Wedding, babies, graduations - life's special occasions (cue sappy music). Friends often want to mark these celebrations with a supportive gesture, usually it's a gift or a card (which is SO thoughtful and always appreciated) but where is the line drawn officially?
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At what point does telling someone what you want, turn you into a high maintenance, ungrateful, picky beggar?
Seriously though, what happens when you've already got a toaster, all the dishes you need, and two sets of sheets (even if they might not be fancy). Do you register for new ones just because you can? Do you tell people NO GIFTS but then they ignore you and get you stuff (you don't need) anyway? Do you have your parents spread the 'cash is the best gift' gospel? What if what you really want is to go on your dream honeymoon, or save to buy a house - is it awkward to have people contribute to that? As if getting married, having a baby, or graduating to life's next chapter wasn't stressful enough - right? Wrong!
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Deposit a Gift attempts to eradicate the embarrassment that many people feel in asking for money by giving users the tools to create unique cash registries and design/host a free website, all in one place. It's strongest feature (IMHO) is that you can create events by grouping items within a registry. For example if you create a honeymoon registry, you can break down the cost of your trip into events like 'our flight', 'an afternoon of market shopping', or a 'romantic dinner on the beach'. I truly love this feature because it allows you to share with your loves one, how you plan to use their generosity.
Times are tough, and people don't want to waste money, but they still want to give you what you want. I appreciate a modern fix to something that I have seen a lot of friends struggle with, and I actually think this is a brilliant solution. Now, if only the site also planned your wedding, had your baby, and took those final exams - Deposit a Gift (if you are out there) do you take requests?



