January 29, 2010
How many work friends should be invited to my baby shower?
qteapie210 asked:
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.
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.
Holly
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.
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.
Holly
Comments on How many work friends should be invited to my baby shower?
Karla
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.
Kaitlynn
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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Aylin
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)
Jaquan
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!
Kaitlynn
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.
Tia
I’d say invite as many as you like, it won’t appear greedy. People love nothing more than to buy baby gifts.
Gael
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
Rayan
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!