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[quote=Anonymous]This rule was silly and I think we’ve mostly let it go. I think the concept was that since you are asked to bring a gift, it would be unseemly for family to host the party. But hello, weddings? I think it’s a rule that comes from a time when whole cohorts of young, white, privileged women got married and started having babies in the suburbs all at once. They hosted baby showers for each other in rotation. But we’re not in that time any more and I think we can leave it there.

I have mixed feelings about the gift-centric nature of baby showers as well, but there are a lot of ways to modify it. You can do a book shower (you need some sort of list to manage it), which limits the cost and is lovely. You can say that in lieu of gifts you want people’s best advice, send them something to write it on, and make some sort of display at the party. Or just say “no gifts, please.” But some kind of modification might make people happier if they are used to/like giving gifts.

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