My wife and I are expecting our second in a month and have had a registry for a little while. We’ve kept the registry somewhat quiet because it’s our second child. Our son is already 3, so we have a lot of things left over from when he was an infant for our second baby. We purchased the more expensive things already including a nursing chair and a second crib. One item on our registry is a meal fund, and when my aunt found out about this she made me feel so awful. She said it was “sending a really bad message” and it’s “really not a good look”. She does not have children, is currently building her second house, and did not get us anything off of our first registry.
Anyone else get this kind of judgement from family? I want to say something to her and explain that this a pretty standard thing people add to registries, but another part of me just wants to leave it alone. Woof.