I guess I can see how they are practical, but all the same it still feels a bit selfish.

The reason I started thinking about it was because my cousin, who recently remarried, is expecting her first child. She opened a registry for baby things. I guess it bothers me because her new husband is RICH, and they both have very high-paying jobs. They could easily afford all this stuff themselves.

Our side of the family is NOT rich...in fact she is by far the wealthiest in the whole bunch, so why is she opening a registry and putting all this expensive stuff on it? It really rubbed me the wrong way. I was excited about finding a cute outfit, but I'm not now...I certainly can't afford anything she put on her registry except the really cheap stuff, and then I will just look cheap.