Dear Miss Manners:
What is the proper way to request cash in lieu of gifts via a bridal registry?
Sit on the floor with a hat turned upside down on the floor beside you.
(Okay, yes, I know, I'm back after 10 days of vacation in the beautiful warm sunny south, during which time my dear friend gave birth to her second beautiful daughter, whom I then visited on my way back to Buffalo and my loved-and-missed fiance, and the first thing I post is something from Miss Manners? :P Sorry...)