A bride, a groom and a saw

Los Angeles Times: Here's the lovely couple, holding hands, full to overflowing with warm love and anticipation of life together, or at least a significant portion of what's left. Their eyes beam mutual adoration as they proceed together, shyly hand-in-hand, to register their nuptial gift choices in the wedding registry of Home Depot.
Forget traditional Macy's, Crate and Barrel, Bloomingdale's. There, an excited traditional bride can list ideal appliances and patterns for dishes, silver, crystal and linens preferred by the couple (actually, her), while the soon-to-be-groom seeks a chair because he's learning these things take a while. What's wrong with receiving duplicate gifts, he wonders - they provide new items for the first garage sale. And, better yet, couldn't he keep extra toasters in the garage or TV room?
Expanding trends
Now the handy Home Depot folks have discerned expanding trends hidden in the statistical seams of our nation's census. Many people marry more than once in life. Even first-timers get hitched older. And those tying marital knots are often only formalizing a long live-in relationship. Sort of a free home marriage trial.
It's always fascinating to watch American capitalism watch Americans change. How, for instance, the salads-in-a-bag, heat-'n'-eat snacks and microwave dinners adapted to the evolving family reality of two working parents, both arriving home later. And how the traditional family breakfasts evolved from full-course meals of eggs, meat, breads and beverage into something grab-able and gulp-able in a hopefully moving vehicle (by the way, why don't cars come with microwaves, little coolers or, best of all, plugs for one of those duplicate toasters?).
So here, in time for June weddings, comes Home Depot's wedding registry, where would-be gift-givers can learn what the betrothed really need. Already stocked with household items from longer single lives, deceased relationships and previous domiciles, the nearly-weds can stipulate paint colors or paneling they'd really like. Or maybe a replacement Milwaukee Heavy-Duty Sawzall lost in a divorce. For nearly born babies, a registry could note the trim for a do-it-yourself nursery or maybe a starter Dremel drill kit for future handicrafters.
Eventually other stores could install registries to attract older marrieds too tired to talk to each other. She could register what is practical and acceptable in a Victoria's Secret gift registry to avoid his buying the impractical and unacceptable.