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is this a thing now?
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:sigh: I got a shower invite in the mail for a friend of a friend. I know the girl but not well enough that I would call her to hang out or anything.
The invite itself was cute but written on it were two things that are bugging me:
1. Please be sure to bring gift receipts
- I always do as im sure most people do as well when you're going to a shower.
2. Feel free to bring a salad to share as well as drinks.
-um wut?
Like I said, I dont know her that well but I feel like this is a pot luck deal. Isnt that a no no?
The invite itself was cute but written on it were two things that are bugging me:
1. Please be sure to bring gift receipts
- I always do as im sure most people do as well when you're going to a shower.
2. Feel free to bring a salad to share as well as drinks.
-um wut?
Like I said, I dont know her that well but I feel like this is a pot luck deal. Isnt that a no no?
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Re: is this a thing now?
BFP #2: m/c at 7w, February, 2014
BFP #3: It's a BOY! Please be our rainbow! Due February, 2015
*everyone always welcome*
Wowza. So you're a second-degree friend at best, an obvious gift grab. Then, they're asking you to make sure they can return whatever crappy gift you buy so she can use your money to buy what she really wants and then you have to cater the event too?
It specifically says "salad and drinks"? So if you don't go, there's no salad or drinks? Ugh.
Potlucks can be a lot of fun but not at gift-giving events like showers. It just makes me feel icky.
We hosted a fantastic "Friendsgiving" potluck last year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. People came over with food and we laughed and played Cards Against Humanity all night. That's how to do a potluck.
If you were one of a group of hostesses and everyone agreed to each bring food to avoid paying a caterer, that's one thing. Or if you were a close friend of the MTB and asked the hostess to assign you a dish or something to bring. It's just bad manners.
Did the invitation say something like this:
"Hey, XYZ is knocked up, let's have a party to celebrate the infant omelet! Oh, BTW - we don't trust your taste so make sure there's a gift receipt if you're not going to do the right thing and give her cash. Also, we expect you to also bring a salad big enough for an unspecified number of guests and drinks. See you there!"
For her second, born 3 months ago, her friend threw her a diaper shower. Barf. Inside was a cutesy poem that said at the end: "mom prefers Pampers, they're best in a jif!" I did NOT attend that shower.
Sarah, 35 bumping from NE Ohio
Married my love 4/22/2006
DD born 10/12/2009
DS born sleeping 2/23/2013 full trisomy 18
Baby 3 due 2/13/2015
LOL, I love you for this.
LOL