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Gracey_Manor Maid
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Hahaha...oh wait...you were serious?
Gracey_Manor Maid
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I got an email invite this morning for a friends baby shower. I am actually really happy for her because this is her 5th pregnancy but her 1st child. She lives in montana so I won't be able to make it but her aunt (who is throwing the shower) sent me the invite anyway with a note attatched just for me
this is what the note said
Dear G,
We know with your little one on the way and the recent aqusition of those others (I can only assume she means neice and nephews) That you won't be able to make it to the shower but we wanted to make sure you knew you were invited because you and jelly (good lord they still call her jelly....she hasn't gone by that nickname since 5th grade!) are still so close. I know that you will want to get her a gift though so I sent a link to the gift we assigned to you. Just mail it to my address so it will be a surprise (we haven't told her about the shower yet! She is going to be so happy!)
Thanks again!
Ok so 2 things
1)J is very very leary about showers and baby gifts and has told me she wants none of those things until after the baby is here and sent home healthy. She and DH have already bought all of the stuff they need. Part of me wants to tell her aunt to wait until the baby gets here before they throw her a shower.
2) the gift I have been assigned? Upon further investigation (a few phone calls) I found out that every guest who RSVP's is told what gift they are expected to bring...
really?
now that is tacky!
But I admite...it did make me laugh! that takes balls to tell someone what gift they are going to bring...apparently she has been a complete lunatic with this whole thing!
ahhh crazy family members are awsome when they don't belong to me! lol
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Re: Hahaha...oh wait...you were serious?
OMG!! After you buy her a gift you should call the aunt and tell her what bill she has been assigned to pay!
O.M.G! Seriously... everyone is ASSIGNED a gift??? That is the tackiest thing I've heard of regarding baby showers. Wow!
It might be worth mentioning to the crazy aunt that J really does not want a shower and isn't just being polite in declining one. I know if I didn't want a shower and people went right against my wishes I would not enjoy the shower and be pissed off. I know it's a nice gesture but it's not what she wants.
..wow.
bwahaha! i really should!
LOL
haha! this exactly.
haha! this exactly.
There was a similar situation on the old Nest baby board a couple years ago - you just reminded me. Guests were not only assigned gifts, they were pretty blatantly assigned gifts based on what the hostess thought they could afford. I remember that the nestie posting about it was "assigned" to bring the AngelCare Monitor. lol!
It was a hilarious saga - especially so when people were so offended that almost NO ONE showed up to the shower. Obviously I hope this doesn't happen to your friend, because it sounds as if she's not in on this scheme - but lordy lord, how tacky.
She should be thankful that she didn't send me that invite. I'd mail her a note back and advise her what J and I had already discussed and how previous failed pregnancies have caused J to be extra careful about planning anything for the baby.
I like your idea of waiting till she mentions what she needs and she knows the baby is healthy.
LOL! love this!
I think I may remember this. It just seems so rude to assign anything, you don't know what anyones financial situation is with the economy the way it is.
no doubt!!!!
This lol. Some people have a lot of nerve or else are completely clueless. I'd call your friend and let her know what's going on. Poor thing! SAL is hard enough without everyone jumping down your throat! I completely understand her not wanting to get too excited and have a shower and everything for fear it may not turn out right. All of my losses were early, but I still had to call everyone the first time to say "never mind" and it was the hardest thing I've ever done.
LOL...the funniest part is how many people WON'T bring the gift they were "assigned". I know I wouldn't.
Your poor friend will probably be so embarrassed when she finds out!
And how rude to refer to your nieces and nephews as "those others".
This
OMG...I loved that!