Baby shower etiquette

magicalbride2bee · July 2013

Hi ya'll! I am currently 25 weeks 4 days pregnant. My mother-in-law is hosting a baby shower for me at a nice restaurant. She told me to invite family and friends... So I did. I compiled a list of family and friends who were at my bridal shower that took place last year, and also friends who were not, but that I grew closer to since. I came up with 17 people total. After giving her my list of friends and family who I wanted to invite, I felt as if she kept hinting that I had invited too many people because she kept saying how she didn't have enough invitations and she needed to buy more. Then she told me that she has about 20 people who she is inviting on her side. So I told her that I can delete some of the people off of my list, and she didn't really comment on my suggestion. Now I feel really guilty and dunno what to do about it. Was I rude to invite 17 people? Maybe it was too many people, but most of the people I invited came to my bridal shower...

SingleMom31 · July 2013

In a perfect world, you probably should have asked how many people she had in mind before making a list, but you're obviously past that point. At this point, you've offered to cut it and she didn't take you up on it, so I'd let it go now.

KELLILOVESJOSH · July 2013

Maybe it's just my hormones talking but if she wanted a shower for just her family she should have specified. I have more than 20 people who are my 1st cousins, aunts and close friends. So I don't think it was rude of you at all. We had about 50 people at my shower half from DH's side and half from mine. We both have really big families! My mom and MIL worked together and we had it at my Church fellowship hall to accommodate everyone

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