more

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Every woman deserves that experience in anticipation of her special day. Read more

Right there with you. Thing is, the straps or sleeves probably would’ve flattered in the end, when the dress arrived in the appropriate size and you’d made your alterations—but it was too hard for me to picture it. Probs didn’t help that I was hella insecure about “taking a chance.” Read more

Le Sportsac’s Large Weekender bag is my game-changer. It’s durable but super lightweight (crucial if you’ve got a walkup apartment, as I do), and because it’s soft-sided I can fit it into any overhead bin, in spots where a roll-aboard would never fit—even the bins on those tiny commuter jets. If you’ve got 20 pounds’…

From the beginning I said I didn’t want a strapless gown, and yet that’s what I wound up with. But I’m petite and the gowns with straps looked ridiculous on me in the sample sizes, even when they clipped the shit out of them. It was really difficult to tell what one of those dresses would look like on me when it was… Read more

thx for the heads up, adjusted to “don’t usually see” (because it’s not the norm) Read more

I used to do the same thing during the era of little or no checked baggage fees (remember those halcyon days?), back when you didn’t have 85% of passengers on a given flight cramming bags into overhead bins. Now you see more people trying to limit their gear to carry-ons in order to avoid charges, and she who boards… Read more

Totally, yes — yet another reason elite boarding lines are so damn crowded. Someone who simply signs up for a credit card can board with the same group of people who are flying 50k miles a year. Read more

Hm—if it’s only a matter of photographer permission, why do they require release forms from the bride/groom? Read more

A friend of mine has a similar, significant situation all over her upper back, shoulders, and arms, and she went full-on strapless. Totally owned it. Don’t think that showing perceived imperfections is an automatic no-no. I think it’s pretty badass, actually. (Of course, I know this is a matter of personal comfort.) Read more

That is a very, very good idea. Read more

They’re published by the XO Group (along with The Nest and The Bump, obviously). Read more

Then you probably wouldn’t want to agree to being in The Knot anyhow, no? Otherwise, I guess you would have to take up the issue of those specific shitty vendors with the Knot editor... Read more