What are the proper etiquette for bridal shower?
I have been under the impression that a bridal shower was not just about gifts for the bride but also for the bride to meet the ladies in the groom’s family. I just read another women’s comment on bridal shower etiquette in which she said that you only invite the women who are close to you and are attending the wedding. This would leave out most of the groom’s family that are invited to the wedding, as I have not met a lot of them yet. What is the right way of going about the invitation process?
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A bridal shower is basically a fun way for a woman’s friends and family to celebrate and enjoy with the bride prior to the wedding. Showering her with gifts, they prepare her to start her own household. If we go back in history, we find that bridal showers started when women wanted to marry ‘unsuitable husbands’ and thus their families refused to provide a dowry. Then friends of the couple would pitch in and make up for the lack of a dowry by helping them set up house by giving them gifts. But times have changed today. In recent times they are a time to share stories, eat great food and pay special attention to the glowing bride.
Normally, the maid of honor hosts the bridal shower though it depends upon the bride. For an informal or casual shower, the maid of honor or the host will pay all the expenses. But if it is a more elaborate shower, the maid of honor can talk to the other bridesmaids and get them to chip in on the expenses. And of course the shower is supposed to take place anywhere from 6 months before to the week of the wedding.