Dear Mr. Know-It-All,
I just got proposed to (yay!) and am wondering where can I make a gift registry to avoid receiving three identical coffee machines?
It happened to my sister at her wedding—she got sent so many of the same things that she ended up giving most of them away. I would like to avoid the same situation happening to me.
– Bride-to-be

The excitement of getting engaged can be a lot for some, but if you don’t get a handle on your coffee-machine-surplus nerves, you’ll probably scare the groom away. You can contact online gift registry Double Happiness (3051-9992, www.doublehappiness.com.hk), which has more than 70 partner shops, including homeware brands Alessi, Miele and Waterford. Plenty of coffee machines for your friends to choose from. I suggest six of each—they break so easily, after all.