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Bridal Shower faux pas?
Hi Girls,
I just received a bridal shower invitation and things reminded me of my own wedding planning. Remember how we discussed things that you don't do with invitations? Like, addressing the envelopes, putting in the registry notes with the invitations, etc.
Today I checked my mail and I got this invitation to a bridal shower. First of all, I don't even know the girl that well. She is DH's childhood friend's sister. She was at our wedding, but that's the only time I saw her. This is not a Jack and Jill event, so i can't take DH with me, and I literaly do not know anyone there. Besides that, with the invitation she sent a card with the registry information AND on the card there was also a note about their Honeymoon registry...
I remember someone last year write that she will not pay for someone's erotic massage for couples during their honeymoon when she would not spend that money on herself... that's how I feel... not going to that bridal shower for sure.
Re: Bridal Shower faux pas?
That makes sense - her mother is probably sending it out.
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My registry information was on my bridal shower invites. Nobody thought it was improper, to my knowledge. It saved me and my MOH a big headache by preventing every individual invited from asking us where I was registered.
However, wedding invitations shouldn't include registry information, in my opinion; that I find somewhat tacky.
I agree with the pp. Both my shower invites had my registry information on them. Showers are gift giving events so it makes sence to share that information with everyone. But it is odd that you got an invitation to a shower of someone you barely know. I probably wouldn't go. If the person is close with DH I might send a small gift, but thats it.
The wedding invites are a different story. The last wedding I went to she put the registy cards in the invitation. I thought it was tacky. Its not hard to do a quick search and find where a couple is registered.
OK, so we have that resolved, now what do you think about the HoneyFunds? I am still not sure about this.
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One of my BMs is now getting married and she loves the idea of a Honeyfund. She asked a bunch of people for their opinions (including me) and to my knowledge everyone told her it was tacky. I mean really, H and I only got like 4 gifts at our wedding, everyone else for the most part gave us checks which would have more than covered our honeymoon. I don't agree with Honeyfunds especially when some people (my BM included) bring up the fact that it will also go towards saving for a house. I'm sorry, grow up, save your own friggin money for the big events in your life. Ugh. Someday when I'm pregnant could I start a baby fund and people can donate to my "raising my child fund" or "child's college fund"?
Anyway, I would never donate to the Honeyfund, I would just give them a gift/check and be done with the whole ordeal.
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