I thought the one benefit of marriage was that now you got that stuff for free?
as absurb as your statement initially sounds, this is kinda true....... my wife was married previous to me, and when she left her ex-husband, she took all the wedding presents, cause he buggered off back to england or wherever.
anyways, so when we moved in together, i was like 'Look at all this awesome stuff!!!! Where did you get this from?"
"well, that was a wedding present from aunty blah, and that was from Bob and Jane etc"...
score...
AND, all the people that bought her awesome presents first time around, got an invite to our wedding. :)
double score.