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can i be a whiney ungrateful brat for just one minute?
so one of my bff's is throwing me a baby shower, yay! she sent out the invites last week w/o having me proofread them....which is fine, i didn't have her look at hers before i sent them either.
but there's a pretty blaring typo on it. it's not a big deal, i can deal with that.
what i *am* a little irked about is, that it just mentions me as "firstname lastname". which...in any normal case, would be totally fine. except that SIL and i share the exact same firstname lastname. ...and the shower will be hosted at H and SIL's parents house.....
when we announced our pregnancy on fbook...there was already confusion on *who* was pregnant....me or h's sister.
and IL's dropped the ball....*they* were supposed to announce to their brothers and sisters (h's aunts and uncles.....FIL has 10 sibs, MIL has 12 sibs)....IL's were super excited from day 1, that they wanted to announce to everybody, but we told them to wait....and when we gave them the go-ahead, they never announced it...they thought we did. we thought they did. and now none of the aunts/uncles *really* know we're having a baby...unless they have kids (h's cousins) that we told...and word of mouth got to them. and we only told a *few* cousins (since h has like sevntytrajillion cousins)....so there really isn't that much "buzz" about us (they're all OOT).
and now they all have a baby-shower invite that says SIL's firstname lastname, hosted at IL's house.......
/end-whiney-ungrateful-brat.
i'm very happy that bff is going through all the trouble of doing a babyshower for me...and much less at a strangers house (she's only met MIL once, but the venue was prime for the situation)...
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Re: can i be a whiney ungrateful brat for just one minute?
What did you want to be called?
firstname middle/maidenname lastname. that's how we distinguish the two of us in IL's house (or just firstname middle/maidenname).
SIL has always used her middlename regularly, so they'd know right away.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
Does your BFF know this? If not, and you didn't tell her, then you can't be too upset about it because I would imagine the practice of doing first-maiden-last on an invite isn't very common and she probably knows you by first-last. If she does know this, then it was probably just an accidental oversight and while frustrating, it gives you and H a good opportunity to circle back with his parents and ask them to now spread the word / share your excitement (or to do a massive e-mail blast with a cute photo of you preggo or something). Also, if your BFF included any information about baby registries, your guests / relatives will be able to figure out which relative is pregnant because of your husband's last name. I can see where it's a little annoying but I wouldn't let it get to you - just be happy and excited for a fun shower coming up.
nope, she doesn't know, which is why i'm only being whiney/ungrateful for one minute.
just needed somebody to whine to, and TN is best for that
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♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA.
well when we announced on fbook, the family in indonesia all wrote back, "when did she get married?! tell her congrats for us!".
getting pregnant before marriage doesn't happen in asian culture. okay fine, it does, sometimes, but very very very very very rarely.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
Haha, "When did she get married?" You answer, "She didn't. She's ummarried!" and then bask in their shock and disapproval for a little bit
i'm pretty sure you've mentioned the name thing before.. beacause even i knew...
i'm sorry! i would be sorta irritated! people will come either way... right? and bring you money?
lol, i'm not really sure. my family doesn't do baby showers, so i didn't invite them (except my mom and 2 female cousins). we'll do the "meet the baby party" after with my family (which is traditionally where we get the money).
his family is all OOT, and *does* do baby showers, but i've never asked what they got as gifts for each other...none of my business. if they send anything, wonderful, if they don't, oh well. i don't expect any of them to come.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.