Anonymous
12/01/2017 08:15
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
This thread is 5 years old. The”baby” in question is in kindergarten.
Anonymous
12/01/2017 08:04
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Almost every baby shower I’ve ever been invited to requested the same things. Who cares? Get a book from the dollar store. It’ll cost $1, and BONUS, none of your hoity toity friends would be caught dead there, so no one else will buy the same one.
You need to get over yourself. Maybe just stay home because the mom-to-be doesn’t need a jerk friend like you anyway.
You need to get over yourself. Maybe just stay home because the mom-to-be doesn’t need a jerk friend like you anyway.
Anonymous
12/01/2017 01:43
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is a dumbass topic and a total waste of time.
The LNS guys made their way over here.
LOL at LNS.
Anonymous
12/01/2017 01:41
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So the hostess will be bombarded with "Where is she registered?" if that info is not included with the invite. It isn't tacky. It is practical.
Anyone who can't go online for five minutes and search for registries at BRU, Target, and Amazon without being told to do so is a moron.
Or is maybe 50+ and not super familiar with online registries. But yeah, you know what, screw them! ?
Anonymous
12/01/2017 01:27
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I wonder if we were invited to the same shower 
The host first sent an invite with an explicit link to the registry.
Then she sent a message asking to mark items on registry of we bought them elsewhere (which already made me not want to purchase anything).
Then she sent a request for a book instead of card; i have bought an amazon card by then so didn’t bother.
The host first sent an invite with an explicit link to the registry.
Then she sent a message asking to mark items on registry of we bought them elsewhere (which already made me not want to purchase anything).
Then she sent a request for a book instead of card; i have bought an amazon card by then so didn’t bother.
Anonymous
11/30/2017 23:50
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
Showers are pretty tacky period.
In this day and age, there's no reason to have them.
Back in the day, yes. When people married young and had kids young and households were single income, it made sense.
Nowadays no.
In this day and age, there's no reason to have them.
Back in the day, yes. When people married young and had kids young and households were single income, it made sense.
Nowadays no.
Anonymous
05/01/2014 07:02
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I am so tired of the "bring a book to start kid's library". If I want to give books, I'll give books. My friend's cousin put that on her shower invite and all she got was books. So the kid had a great library but no changing pad or bouncer.
Anonymous
05/01/2014 00:07
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:I am a pretty big stickler for etiquette, and including registry info on a shower invite is not in bad taste. Shower invitations are the only place where it is acceptable to list a registry. The entire purpose of any type of shower is to give gifts. If you don't understand that, I am not sure what you think they are for. If you don't like it, RSVP no.
+1.
While I see what OP means to an extent (the "wishing well" is a pretty direct request for a third gift that I've never even heard of before), the book-instead-of-card and registry listing are totally standard. Honestly, a baby board book by Sandra Boynton is about 5 bucks, the same cost as a card from Papyrus. No big whoop. Don't get so offended, OP. The mom-to-be's friends may have been in charge of all this and couldn't agree on book vs. wishing well, so they just did both. When multiple women are co-planning a shower, those things can happen. BTDT.
Anonymous
05/01/2014 00:05
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:I can top that. My friend hosted my baby shower and put in a note that said something to the effect of "Although little Kate isn't here yet, she has already made it known that she does not care for Winnie the Pooh, but enjoys the stylings of Janie n' Jack and Store X (an expensive specialty shop that I loved)".
I was mortified! It still makes me embarrassed to this day.
I would never tell anyone what to buy. It started because my husband dislikes Winnie the Pooh and his family kept sending us Pooh items. I didn't even take them back, I used them and told him he should have mentioned it to them if it bothered him. I am not going to cause hurt feelings over baby gear.
I received something like that years ago. It informed me that the gift should all be from a particular theme, like Winnie the Pooh. The money tree is tacky too. If you are giving a shower, then give a shower and let people bring what they want. The mom can register and if people want to, they can ask the hostess where the mom is registered but by no means should people be told what to bring, what to buy and where a registry is in the invitation. It's just too grabbing.
Anonymous
05/01/2014 00:01
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote: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.
No, it's tacky. It may be practical to include that info on or in the invitation but it's also practical to have your guests address their own thank you notes or hell, write them. It's not about the money - I'd happily buy a book for a baby - but one is not supposed to include gift requests with invitations.
Anonymous
04/30/2014 23:59
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
This is NOT normal or run if the mill, it is T A C K Y !!!
Anonymous
04/30/2014 21:47
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
an up coming baby shower has a poem requesting a book instead of a card. You can get a book for $2. Cards are not $3 +/ -. I don't mean the little tiny cards. I think it's a great Idea. You write a sentiment to the baby or parents in the book.
Anonymous
12/24/2013 07:41
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't hate her, I don't know her that well. She did something similar with her wedding shower. It isn't an issue of the money, it just strikes me as very rude to ask outright for additional gifts.
The whole point of showers is to "shower" the guest of honor with gifts.
Exactly. And it's a new baby!! How fun!
Signed children's books are no more expensive than books that aren't signed, unless you are going for a collectible author. And there's no minimum contribution to the wishing well, right? So pick something small on the list, contribute to the well, and find a signed book. My bets is you don't go over $50 with all three.
I got my niece three months of maid service and a box of chocolates to eat while watching them. I already had three kids and knew she would not feel like cleaning.
Anonymous
12/24/2013 02:25
Subject: Re:Tacky baby shower invite
I think you are over reacting about the book.
You shoud have gotten a gift card for a book store instead of a gift, I am sure they would have loved it
You shoud have gotten a gift card for a book store instead of a gift, I am sure they would have loved it
Anonymous
11/12/2013 17:27
Subject: Tacky baby shower invite
I was thinking this too, but then noticed this was an ancient thread that got dredged up so I didn't bother.Anonymous wrote: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.