Bachelorette parties and Bridal showers are a final get together for family and friends with the still single Bride before she becomes a wife. It is an important time for them perhaps more than for the Bride in some ways. The shower is nearly always planned by someone other than the Bride but many find the shower is not exactly what they wanted.
Quite often there is not a lot of thought that goes into a Bridal shower, it goes along and things happen as they happen. It is a hard time for the Bride though as quite often there is an uncomfortable mix of family and friends, with friends finding it funny to give gifts of shocking panties while the Bride's grandmother is watching. The gifts are a weird mix of gags, risque and practical such as a set of glassware! This happens because the Bride has not sat down with the organizer and set a few ground rules for the event.
But if it is the Maid of Honor organizing the party then the Bride should feel able to give her input. Obviously there should be fun and laughter but it is also an opportunity to help out the Bride in her new life, with finances being tight these days couples may have specific things they need. More families are coming together for events like these and so the Bride should sit with the Maid of Humor, make it clear Grandma is going to be there, and maybe suggest some gift ideas, and give some information the Maid of Honor can pass along to the invitees.
Guests need to accept that if the Bride has asked that gifts be family friendly, this shower is not the time to offer up some crotchless panties. A lot of the time friends do not even get the Bride's size correct so even if some of it is wearable she can't because it is too small or too big!
The wedding gift register can be a guide for Bridal shower gifts and the Maid of Honor can remind guests about that. Though you cannot be so direct for the actual wedding it is not impolite of the Maid of Honor to direct guests for the shower. If the Bride has indicated no children then this is also the Maid of Honor's duty to make sure all know, as a lot of people may want to be able to kick back some but children and babies around prohibit that. - 30299
Quite often there is not a lot of thought that goes into a Bridal shower, it goes along and things happen as they happen. It is a hard time for the Bride though as quite often there is an uncomfortable mix of family and friends, with friends finding it funny to give gifts of shocking panties while the Bride's grandmother is watching. The gifts are a weird mix of gags, risque and practical such as a set of glassware! This happens because the Bride has not sat down with the organizer and set a few ground rules for the event.
But if it is the Maid of Honor organizing the party then the Bride should feel able to give her input. Obviously there should be fun and laughter but it is also an opportunity to help out the Bride in her new life, with finances being tight these days couples may have specific things they need. More families are coming together for events like these and so the Bride should sit with the Maid of Humor, make it clear Grandma is going to be there, and maybe suggest some gift ideas, and give some information the Maid of Honor can pass along to the invitees.
Guests need to accept that if the Bride has asked that gifts be family friendly, this shower is not the time to offer up some crotchless panties. A lot of the time friends do not even get the Bride's size correct so even if some of it is wearable she can't because it is too small or too big!
The wedding gift register can be a guide for Bridal shower gifts and the Maid of Honor can remind guests about that. Though you cannot be so direct for the actual wedding it is not impolite of the Maid of Honor to direct guests for the shower. If the Bride has indicated no children then this is also the Maid of Honor's duty to make sure all know, as a lot of people may want to be able to kick back some but children and babies around prohibit that. - 30299
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