tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post115754788946767500..comments2024-03-25T06:19:05.171-04:00Comments on Some Guy's Blog: Wedding Showers...Some Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899082993897012313noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post-1157606553641054572006-09-07T01:22:00.000-04:002006-09-07T01:22:00.000-04:00I hate wedding showers. My friend just got engage...I hate wedding showers. My friend just got engaged last month and has informed us that there will be 3, count them, 3 showers as well as engagement party and a bachelorette party. Oh, and the damn wedding. <BR/><BR/>I will go to one shower. I will give one gift. That's it.<BR/><BR/>I have been to a bunch of co-ed showers though, and they were actually fun, because A, there were no stupid games, and B, people tended to give cooler gifts, like bareware, instead of casserole dishes.luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468418041443316689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post-1157566586566194722006-09-06T14:16:00.000-04:002006-09-06T14:16:00.000-04:00"Wedding showers" are bullshit. You can have a sh..."Wedding showers" are bullshit. <BR/><BR/>You can have a shower for the bride so that her friends can give her nice underwear and warn her that after she gets married she won't be having much sex anymore.<BR/><BR/>You can do the same for the groom - it's called a bachelor party, and that's where his friends buy him a stripper and warn him that after he gets married he won't be having much sex anymore.<BR/><BR/>You can have an "engagement party" to which everyone is invited, but then the guests are not obligated to bring a gift if they are invited to the wedding and will be buying a wedding gift for that occasion.<BR/><BR/>But a "wedding shower" is bullshit, made-up tradition, and I think you are right to feel put out.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post-1157551255728424002006-09-06T10:00:00.000-04:002006-09-06T10:00:00.000-04:00Had I been told some tales at my shower who actual...Had I been told some tales at my shower who actually knows where I would be today. I think our family uses showers to gossip and for a free Sunday meal...<BR/><BR/>I like the traditional rite of passage way to think about it and agree about the greed...this world is ruled by greed anymore.dirtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221085198162692263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post-1157550838233627552006-09-06T09:53:00.000-04:002006-09-06T09:53:00.000-04:00I think that this traditional event has been tarni...I think that this traditional event has been tarnished by greed. I have a romantic notion that wedding showers were sort of an initiation of a maiden into the world of adults. Not only would a bride-to-be receive necessities for building a household, but she would also receive advice and be given a "heads-up" on what to expect from married life. <BR/><BR/>I still think this is a necessary rite of passage. It's important for young ladies to hear what the older ladies have to say about life. Even if the younger ones don't believe any of the tales they hear. They should at least have the chance to hear them. <BR/><BR/>So, I'm with you Chris and Dirty; leave the men out of the whole shower business. A couple shower is about as appealing as a couple who claim proudly, "We're pregnant!" Let's leave some gender lines in place.Jenny Jenny Flanneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621715431584059448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29470700.post-1157548236260799612006-09-06T09:10:00.000-04:002006-09-06T09:10:00.000-04:00I received nothing at any of my showers that I did...I received nothing at any of my showers that I didn't return for store credit. Men don't belong at showers...they belong in front of the television...dirtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221085198162692263noreply@blogger.com