wedding shower : The one I liked the least was one that was designed to find outhow much the guests had in common with the bride. The hostess startedout by explaining that she was going to read off a list of the bride'sinterests, and people should stand if she came to an interest that theyshared with the bride ("Kathy likes to quilt. Stand up if you like to quilt," etc.) Since the bride was the fiancee of my (now ex) husband's brother, I didn't know her very well, we didn't share any interests, and I was rather embarassed to be the ONLY person not standing by the time the hostess got to the end of the list. (I'd have felt better if there was a consolation prize for the last person sitting down. Maybe I justshould have faked it and stood up, anyway.)The trick to this game is to include some general things - "Kathy likes toeat", "Kathy works outside the home/is a student/homemaker","Kathy drives acar/van/motorcycle" - so that everyone feels included. Or, instead havingeveryone remain standing when they have a common interest, they can stand upeach time they have one, say "That's me", and then sit back down.
wedding shower : We did this same thing at my sister-in-law's shower only we used safety pinsinstead of clothes pins. We figured it was easier to hang on to because youcould just pin them on your shirt. The other difference was that therestriction was not to "not say" a particular word but none of use were allowedto cross our legs in any way shape or form. You couldn't even cross yourankles !!! It was too funny !!I'm new to this chat room, so hope this game idea isn't a duplicate. Mixtogether about 3 cups instant rice and 15 tiny safety pins. Put them in abowl. Blindfold the player and see how many pins she can find. It's moredifficult than it sounds. RaineyDayJodiJode wrote in message One I played at a Wedding shower and won (surprisingly) was one where theBrides mom had sewn all of her metal cookie cutters (the deep ones with notops, but there a TON of shapes) into cloth, making like cookie cutterbags that you couldn't open. She gave everyone a list that had 30 itemslisted of what the cookie cutters could be, but there were only 26numbered and covered ones for people to "feel". They had to put thenumber of the cutter next to what they thought it would be. I think I hadlike 21 of them right. Some were too difficult. Another game the mom hadplanned was she took pictures of various objects/advertisements/etc. andcut little teeny sections of them and pasted them to a piece of paper,numbering them. We had to determine what they were, or what they wereselling, and what the "Honey-do" line was. For example, she had a littlecorner of an open dryer door-the phrase would be Honey do the laundry. Wegot a point for the item and a point for the phrase. Very clever-and veryhard. Didn't come close to winning this one.Hope this helps.
wedding shower : The crappy thing about showers is that people insist on playing games. Ifyou must play games, at least don't dump on the people who really don'twant to participate. The last bridal shower I attended, we didn't play games.Instead, as the bride opened each gift, the giver gave her her best piece of advice for achieving a happy marriage.A great time was had by all; the food was potluck& great. Lots of variety. It was a very happy time withoutall those stupid shower games that are so gross & vulgar. -- On flipchart paper, write a wedding madlib: nothing blue. Withoutshowing it to the guests, ask them for the noun, an adjective, and so on. Fillit in: *then* show it! It can be a memento. -- Instead of simply have the guests giving advice, which can be ratherpreachy, pre-write a number of situations. I.e., "Dick's cat, Fluffy, has justdied. Dick wants to spend the money on a cat funeral. Jane thinks it issilly." . . . Make the situations both realistic and funny. (Money is thebiggest problem in many marriages.) Let the guests choose the story he or shecan deal with best. In a corner, read the story into a tape recorder, and havethe guest tell the solution. Save the tape, labeled "advice." -- Or you could the guest tape an anecdote about his or her own marriage,or about somebody else's. It could be simple. In an acting class, a womanonce said that her mother's favorite song was "[I'll Be With You In] AppleBlossom Time." She then sang it, simply and sweetly. -- Do most of the guests have any special skill? You could hold anold-fashioned quilting bee. (We have advantages over our grandparents: ourquilts can be cut and assembled by hand, and then sewn on a machine!) Or alldraw with fabric marker on a sheet, or glue fabric or guest-made illustrationson thrift-store suitcases or printer paper boxes or cigar boxes for first-yearstorage. The point is to have a happy time: and people are happier doing thantalking. Let that poor soul with really poor self-image, who feels unable tomake anything, Supplier. ("Supplies!" they all shout at the supplies party.)
wedding shower : I am am planning a wedding shower along with 3 BM, I am the MOH.Fortunately everything is going smoothly as far the planning. My question isregarding the MOB. How involved should she be in the planning of the weddingshower? The wedding is at the end of Nov., the shower is slated for Oct. 9. Inmy past experience the MOH and BM have done all of the planning and havetaken care of all of the expenses. I have been doing the same with thisshower, the MOB knows the date, time and location of the shower but I havenot asked her to help with any of the planning or expenses. I viewed this asa much needed break, for her, from the wedding planning of the summer aswell as the rush of last minute details later in the fall. I have been told by the bride that her mother keeps coming home fromwork and looking at her email for a note from me. After hearing this I didwrite to her mother letting her know that everything was going well, toplease call or write with any questions or concerns about the shower andthat I was just trying to give her a little break ( monetarily as well astime) from the wedding. I did not hear from her so I assumed that everythingwas okay. Boy, was I wrong! The MOB has taken to a) leaving places that Iam and b) not communicating with me in any fashion. So, the bride wastalking to her mother the other day and it turns out that she is VERY upset.She feels left out, she doesn't want any surprises, she wants to cooksomething, she wants to know if we need money, she wants everything to beperfect. She basically wants to be involved in every aspect of this shower! Here are my questions: 1)How should I handle the MOB's current behavior? I did writeher another note reitterating my thought on the shower being a break for heras well as my welcoming any questions or concerns from her.
wedding shower : Thank you for taking the time to read this. Any advice will be muchappreciated!Since you and the other attendants are hosts, you do not need to make anyoneelse aware of your every move. You need only to consult with the bride as to theguest list and her schedule.I am at a loss to explain the MOB's behavior since you have been kind enough tolet her know your plans thus far and invited her to contact you with questions,etc. That the MOB has not done so, even though she feels slighted, indicates tome that the MOB wants to plan her daughter's shower which, of course, is notcorrect.Assure the MOB that you and the other attendants have everything under controland that you are certain she will have as delightful a time as will herdaughter; she needs only to arrive and enjoy the festivities. I encourage youto take a tactful approach to keep her at arm's length lest her involvement, nomatter how slight, be interpreted as the MOB hosting her own daughter's shower.
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