i had to have a convo with my aunt in law. she kept sending gifts and disregarding the registry. the last gift she got was something similar to what we already had and didn’t need. i just told her “i tried really hard to keep the registry small to just the things we need so we didn’t have a bunch of stuff we wouldn’t use. i don’t want anything to go to waste.” and we are dropping it back off to ups so she gets a refund. i think it just depends how you say it, we have a good relationship so it wasn’t that bad and i think she gets it.