September 3, 2026 • 5 mins
We got a question in for our American Mamas, Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson…
Dear Mamas, have you noticed how wedding registries have changed?
If you'd like to ask our American Mamas a question, go to our website, AmericanGroundRadio.com/mamas and click on the Ask the Mamas button.
Dear Mamas, have you noticed how wedding registries have changed?
If you'd like to ask our American Mamas a question, go to our website, AmericanGroundRadio.com/mamas and click on the Ask the Mamas button.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We've got a question for American Mamas. Dear Mamas, have
you noticed how wedding registries have changed? Well, let's ask
our American Mamas.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
And joining us now are American Mamas Terry Nedeville and
Kimberly Burleson.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
For one thing, they're all online. Like, everybody has their
own website now for their wedding registry.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
I remember....
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Okay, so when Wendy and I were engaged, I remember
we went to Bed Bath & Beyond to register, and
they gave us one of those scanning guns. Yeah, okay.
And we walked around. We were like, we are so cool.
We could just use this technology to put everything on
(00:50):
our registry list, and then you just scanned everything, and
then they had a printout.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Of what was on our registry. So they had it
on their computer system. It wasn't really online for everybody.
That is so funny, yeah. But we had a printout
of what was on there, and we just felt cool
with the gun. But now, everybody, you just go online.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
You go online and you pick. And what these two
women that were talking about this were saying online is,
no punch bowls, no china, no candlesticks. And I thought,
I had all of those.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
That's all.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
But I've never used my china. I have never, ever
used my china. It's still in its original boxes in
my garage.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
What? 34 years later.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You didn't even display them? No. I never even displayed them.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
I didn't have room.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I just didn't have the room for stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Okay, well, we're going to have to have an anniversary
party where we use your china.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yeah. I know.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I never, ever used them. I was talking, your son's
getting married. My daughter's getting married. And my daughter has
been registering for things in her house, like lamps, because
they just bought a house, but they can't afford to
put anything in it.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So they're registering for things to go in, you know,
lamps and rugs and runners and, you know, little things
like that.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And then your daughter told me yesterday that one of
her favorite gifts she got off her registry was a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Oh, that's clever.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
And I thought, oh my gosh, you registered for a
Christmas tree? Yeah. That's so interesting.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So like one of the artificial ones you can reuse.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Artificial Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So when we got engaged, we registered for China and
we got some of it. And most of what we
got had, like, flaws, imperfections. It was damaged. And we
didn't get full sets.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
And we were like, eh. So we had registered at
Dillard's for this china. So we took it back to Dillard's,
traded it in for store credit, and we bought bedroom
furniture instead.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Bedroom furniture, which we still have.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Well, think about how out of hand these weddings have
gotten through the years. I think it's social media. I mean,
honest to God, Kevin, I pulled pretty much... I mean,
everything out of our savings.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I can't judge. Ours was out of hand. I'll just
tell you that. But go ahead.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Well, I will say this. Kevin, when Summer was little,
little girl, he started putting money in. So it didn't
really do anything to damage us, but it was more
than I ever thought it would be for a wedding
in today's time. So we were talking about how in
our day, you had a picture of the girl who
got engaged in the paper. Terry Spinks is engaged to
(03:12):
Kevin Natterville. And then at the wedding, they had like
little maybe flower, you know, a little vase in the
middle or balloons or whatever. And then you had a
cake and maybe some finger sandwiches and mints and punch.
And then the paper, I mean, and then a picture
of you and your new husband in the paper for
that Sunday. Yeah. You know, so it was so different.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Everything's online now.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Everything's online.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
And the price, I think, of the weddings have gone
up because you see something that someone else has done
for their wedding.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And you want to do that.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
And you want that.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Right.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And as a mom, you want that for your daughter.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Well, and wedding venues have become more of a full industry.
It used to be you'd get married at the church,
and then maybe you'd go into the fellowship hall for
the reception. And now they have entire getaway.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
We're going to Hawaii for our wedding and things like this.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well, I feel like it's kind of gotten out of hand,
and now people are really believing that your wedding now
is all about the gram, Instagram, and what you're posting,
what people are seeing you doing. Then you've got all
these people that are seeing that, and then... Wanting to
mirror exactly that for their own wedding. Our girls just
got back from my daughter's bachelorette weekend and she, we
(04:23):
just had this conversation. Nobody, and I'm going to, I
will die on this hill. Nobody wants to go on
a bachelorette trip. nobody i can't really they do i'm
telling you they do it out of obligation because they
want that bride to feel good but nobody really wants
to spend their money or their time to go with
the girls even some you don't know you'd rather be
(04:43):
with your husband you'd rather be with your family so
to me it's turned into this thing that is ridiculous so.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Bailey and anna claire just had their their batch weekend
because they combined bachelorette and bachelor weekend.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Together that makes and they took.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
They took uh, Julia and, and Aiden. So, uh, Bailey's
younger sister and Anna Claire's younger brother, they went and
several of their friends. So it was like a friend.
That's great.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
That's a totally different circumstance.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And they all just hung out for the weekend, had
a great time in Arkansas. And that was, that was,
so they did a combined.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah. I haven't heard of that yet.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So I thought that was kind of cool. Um, and
they all had a great time.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And Julia was really looking forward to going on that
trip with Bailey and Anna Claire and their friends. So, um,
maybe that's a better way of doing it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Maybe so.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Our wedding was out of hand. Really? Our wedding was
New Year's Eve, and it was formal, and we had
two astronauts and a Harlem Globetrotter there.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Because of your dad?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Because of my dad.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It was out of hand. I love it.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
But, man, it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
If you'd like to ask our American Mamas a question,
go to our website, AmericanGrowthRadio.com, slash Mamas, and click on
the Ask the Mamas button. Terri Nettle, Kimberly Burleson, thank
you so much.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thank you.
We've got a question for American Mamas. Dear Mamas, have
you noticed how wedding registries have changed? Well, let's ask
our American Mamas.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
And joining us now are American Mamas Terry Nedeville and
Kimberly Burleson.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
For one thing, they're all online. Like, everybody has their
own website now for their wedding registry.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
I remember....
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Okay, so when Wendy and I were engaged, I remember
we went to Bed Bath & Beyond to register, and
they gave us one of those scanning guns. Yeah, okay.
And we walked around. We were like, we are so cool.
We could just use this technology to put everything on
(00:50):
our registry list, and then you just scanned everything, and
then they had a printout.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Of what was on our registry. So they had it
on their computer system. It wasn't really online for everybody.
That is so funny, yeah. But we had a printout
of what was on there, and we just felt cool
with the gun. But now, everybody, you just go online.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
You go online and you pick. And what these two
women that were talking about this were saying online is,
no punch bowls, no china, no candlesticks. And I thought,
I had all of those.
Speaker 4 (01:18):
That's all.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
But I've never used my china. I have never, ever
used my china. It's still in its original boxes in
my garage.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
What? 34 years later.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
You didn't even display them? No. I never even displayed them.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
I didn't have room.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
I just didn't have the room for stuff.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Okay, well, we're going to have to have an anniversary
party where we use your china.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yeah. I know.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
I never, ever used them. I was talking, your son's
getting married. My daughter's getting married. And my daughter has
been registering for things in her house, like lamps, because
they just bought a house, but they can't afford to
put anything in it.
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
So they're registering for things to go in, you know,
lamps and rugs and runners and, you know, little things
like that.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
And then your daughter told me yesterday that one of
her favorite gifts she got off her registry was a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Oh, that's clever.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
And I thought, oh my gosh, you registered for a
Christmas tree? Yeah. That's so interesting.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So like one of the artificial ones you can reuse.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Artificial Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (02:12):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So when we got engaged, we registered for China and
we got some of it. And most of what we
got had, like, flaws, imperfections. It was damaged. And we
didn't get full sets.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
And we were like, eh. So we had registered at
Dillard's for this china. So we took it back to Dillard's,
traded it in for store credit, and we bought bedroom
furniture instead.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Bedroom furniture, which we still have.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Well, think about how out of hand these weddings have
gotten through the years. I think it's social media. I mean,
honest to God, Kevin, I pulled pretty much... I mean,
everything out of our savings.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
I can't judge. Ours was out of hand. I'll just
tell you that. But go ahead.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Well, I will say this. Kevin, when Summer was little,
little girl, he started putting money in. So it didn't
really do anything to damage us, but it was more
than I ever thought it would be for a wedding
in today's time. So we were talking about how in
our day, you had a picture of the girl who
got engaged in the paper. Terry Spinks is engaged to
(03:12):
Kevin Natterville. And then at the wedding, they had like
little maybe flower, you know, a little vase in the
middle or balloons or whatever. And then you had a
cake and maybe some finger sandwiches and mints and punch.
And then the paper, I mean, and then a picture
of you and your new husband in the paper for
that Sunday. Yeah. You know, so it was so different.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
Everything's online now.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Everything's online.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
And the price, I think, of the weddings have gone
up because you see something that someone else has done
for their wedding.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
And you want to do that.
Speaker 4 (03:43):
And you want that.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Right.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And as a mom, you want that for your daughter.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Well, and wedding venues have become more of a full industry.
It used to be you'd get married at the church,
and then maybe you'd go into the fellowship hall for
the reception. And now they have entire getaway.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
We're going to Hawaii for our wedding and things like this.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Well, I feel like it's kind of gotten out of hand,
and now people are really believing that your wedding now
is all about the gram, Instagram, and what you're posting,
what people are seeing you doing. Then you've got all
these people that are seeing that, and then... Wanting to
mirror exactly that for their own wedding. Our girls just
got back from my daughter's bachelorette weekend and she, we
(04:23):
just had this conversation. Nobody, and I'm going to, I
will die on this hill. Nobody wants to go on
a bachelorette trip. nobody i can't really they do i'm
telling you they do it out of obligation because they
want that bride to feel good but nobody really wants
to spend their money or their time to go with
the girls even some you don't know you'd rather be
(04:43):
with your husband you'd rather be with your family so
to me it's turned into this thing that is ridiculous so.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Bailey and anna claire just had their their batch weekend
because they combined bachelorette and bachelor weekend.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Together that makes and they took.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
They took uh, Julia and, and Aiden. So, uh, Bailey's
younger sister and Anna Claire's younger brother, they went and
several of their friends. So it was like a friend.
That's great.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
That's a totally different circumstance.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
And they all just hung out for the weekend, had
a great time in Arkansas. And that was, that was,
so they did a combined.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah. I haven't heard of that yet.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
So I thought that was kind of cool. Um, and
they all had a great time.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
And Julia was really looking forward to going on that
trip with Bailey and Anna Claire and their friends. So, um,
maybe that's a better way of doing it. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:27):
Maybe so.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Our wedding was out of hand. Really? Our wedding was
New Year's Eve, and it was formal, and we had
two astronauts and a Harlem Globetrotter there.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
Because of your dad?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Because of my dad.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
It was out of hand. I love it.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
But, man, it was awesome.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
If you'd like to ask our American Mamas a question,
go to our website, AmericanGrowthRadio.com, slash Mamas, and click on
the Ask the Mamas button. Terri Nettle, Kimberly Burleson, thank
you so much.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Thank you.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Thank you.
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