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Bridal shower

My wedding is in six weeks, and no one has volunteered to plan my shower (which I know sounds so bridezilla-ish, but just hear me out- I really am a very laid back person and bride!!). None of my bridesmaids have ever been married, so this is not at all about me expecting them to plan it or being mad that they didn't. Honestly, I really thought I could do without it, but as the date gets closer I am realizing that it is a memory that I don't want to miss out on. Two of them live out of town and the two that live here are very busy. Mostly, I just don't know what to do. I would totally plan my own shower, except that I just read a bunch of posts that say that that is really inappropriate. But really, the point of a shower to me is to have all my girlfriends together- I don't want gifts! It's not about gifts. It's about the people. So my question is how can I just get everyone together, be able to coordinate it myself and have a grand ol' time? Maybe I won't call it a shower- I could call it a "Pre-wedding Girls Get-together" or something? I really could use some input. 

Re: Bridal shower

  • lengel88 said:
    My wedding is in six weeks, and no one has volunteered to plan my shower (which I know sounds so bridezilla-ish, but just hear me out- I really am a very laid back person and bride!!). None of my bridesmaids have ever been married, so this is not at all about me expecting them to plan it or being mad that they didn't. Honestly, I really thought I could do without it, but as the date gets closer I am realizing that it is a memory that I don't want to miss out on. Two of them live out of town and the two that live here are very busy. Mostly, I just don't know what to do. I would totally plan my own shower, except that I just read a bunch of posts that say that that is really inappropriate. But really, the point of a shower to me is to have all my girlfriends together- I don't want gifts! It's not about gifts. It's about the people. So my question is how can I just get everyone together, be able to coordinate it myself and have a grand ol' time? Maybe I won't call it a shower- I could call it a "Pre-wedding Girls Get-together" or something? I really could use some input. 
    You can only do this if you divorce it in every way from the wedding.  Just call it a girl's night out or girl's brunch or something like that.



  • lengel88 said:
    . So my question is how can I just get everyone together, be able to coordinate it myself and have a grand ol' time?
    You could call everyone and say, "Hey, let's all go out tonight!"

    You could email everyone and say, "Hey, let's plan a fun night out sometime in the next couple of weeks!"

    You could text people and say, "Hey, can you do dinner on Friday?"
  • If you don't want gifts, you don't have a shower. Just go out with friends or have them over for fun like you would any other random day of the year.
    What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14
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  • Invite your friends over for lunch or drinks-don't make it about the wedding (since you shouldn't host events in your honor).  If these are your nearest and dearest friends, it shouldn't be tough to get them all together before the wedding for a girls night.

    I do wonder, did you really need to post this three times though?
  • This was my first time posting and an error message kept coming up when I went to post it, so I had no way to know that it was actually being posted. And then I couldn't figure out how to delete two of them =(
  • You can't. One of TK's gods will have to delete the others. Don't sweat it. New people often accidentally post multiple times, and right now TK is being glitchy and posting multiples anyway. 


    What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14
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  • I should have added earlier, do you and your friends ever do girls weekends?  My close girlfriends and I do this once a year-we rent a hotel room, make reservations at our favorite restaurants, and just hang out like old times.  Something like that might fun for you too, just make sure to keep it non-wedding related.
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