Long distance shower help...

bluebuckeye84 · March 2013

My sister is having her first baby. I am her only sister and want to throw her a shower, however I live across the country and our whole family lives in another state. Therefore, having a shower where everyone (or anyone) could attend would be impossible. I know I have read about virtual showers, but most of the family are older ladies who would have not a clue how to do this. Any suggestions of how I could do something special for my sister in place of a shower? I also read about showers by mail, but I feel like that is more of just asking for gifts. I don't know what to do, but I would feel so bad if I didn't do anything. Please leave any ideas or advice.

BeckyTheEngineer · March 2013

So no one is in the same place? Is it possible for your sis to travel to where the bulk of your family is, and you could still host? I did this for my sister. From 500 miles away I still planned the invites, favors, and all of that, and got help from a lo

jackson290721 · March 2013

BeckyTheEngineer:
So no one is in the same place? Is it possible for your sis to travel to where the bulk of your family is, a

coraggiosa · March 2013

Mail showers or skype showers are really just gift grabs, to be completely honest. Both are horrible ideas.

It seems like a shower is impossible, so try to just get your sister a really thoughtful gift.

MzCurnett8886 · March 2013

Does she have friends that would throw her one? Or is there any way both you and her could go to visit family for a shower? If not, there's really no polite way to do a Skype/virtual shower. It looks gift grabby in all sense of the word. I would get yo

1026pumpkin · March 2013

BeckyTheEngineer:
So no one is in the same place? Is it possible for your sis to travel to where the bulk of your family is, a

EastCoastBride · March 2013

There is nothing stopping YOU from doing something special. It just won't be a shower.

PrimRoseMama · March 2013

Honestly, your best bet is to send your gift and card. It stinks but I would not do a Skype or mail baby shower.

Disneygeek77 · March 2013

I would take whatever money you would have put into a virtual shower and put it towards a nicer gift. Trust me, she would appreciate that so much more.

Carnation77 · March 2013

She may not even want a shower. I'm in the same boat as your sister, and I'm trying to convince my family not to throw me a shower. I'm having a difficult pregnancy and so many other things are going on in my life that the idea of having to tr

Ladams30 · April 2013

I've been in two "virtual" showers. One was for my sister in law. We had the shower here (she lives in CA) and wrapped the presents as a group and had all the shower "fun". We videotaped the wrapping - each guest showed off her gift a

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