...not not the weather kind, the bridal kind...or ANY kind of shower along those lines. I think whoever created the 20th century concept of showers should be taken out and SHOT!!!
I have to go to my step-daughter's bridal shower today. First, let me say that I am delighted to be celebrating her coming nuptuals. She's found a swell guy to marry. I'm pleased to be able to give her a gift that I know she will like. I don't have any problems with brides being registered, or the the idea that we are gathering to give her household items (or lingerie, or cooking tips, etc.).
What really bugs me is the stupid games! My sisters were rather busy procreating, so I was invited to bridal showers, baby showers, eight grade, high school and college graduations, and then bridal showers for my nieces and future nieces-in-law and baby showers and so on. At all the wedding oriented activities, women get together and play the silliest games, all for the purpose of distributing token gifts to the participants. I finally tried to beg off on some of those showers, but it never worked.
This is my idea of a great shower: NO GAMES. Maybe you could organize a pot luck supper, or go out to eat, and then open gifts. NO GAMES!! Sitting and chatting, or putting together a personal book of recipes, but NO GAMES!!!! Going out to a Chippendale performance and having a drink or two, then sending the bride home to open the gifts the next day, but NO GAMES!!!!!
<muttering as I walk away........no gamesnogamesnogames>