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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First off it isn't proper to have family members throw showers.

Just accept the fact you don't have friends to invite and focus on what you have going on in your life.  Count your blessings.  Don't make someone throw you a party and invite people you aren't close with.  That's lame and you'll feel awkward.  You'll live without a baby shower. [/quote]

Incorrect this is old school. OP my family is throwing me a coed shower. Really looking forward to it since I had been dreading an all girls shower when I don't have many close girlfriends to invite. [/quote]

No, nope, that is still correct. You're just not following the rules, which is fine, but it doesn't mean the rules have changed.[/quote]

Who made these "rules" exactly?[/quote]
I don't agree with being a stickler for these rules at all, I would not blink an eye of someone's mother or sister threw them a shower, but let's not act like we don't know rules of etiquette exist. [/quote]

Ok, but WHO made these rules? And when?  I think some context is necessary here.  People don't stay in the same place their whole lives anymore.  My family and friends don't even live in the same towns/states.  But "etiquette" dictates that I should invite all of my out of state family to a DC shower my friend offered to throw, rather than letting a relative host one they could all actually attend?  It's stupid.  Showers are gift-giving events, I see zero difference whose house it's at.  Funny enough the only explicit "no gifts" shower I've attended was hosted by the sister of the bride!

Funny enough I didn't even know this rule existed until I was engaged to be married.  I'd estimate that over half of showers I've attended in my lifetime were hosted by a family member. What tacky folk I walk among! [/quote]

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