Too Many People Have Baby Shower Ideas For Me!
My best friend, my church, and my workplace have all have offered to throw baby showers for me. How can I politely reject one or more of them?
Ummm...what exactly is the problem here?
Seriously, what a drag it must be to be popular! Although it's nice of you to want to save everyone the trouble, if you have so many people with great baby shower ideas offering to host events, feel free to take them up on their offers.
If your friend's shower is the one that your family and friends will be attending, think of that as your main shower. Your office shower is likely to be a low-key affair in the conference room, with cake, punch, and a group gift. (You wouldn't want to deny your coworkers cake, would you?) As for the church shower, if you feel awkward about gifts, accept a celebratory luncheon but suggest that everyone make a donation to the church in lieu of presents.
It's safe to assume that there won't be much overlap between people in these separate groups, but there are bound to be at least one lady that falls into more than one category. Go ahead and make sure that friend is invited to any gathering she'd feel comfortable at, but do take a moment to say that although you'd love to have her at both events, she should not feel obligated to bring multiple gifts.
See? Problem solved! Now your only problem is finding a bigger house to store all your stuff!
report abuseSeriously, what a drag it must be to be popular! Although it's nice of you to want to save everyone the trouble, if you have so many people with great baby shower ideas offering to host events, feel free to take them up on their offers.
If your friend's shower is the one that your family and friends will be attending, think of that as your main shower. Your office shower is likely to be a low-key affair in the conference room, with cake, punch, and a group gift. (You wouldn't want to deny your coworkers cake, would you?) As for the church shower, if you feel awkward about gifts, accept a celebratory luncheon but suggest that everyone make a donation to the church in lieu of presents.
It's safe to assume that there won't be much overlap between people in these separate groups, but there are bound to be at least one lady that falls into more than one category. Go ahead and make sure that friend is invited to any gathering she'd feel comfortable at, but do take a moment to say that although you'd love to have her at both events, she should not feel obligated to bring multiple gifts.
See? Problem solved! Now your only problem is finding a bigger house to store all your stuff!
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