Is it appropriate for men to attend wedding showers?
2007-05-08 07:47:08 · 51 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Traditionally, a "Bridal Shower" was meant to be an all female fete. Nowadays, hosts and hostesses are throwing "Wedding Showers" in which both men and women are invited.
My experience with them has been that the men usually settle around the bar area and the women mix and mingle anywhere they really choose for most of the party. The only time in which both sexes mingle together is during couple-inspired games like "Know your Bride and Groom" and the Scavenger Hunt.
Of course you want to ask the host or hostess whether it is a Wedding Shower or a Bridal Shower before attending.
2007-05-08 07:58:15 · answer #1 · answered by Caity.Esq. 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're actually wrong a on a few things here. Bachelor/Bachelorette parties usually occur pretty close to the wedding, but it doesn't have to be days beforehand, it could be weeks beforehand. The bride's parents should not throw a wedding shower for the bride. A shower can be thrown be a friend, member of the wedding party or more distant relative, like an aunt or cousin. The bride is the guest of honour and has no part in the planning other than to offer names for the guestlist. None of these pre-wedding parties are by obligation, mandatory or necessary. You think that's a lot? Where I live, brides and grooms also regularly have fundraising parties to pay for the wedding as well. It's a full year or more of milking everyone for what they're worth. Registries are also optional. If you decide to have one, you spread the information by word of mouth, when people ask. Or, if someone offers to throw you a shower they can put your registry information in the invitation. You don't put registry information in writing anywhere else and definitely not on the wedding invitation. PS: You're going about gifts in the wrong way. You're getting married and that is awesome! And often people choose to congratulate you with a gift, but they do not have to. Gifts are not a given so take it easy.
2016-04-01 02:44:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the shower and how the invitation was addressed. If the invitation was addressed to the girl and guest or both the husband and wife, than the guy is invited. The only time my now husband attended showers with me was when the theme called for it, such as a Stock the Bar or Lawn and Garden shower. He wouldn't even think of coming to an Around the House or Linen Shower and I sure would not make him. So, depending on the theme, guys can definitely go to showers.
2007-05-08 08:04:55 · answer #3 · answered by ashpeev 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is quite appropriate for a men to attend wedding showers IF they choose to. There is nothing wrong with offering an inviation to male friend's of the bride to be and nothing wrong with the groom to be showing up, it is afterall HIS wedding as well.
Obviously those who say no are insecure about their own sexuallity...especially those who claim that "real" men don't attend wedding showers, they have no clue what a "real" man is and will never be one.
2007-05-08 09:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well it has been known for men to go to wedding showers due to the fact that the gifts are usually for both the husband and the wife so yes it is appropriate for men to attend wedding showers
2007-05-08 07:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by jessie c 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At my bridal shower all my ushers and my husband served drinks, my dad ran the bar with my cousin (male) and we had a great time. It's a European thing for the guys to serve the drinks and stuff. Also, it's a custom that the groom brings the bride flowers and says a little thank you speech for the women for coming. Keep in mind this is a show of 100 or more women in a hall.
2007-05-08 08:07:42 · answer #6 · answered by Steven's Mommy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its not supposed to be but now a days men go all the time.
Its more like a couples shower. Usually the father to be has to be there to help take everything home :) and sometimes the father to be brings some dude friends :)
2007-05-08 07:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by melaniejean862209 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you are in a relationship with a woman that attends. A good policy is to find the other guys who got dragged along and hide out next to the shed in the back yard while beers are had by all. Don't forget the present, or find someway out of it. Your grandma has been feeling ill lately right?
2007-05-08 07:55:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If its a couples shower then yes. If you are the groom and the shower is for your bride,yes you need to make an apperance near the end of the shower. Not the whole thing.
2007-05-08 07:52:35 · answer #9 · answered by sweet sue 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If they are invited. Some people today are deciding to have a Jack and Jill Shower where both the bride's friends and groom's friends are invited. However, the Jack and Jills that I have been to the men sorta seemed bored.
2007-05-08 07:53:11 · answer #10 · answered by LadyD1019 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋