Anonymous
11/12/2013 17:26
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Dear Friend,
Please come to my party. Please bring me a book, a gift off my registry (www.gift.com), and something for my "wishing well."
Love, Greedy McNeedsalot
The mother-to-be is the guest of honor at a baby shower, not the hostess. It's not "her" party.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 17:15
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I'm the first one to mention that the mom-to-be is going to get a half-dozen copies of Goodnight Moon, all inscribed so they can't be returned?
So, dumb and tacky.
So, dumb and tacky.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:46
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
It's not tacky to put the registry info on a shower invite. The whole point of a shower is to buy gifts off of the registry. Don't go if you don't want to participate, but admit that you're cheap instead of calling the host tacky.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:44
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
NP here. I was invited to a shower where we were asked to bring a book for the baby "in addition to" the gift. I thought it was kind of tacky, but I just chose a less expensive item from the registry to stay within our budget.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:42
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You don't have to do any of it. They're suggestions, not edicts.
This exactly.
This may come as a surprise but baby showers are all about (wait for it........)SHOWERING the mother-to-be with GIFTS.
Welcome to America
I like this!
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:39
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Jesus. Get a life, OP.
I don't understand why people get worked up about this stuff.
I don't understand why people get worked up about this stuff.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 14:01
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Including registry information IS tacky, as is asking for three presents. Yes, the purpose of a shower is to shower the recipient with gifts. If a guest doesn't know what to buy, s/he can ask the host or hostess where the parents are registered. Or just check and see if the person is registered at BRU or Target.
Those of you who registered: Were you registered someplace obscure? Or could anyone have looked it up on the Internet in a minute or two?
+1
I knit cardigan sweaters, hats, and booties for new babies. I ignore shower invitation instructions and give the new baby what I want to give. Done and done.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 13:56
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:You don't have to do any of it. They're suggestions, not edicts.
This exactly.
This may come as a surprise but baby showers are all about (wait for it........)SHOWERING the mother-to-be with GIFTS.
Welcome to America
Anonymous
11/12/2013 13:41
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
How much does a tube of Desinex cost? How much does One fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish cost? or a Board book? Instead of buying a $40 gift off the registery, buy a $25 gift.
It sounds sweet, not like a money grab to me.
It sounds sweet, not like a money grab to me.
Anonymous
11/12/2013 13:26
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
I think it's a great idea.... And FYI the Wishing Well is optional. I had both a book and diapers for both my daughter-in-laws and if you could bring something great, if not, no biggie.. I think you are way off base and looking at it entirely wrong..
Anonymous
03/17/2012 07:53
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Looks like the Tacky Police are out in full force.
Anonymous
03/17/2012 00:29
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I would decide how much I want to spend and buy the smaller things first. By the way, if registrys on an invitation are tacky, then so are showers of any type tacky - they are by tradition all about gifts and I doubt many of us on this board missed theirs. If you don't know the MTB well and don"t care to, by all means send your regrets. I doubt you will be missed.
Anonymous
03/17/2012 00:09
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Dear Friend,
Please come to my party. Please bring me a book, a gift off my registry (www.gift.com), and something for my "wishing well."
Love, Greedy McNeedsalot
Please come to my party. Please bring me a book, a gift off my registry (www.gift.com), and something for my "wishing well."
Love, Greedy McNeedsalot
Anonymous
03/16/2012 16:42
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I agree with you. It's very tacky. Decline if you don't want to go.
Anonymous
03/16/2012 16:31
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:For a friend's shower the theme was something along the lines of "please share your favorite children's book," instead of the regular gifts. While it's somewhat tacky to presume people are bringing gifts, we all know that's really the point of the shower. I loved the book idea -- each one of us provided a book and shared why the book meant so much to us. It was a fun shower.
I went to a shower like this, too. Perhaps the same one? It was great -- wonderful idea, very personal and sweet. Loved it!