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[quote=Anonymous]I am going to a baby shower on Saturday for a friend. The “host” (one of my friend’s good friends) handled all the planning and just sent an email last night to remind the attendees about the shower and let us all know that we would each be expected to pay $60 to contribute toward the cost of the shower. First off, tacky, no? They should have mentioned this up front which is kind of frustrating, but I have never been asked to contribute to a shower in this way before.

To make it even more awkward, I bought the friend a $60 gift off her registry that I was planning to bring with me and give her. I know that she can already see I got it for her, so I am kind of stuck with giving it to her or she would know if I returned it. I am not even sure she knows that all her friends are paying for the shower so I don’t want to penalize her for it with a cheap gift. In her shoes I would rather have gifts vs. an expensive lunch, but maybe that’s just me.

Anyway, is this not super annoying and strange for a shower? Would you not give the gift and do something less expensive? This is not a friend I would normally spend $120 on... I typically spend more like $50-$75 on gifts depending on how close the friend is.[/quote]

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