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Inviting Co-Workers to Your Baby Shower

diva741diva741 member
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My shower is going to be in September, and since invites will be mailed in August, my hostess is asking me to start my list of guests.  The problem is I am wondering if I invite some of my co-workers and not the others some will feel offended.  What should I do?
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  • BlumunchknBlumunchkn
    Invite the people who you speak to and are comfortable being at your shower.  If the others are offended that's too bad no offense.  I have a few co-workers coming to my shower and I made sure to only invite the people who I have hung with with outside of work or who I speak to regularly.
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  • cherrykatcherrykat
    Does your company do office baby showers?  We usually do and I heard the girls are planning to do one for me in the office at lunch... so I'm not going to invite them again to our "real" baby shower.
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    imagecherrykat:
    Does your company do office baby showers?? We usually do and I heard the girls are planning to do one for me in the office at lunch... so I'm not going to invite them again to our "real" baby shower.

    Ditto this. If not, I'd make sure to keep it to only a few ppl that you're closest with.?

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  • diva741diva741 member

    imagecherrykat:
    Does your company do office baby showers?  We usually do and I heard the girls are planning to do one for me in the office at lunch... so I'm not going to invite them again to our "real" baby shower.

    I don't think they do.  There was a girl who had a baby in Feb. and they didn't do anything for her (but that was her 4th baby) and the young lady before that was in 2008 and I had just started working here when she actually delivered her baby and I am not sure if they had one for her. 

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  • Jules GJules G member

    imageBlumunchkn:
    Invite the people who you speak to and are comfortable being at your shower.? If the others are offended that's too bad no offense.? I have a few co-workers coming to my shower and I made sure to only invite the people who I have hung with with outside of work or who I speak to regularly.

    This is what I did too. I also sent the invites to their houses rather than giving them out at work, I feel it made it more personal & not work?related. ?

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  • cherrykatcherrykat
    FWIW, I only invited a handful of closest work people to my wedding and it was fine.  No one complained or said anything. 
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  • MrsNnrMrsNnr

    All my invites went out in the mail. Noone has said anything about not being invited, if they do I'll just tell them the truth...

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  • melly918melly918 member

    They're having a shower for me at work (I work in a private special ed school), so the only people from work that I invited to my "regular" shower are three ladies who are part of my counseling team.  I was going to invite a couple others from work but realized they'd probably contribute to the work shower and that was enough for me.  I guess you could weigh your decision on how close you are to these people and what type of work relationship you have with them.

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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
    Thinking about my coworkers...  trust me , if I wasn't really close to you, I'm not going to be offended to not be invited to a party where I'm supposed to buy you a gift!!
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  • surprisebaby4us2009surprisebaby4us2009 member
    I invited the girls i liked.  The others i really could care less about.
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  • diva741diva741 member

    imageEastCoastBride:
    Thinking about my coworkers...  trust me , if I wasn't really close to you, I'm not going to be offended to not be invited to a party where I'm supposed to buy you a gift!!

    Excellent point!  I think I am just going to invite my lunch buddy and my cubicle neighbor.  When I thought about it last night, I realized there was no reason to invite all 17 office members to my shower when I only really socialize with about 4 of them.  And that's true, who wants to buy a gift for someone they bareley talk to?

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  • beckys96beckys96 member
    I work in a fairly big office.  At my fam/friend shower my sister invited my boss and 2 other girls I am close to.  (I didn't know the shower was a surprise).  About 3 weeks later my office had a shower for me more people came to that.  I say if you work in a big office - only invite people you are close with, if you work in a smaller office and think people will be hurt by not being invited - invite them all - if they don't want to come, they won't.
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
    imagediva741:

    When I thought about it last night, I realized there was no reason to invite all 17 office members to my shower when I only really socialize with about 4 of them. 

    That's the other aspect to this too.  Having a kid is a HUGE life event and it is all consuming. However, it is still personal.  Work is work, personal is personal.  Never would I invite 17 coworkers to my shower just to be "nice" or to include them.  Definitely only invite the ones you socialize with.
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