Occasionally, I wish I had chosen some, or bought some.
When we married, I didn't know quite what I wanted, so I didn't register. I found a china in my colors years later-at Christmas which was the wrong time.
I got SO many salt and pepper shakers and other things when we got married. By the time I could buy china, I was using Franciscian Apple. It fit the antiques and we had boys, it looked great and fit!
I've seen some beautiful antique blue and white. Although I love it, I don't want to hand wash all of that after cooking!~
Our DIL isn't a china person at all.
I think with the way life has evolved and changed, china today needs to be dishwashwer safe.