Baby showers are given by the new mother-to-be’s friend much similar as with a wedding shower.
”Here is list of 47 people we would like to have at our baby shower.”
Whoa! Way toooooo long! Remember the food costs. Invitation costs. Stamp costs. If you send out RSVP’s, there is an additional cost of the stamp provided. Where will people sit and will they be comfortable?
”We want to invite our co-workers, people from church, and the girls at her hair place.”
These people tend to have showers for you. They know you are having a baby and if there is no shower and they want to give you a gift, they will.
”I am going to invite her co-workers over.”
Uh no! What is your real intent? For them to come over and have fun or for them to give you presents? Even if your intent is good, the behavior screams ‘give me, give me.’ A baby shower is a gift in itself.
“I am going to have her ask the church ladies to have a shower for us.”
Good luck at pulling that off with out looking like your hand is out! Shame on you!
This is mainly a warning for the twenty-somethings to watch out for their wants and going online for proof that the way you go about getting what they want is ok. The web will prove that any behavior is ok. There is something quite wrong with the generation coming and how they tackle their wants. I saw this as I was researching baby shower etiquette.
First I was floored by the questions and behaviors asked of her. And then to search the web for the correct etiquette was another shock. I could prove all the above using the web. My gut was saying no way. I yelling stick with ‘old paths.’
The list is down to a more manageable number. He can no longer tell her how to run the show. It is hers now and is suppose to be a gift.
I have no clue why these notions are in his head. They were born of the same family but a generation apart. She was not born in the midst of the web age and he was. I think this is where the fault line runs. New generations what new paths. They want new ideas. Each new generation goes through that but they do come to realize that old paths are old and worn because it works.
God Provides … not man … and definitely not when man strives so hard…
Stand at the crossroads & look
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is & walk in it
& you will find rest for your souls.
~Jeremiah 6:16
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