Shower BYO everything *rant*

Re: Shower BYO everything *rant*

• CallaLily25 member

  

  October 2013

  Bring your own chair? That's ridiculous and weird. I wouldn't even know what kind of chair to bring! A camping chair? A folding chair? Wow...
  

  
  

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• WinstonsGirl member

  

  October 2013 edited October 2013

  Could your FI/DH help you load in a couch or something??  My Uni used to run sleeping bag drive in's and there were always several fraternity houses or similar who would haul in several old couches.  Tell her you'll only be comfortable on your couch and you were so glad to be able to finally bring it along rather than using her uncomfortable couch.  

  
  

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• climbingsingle member

  

  October 2013

  Oof. I was invited to a very similar baby shower on Facebook. Bring a gift, bring a dish and bring whatever you want to drink. Uh, no thanks.

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• manateehugger member

  

  October 2013

  ClimbingBrideNY said:

  Oof. I was invited to a very similar baby shower on Facebook. Bring a gift, bring a dish and bring whatever you want to drink. Uh, no thanks.

  
  

  
  

  Ugh, this is a weekend BBQ with friends, not a hosted shower. People are ridiculous. 

  

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• HobokensFury member

  

  October 2013

  Just when we thought we'd seen/heard of everything...

   
   

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• APDSS22 member

  

  October 2013

  On the bright side, at least they're planning on every butt having a chair?  Of course, if the hostess can't even provide chairs for their guests they really have no business "hosting" anything really.
  

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• KytchynWitche member

  

  October 2013

  wow... tacky!
  

  

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• katieg520 member

  

  October 2013

  ClimbingBrideNY said:

  Oof. I was invited to a very similar baby shower on Facebook. Bring a gift, bring a dish and bring whatever you want to drink. Uh, no thanks.

  So basically you have to host yourself. Weird....
  
  I'm not typically a fan of baby showers for anything after the second child... unless it's a different gender from the other two, or there is a huge age gap between babies. Otherwise, I thought it was in poor taste to have a shower. But whatever.
  

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  October 2013

  I always thought that women only got 1 shower. My SIL just had a shower for baby #2 and I was horrified when I got the invitation. Her mom from out of town flew in and "wanted to do something nice for her" but 2 years ago when she was pregnant last time I did $100 worth of nice for her so I went to the shower and brought her a cute outfit for the baby (which I would have bought anyway being the auntie), but I couldn't believe they needed all new stuff for another girl baby after only a few years. No way hose!
  
  At least at a BYOC shower you'd have somewhere to sit!! My SIL had hers at her house and she has one couch and a chair, seating for 3 (4 if the 3 on the couch are close) and my SIL of course took up the chair. I stood the whole time

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• southernbelle0915 mod

  

  October 2013

  I don't understand this. You want presents but you want guests to host themselves at the party to which they're invited and expected to bring said presents? I'm really curious how this lightbulb went off in this woman's mind and what possessed her to think it was ok... I do not understand this mentality and I am truly curious about it.

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• kitty8403 member

  

  October 2013

  What put it over the top for me was the whole, come smile for the camera abd be subjected to posing/advertising/sales pitches after all this. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad, but I 'm pretty darn camera shy.

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• Gisellerina member

  

  October 2013

  Ew.  This sounds so yucky.

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• CommitmentCat member

  

  October 2013

  On the topic of baby showers, I was invited to one a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised by the invite! They requested hand-me downs. They said that most baby things are barely used because they grow so quickly and they would be happy if people wanted to give them their hand-me down baby things. (It was also hosted properly!) I thought that was awesome. It made me buy them a gift bigger than I had intended and collect 3 huge bags of hand-me downs from everyone I knew. I reckon if people were more polite, cared a little bit more about their friends and guests, they'd actually end up with way more presents than they do when they're inconsiderate and gift grabby. 
  
  
  

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