Yeah I'm a firm member of the Cash Always, Cash Forever club. "I love you $100 per person much."

I love the simplicity of cash gifts. My husband and I had a "traditional" registry, and I do enjoy the pots n pans and china that we received because it's casual enough to use everyday (and we do). But if I could do my wedding all over again, I probably would have nixed the registry entirely.

This is one reason I'm grateful to be from the NY/NJ area. You give cash at weddings. It's widely accepted and no one thinks it's tacky. My boyfriend's family is from the Midwest and we both have friends all over, so I'm sure we'll get gifts as well, but at least I know we'll get some cash. The idea of having gifts…

Cash and ONLY cash where I'm from. In NYC, you pay for your plate plus some. I don't understand why registries are a "thing" other than for bridal showers.

I always give cash and I hate honeyfunds. We all know you'd prefer cash. Hell, I had a normal registry and I still preferred cash (and received plenty of it). But blatantly asking for cash is tacky as hell.

in some cultures it is perfectly acceptable and encouraged to give cash. I've seen parties where there is a box with an envelope sized slot just for that purpose: you bring a check. Some people will being US dollars in cash, if it's considered more valuable than your currency.

And right on. Anti-cash is totally a waspy thing. Jews are (awesomely) all about the cheques. we registered as a defense mechanism, but were delighted with all those who understood that money is always in style, exactly the right size (especially since we got married in Canada — where I'm from — but were living in…

I come from poor roots. We give cash. Cold, hard cash. When I got married, guess what everyone gave me? Cold, hard cash and peaty Scotch. Why? Because they knew me and knew I gave cash, and wanted to give something I would appreciate, understand, and drink while I was coping.

Cash is awesome. That scene in GOODFELLAS where they all just throw cash down is amazing.

Polish families too. No one from the Polish side would dare show up with a box. Envelopes filled with dollar bills (or checks) only.

Same for a lot of weddings in the Jewish and Asian community too. WASPs love invisible money because it's less dirty and they don't have to slather on hand sanitizer after handling it.

This is a fair argument.

I really like the amount of commenters getting off on declaring cash tacky or classless, and thinking it makes them look better. Like, I read that and I know that you're just not very experienced with any culture but your own and very silly. That's not something that makes me feel inferior.

While I did need some house stuff (we had lived together for years...with hand me down junk), I gotta say that cash was awesome. We used a bunch to put new flooring in our main floor and while we bought the flooring we entered some draw and won a fancy new grill. Then we used another chunk of cash to buy a crappy old…

Yep, I always give cash or gift cards, depending on the circumstance.

so as Russians, envelope please

I give cash or gift cards for everything, even baby showers. Why? Because all those (supposedly) cute baby items will be worn once, thrown up on, and forgotten/grown out of/recognized as too damn fussy to use, but diapers will be needed for a looooong time.

And frankly, we love putting actual cash in the cards instead…

Italian weddings are the best! Everyone gets super wasted, Nona will sing a Sinatra song half in English half Italian, definitely some cousins will get into a scrap and EVERYONE throws around fist fulls of cash.

I love being from a family of New York Italian-Americans: Cash. Cash for everyone. Oh, you have a registry? Okay. Here, have a check. Use it on your honeymoon, your down payment on a house or your fondue set.

Plus, it makes holding grudges so much easier when you can see that Aunt Gina only gave your granddaughter $50…

In Italian American families, cash is king.