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Baby Shower: Go or No Go?

MrsG2B83MrsG2B83
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My friend is having her baby shower today. I LOOOOOVE baby showers. Problem is when I looked at the invite and googled it, it's 35 miles away (we all live in the same neighborhood idk why her friend picked a venue so freaking far)! With our car, that's $20 of gas round trip. That's about half of what I have in my wallet till Wednesday.

This friend has been really there for me lately and I don't want to let her down but that money could be used for groceries or pull ups. DH proposed that we take her out for a nice dinner Wednesday (payday) and give her her gift then.It's not completely unheard of: my friend did the same for me when she was a no-show to both of my showers. Ah, Country Buffet......

I just feel like a real heel for being like "sorry I can't make it; it's too far", Apparently, that's what many others have been saying too.

Hmmmm...... 

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  • LoveEeyoreLoveEeyore member
    I despise baby showers so that would be a no-brainer for me.  But if it were something I enjoyed, I would try and hitch a ride, see if you can get a ride with MOH and help with set-up/cleanup?  Another girl?  combine errands- have DH drop you off an run errands in that region while you party?  I dunno... there's gotta be a way to go if you want.
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  • IEtoLAIEtoLA member
    Really, it's either you want to go or not.  If distance determined anything I went to I would never go out of my house.  Yesterday we drove 75 miles for a baby shower.  
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  • MrsWindyCityMrsWindyCity member
    Did you RSVP? If you already responded that you would go, then I think you should go. Plus, taking her out to a "nice" dinner will probably be more expensive, anyway.
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    Go
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member

    I'm not sure what kind of 'nice' dinner you're taking her out for that will be under $20 for both of you and YH too it sounds like...

    I would go personally, esp if you already rsvp'ed.  Is the friendship worth $20 to you?I  always ask myself, would I feel worse if I didn't go? Sounds to me like in this case yes.

    But if you 'all' live in the same neighborhood why can't you carpool and ride together? The way you said this makes it sound like a bunch of ppl from your neighborhood are going... plus going together makes it more fun anyway.

     

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  • SailorGraySailorGray member
    Yes, go. Dinner will be more than $20.  Def see about carpooling.
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  • MrsG2B83MrsG2B83

    I went. She's been a really good friend to me so I should kick myself in the butt hard for even thinking about not going. I was being silly. Also my husband neglected to tell me that the gas tank was full. All I did was refilled what I used, which turned out to be $10. He just didn't want to go, which is probably why he led me to believe that the car was empty (it was a co-ed shower and I only know the M2B because the D2B is DH's high school buddy). So I left his butt at home.

     

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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member
    imageMrsG2B83:

    I went. She's been a really good friend to me so I should kick myself in the butt hard for even thinking about not going. I was being silly. Also my husband neglected to tell me that the gas tank was full. All I did was refilled what I used, which turned out to be $10. He just didn't want to go, which is probably why he led me to believe that the car was empty (it was a co-ed shower and I only know the M2B because the D2B is DH's high school buddy). So I left his butt at home.

     

    I was wondering :). Glad to hear you went, hope it was a nice time!

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  • melody921melody921 member

    imageMrsWindyCity:
    Did you RSVP? If you already responded that you would go, then I think you should go. Plus, taking her out to a "nice" dinner will probably be more expensive, anyway.

    This is what I'm thinking. If they expect you're coming, just go. You'll end up spending way more than $20 for a nice dinner.


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