Here is my situation: I am 25 weeks pregnant and live aprox 4 hours away from my immediate family (parents, aunts/uncles, ect...) and aprox 3 and 1/2 hours from my husbands family. My sister in law and brother live 15 minutes away and around x-mas time she aked if she could throw me a baby shower. What made her offer ohhh so appealing is that we wouldn't have to travel a long distance to have a shower AND wouldn't have to worry about how to get our new baby gifts back home (4 hours away).
So my question is: Not many relatives from either side of the families are willing to travel in March to my shower and that is fine, but I have about 25 work friends that I want @ the shower. How many is too many work friends becasue I don't want it to seem we're being greedy by inviting more people for more gifts when that isn't the truth at all. I just know when we got married we had 3 bridal showers and we had to travel all over the state to attend them. I just didn't want to do that again.
2007-02-06 06:36:32 · 9 answers · asked by qteapie210 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Ohh yeah, one point I left out: The shower is being held @ a resturant. There was no room rental fee involved and we're having a light tea fare. My sister in law's apartment is WAY small and it was HER idea to "rent" a place.
2007-02-06 06:47:13 · update #1
I'd say do what is more convenient for you in your condition...those who can come will, those who would like to have come but cannot will perhaps send you something if nothing but a card...you will not please everyone...that's too much stress anyway...you should not be all up in arms about the baby shower...think good thoughts!
2007-02-06 07:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Pooks 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can have any number of people at the shower. I have been to showers where there were only 6 or so people, ones where there were around 20 people, and ones where there were around 60 people! Sometimes it is easier to just have one big one. For a big one, you can set it up as an openhouse shower where people just drop in when they can for as long as they can. Just make sure you have enough chairs set up because a lot of times they all stay the whole time (or most of them). A few chairs at tables is always good. This way people can mingle while you are opening gifts. You can still have games at big showers, too! Well, whatever you choose to do, have fun!
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2007-02-06 06:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by fayra_elm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest that your sister find out if anyone at work is planning to throw you a shower. I'd say 25 work friends is too many at a home shower. If I were in your shoes, be gracious and accept a work shower at work if one is planned and have close family and friends to your shower at your sister-in-laws. Some of those close friends might also be from work, but I wouldn't invite them all.
2007-02-06 06:41:20 · answer #3 · answered by Barbara B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My toddler bathe grow to be extremely untraditional. My unique bathe grow to be cancelled at the same time as my twins arrived 16 weeks premature, and that i extremely did not anticipate one in any respect. one among my best friends prepared a marvel bathe some weeks before my surviving twin grow to be released from the well being middle, and it grow to be both sexes. It grow to be a blast! We had beer and wine (bear in ideas I wasn't pregnant anymore)... and it grow to be purely extremely laid again. It grow to be ordinarily women, yet my husband and a couple of his friends were there, my dad, brother in regulation and cousin's boyfriend. I even ought to say regardless of the reality that, that i ought to in hardship-free words invite adult adult males if the daddy of the toddler is going to be there too! (what's with all the thumbs down in this web page?... isn't it only a count number of opinion?... there are not any incorrect solutions the following!)
2016-12-03 19:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what's the big deal? have you never heard of the statement
the more the merrier?
i don't see you as being greedy. but either way you can't win because if you don't invite some they will say you are being snobby. so invite them all-people will talk either way might as well let them talk as you open their gifts! (that was a little joke at the end)
2007-02-06 06:47:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say invite as many as you like, it won't appear greedy. People love nothing more than to buy baby gifts.
2007-02-06 06:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by shaz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
let the people come to your side of town for your own baby shower. I would suggest 5 family members to come on your side of the family, and 5 from the other. if you do have to invite work friends, I'd only invite 2 at the most. That's my advice, so take it.
2007-02-06 06:49:48 · answer #7 · answered by missdjflex1 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
on this-- you are going to have to weigh out the pros and cons.
dont foget-- this is a celebratory time.... if youd like to have 25 coworkers at your baby shower...INVITE 'EM ALL! you arent being greedy and no one will think you are-- you are having a baby for goodness sake!
have fun and enjoy your party!
2007-02-06 06:49:46 · answer #8 · answered by christian_davis1985 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have a really good friend at work, tell her your sister-in-law's going to call/email her ("if she doesnt mind") to get names and addresses for invitations. let your sistern-in-law take care of it from there.
i had my husband call my one good friend to see who else he should invite. she mentioned it to others at work, got feedback, worked it out w/him and i still dont know for sure who's coming :)
2007-02-06 06:57:30 · answer #9 · answered by kad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋