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I can understand the view point. I was pretty annoyed that a friend of mine not only did the bridal shower but she also had an engagement party she got gifts and and her bachelorette party cost people hundreds of dollars. The funny thing is I made her a special gift for her wedding gift, I didn’t get a thank you note.
As for me, I’ll have a bridal shower but I really want to do that to get together with all the women and have a special little party, no for the gifts. I think we won’t have a big registry since we have most of what we need.
You should come to my bachelorette party. If I have it my way we’ll have a sex toy party, dinner, see a comedy show, go out for drinks and dancing and maybe go to a FEMALE strip club.
J, seriously! I’d be embarrassed too. I agree, just sneak off to Vegas and do it there since they already involved people with the first attempt. I don’t remember if she did the bridal shower last time. Maybe I blocked out that memory, heh.
Robin, an engagement party too?? That’s just too much. As for the bridal shower, I would think the bachelorette party is the thing where you get together for the company. A bridal shower implies gift-giving, like a baby shower.
The bridal shower is for all the adult women and your friends. The bachelorett is just for your friends, an R rated evening.
I guess I’m just too much of a homebody. I say just do one event. If I like to party, I’ll party whenever I like. To make so many get-togethers around an important event just makes it feel like it’s obligatory to show up. I probably feel that way because every single shower I’ve been to has been boring. Yours will likely be a fun event that people will actually want to go to!
I will tell you I’m having a party coming up called Pizza and Beer. I said it was kind of a way to get people together who are in the wedding who haven’t met and we don’t want presents.
I said they could bring beer though :D
See that’s the way to do it. That doesn’t feel like “bridal shower” to me at all.
Well it isn’t, it’s just a few friends getting together. I figured if I offered pizza people would come. The bridal shower is something else and is quite a while away. I think my MOH and mom will do that, I am cool with whatever they do.
Never been to either one. But seriously, I have no desire to see male strippers. Ew.
I always thought that an engagement party, wedding shower, and then the wedding itself was way too much present for one bride, but as my friend is getting married and I’m in the wedding I better keep my mouth shut. lol
I’m totally eloping. Maybe. lol
No...no honey, you got the nieces mix up. The last party we went to was for Beatriz, she did get married. We went to the Trump golf course, in PV remember. Now this one is for Debbie...come on, honey try to keep up!! I know you don’t like parties, but keep up with the girls that are getting married and those getting divorced. I know big family!!
...try not to make our family sound so TACKY, for goodness sakes! We are not like that.
She did back out of the wedding, but she didnt go through the parties, she just thought it wasn’t the right time. Or she wasn’t complete sure of him, can’t blame her.
Oh. My mistake. There are so many of them. Anyway I never said it was your family. I said it was some random friend. Still doesn’t change the fact that I hate these things.
I never had a shower or bachelorette party thrown for me or in my honor or whatever. And we didn’t ask for gifts for our wedding. :D People still gave me stuff, but I never asked for anything. I don’t see why they felt the need when clearly I have everything that I want anyway and their stuff is now probably in the garage or gone to charity. I know, I’m a sick person.
Bridal Showers are cool, because I then dont have to haul a huge Ice Cream Maker to a wedding reception later. But, you only get one! You get divorced and remarry, sorry sweetie, you are out of luck.
Actually, the bridal shower is traditionally held for the purpose of receiving monetary gifts to cover wedding expenses.
It’s not usually intended to host friends, but family members, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.
In my Polish family they call them “Coin Showers”, everyone brings a dish to pass and gives a gift of money to the couple as a way to cover expenses.
Or, people provide household items for the couple to start their life together in their new home.
As for wedding gifts, a gift of money is the usual choice for gift-givers as a way to show appreciation for the invite and to help the cover recoup the cost of the celebration.
My mom is funny about bridal showers for people entering their second marriage. She refuses to attend those.
Hmmm if it’s not a family member, is there another bridal shower I don’t know about..? 
Wait a sec ... it’s the same guy???
And they already did the bachelorette thing ... did they do the bridal shower?
Heh.
Sorry, this IS tacky.
And I think if it were me, and I’d done that, I’d be heading to Vegas this time around and keeping my mouth shut.
J. | 06.15.2007 | 7:26 AM