Cash As Wedding Gift

In one of the earlier post, it was stated that itis rude to have people help fund your house or honeymoon. I am no expert but I believe it was on The Knot, or a similiar wedding site, where you can register to have guest put money into a real estate account. If it is in such poor taste and improper etiquette, why would wedding sites offer it?
I would love to have the cash instead of gifts, since my FH and I have been together for 9 yrs but just the same, it would be nice to replace some of our not so nice stuff with nicer newer things. Like just today I had to go buy a new toaster since mine finally broke after all these years.
All of the etiquette books and sites I have read state that word of mouth is the best route to go. I believe there was also a post that said since your guest will be family and friends, most of them will know your preference anyhow, which sounds pretty logical to me.
I think everybody is entitled to their opinions and people are going to do whatever they are comfortable doing, Goodluck to everybody and whatever decisions they make!

""If it is in such poor taste and improper etiquette, why would wedding sites offer it?""

Because they benefit from it.

I think its very DUMB to assume that because some wedding site says its okay to do something, then that makes it okay. This is the dumbest thing I`ve heard so far on these boards. If you want money fine, but think for yourself, don`t do something because "a wedding site said its okay". Please!

I didn`t say that it was ok, just because a wedding site said so. When I first seen the "real estate" registry I thought it sounded great until I thought about it a little more. I know since my wedding is all close family and people I have known since I was born and some my parents knew even before I was born, that none of them would be offended by it but I am still not going to do it.
I am not even going to register at all. My family knows me better than I know myself sometimes and I trust them on their judgment on whatever they want to give, if anything.
I know my mom is giving me my deceased grandma`s watch on my wedding day and my dad`s mom is giving me her formal china set as a gift and those will be the most treasured gifts. I am a very sentimenatl person and I love gifts that come more from the heart than the pocket.
Since we are making everything ourselves pretty much and we still have 2 yrs before our wedding we still have plenty of time to negotiate prices and have a nice wedding., we would still like to have cash.
I don`t see where it is any ruder to ask for cash, through word of mouth only to those who ask, than it is to register for expensive gifts. I would not dream of registering for the 300.00 espresso maker I want, though 2 of my cousins did such a thing.