Is this a tacky thing to do at a baby shower?

[lg3]

I have thoroughly enjoyed this thread. While I already posted my thoughts (YES - EXTREMELY tacky!!!) I have also learned that there are "gift piggys" and "thank you note piggys".

 

[barkley]

You think that is tacky. I went to a baby shower a couple years ago and they were doing jello shots. When they pass out envelopes I didnt think anything of it.

Sarah

try getting an invitation that includes a typed list of the gifts the mtb has registered for with one HIGHLIGHTED that has written next to it "you are assigned to bring this gift" don't know what the outcome was as i passed on this invite-as i did on one for a bridal shower where it was made known that the activity for the 'guests' would be addressing and stuffing the invitations to THE WEDDING (shower was held early in the planning process)

 

[lulu71]

try getting an invitation that includes a typed list of the gifts the mtb has registered for with one HIGHLIGHTED that has written next to it "you are assigned to bring this gift" don't know what the outcome was as i passed on this invite-as i did on one for a bridal shower where it was made known that the activity for the 'guests' would be addressing and stuffing the invitations to THE WEDDING (shower was held early in the planning process)

I think I have officially heard it all...

I vote tacky on the envelope addressing issue. I went out and bought you (generic "you" of course) a gift and came to your little shindig and you can't even address an envelope? Ya know what, ladies have been having babies for years and have been able to find the time to address thank-yous, consider it part of the rites of passage of motherhood.

I recently attended a baby shower for a woman who wasn't physically at the shower because she lives out of state and didn't get a thank-you. Call me a thank-you piggy, but that is tacky.

 

[flipflop]

I think I have officially heard it all...

I vote tacky on the envelope addressing issue. I went out and bought you (generic "you" of course) a gift and came to your little shindig and you can't even address an envelope? Ya know what, ladies have been having babies for years and have been able to find the time to address thank-yous, consider it part of the rites of passage of motherhood.

I recently attended a baby shower for a woman who wasn't physically at the shower because she lives out of state and didn't get a thank-you. Call me a thank-you piggy, but that is tacky.

Oink oink.....

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I recently attended a baby shower for a woman who wasn't physically at the shower because she lives out of state and didn't get a thank-you. Call me a thank-you piggy, but that is tacky.

Sorry you don't qualify. I used that phrase (totally tongue-in-cheek when I came up with it) for those people who may all ready be thanked in person but still expect and want a thank you card. You weren't thanked in person, so you are not a thank you card piggy in my eyes.

 

[Nancyg56]

I don't mind addressing the envelope. I actually don't mind if I do not get a thank you. I like them but if I attend a shower I do so without any strings. I think I was a little touchier when I was a young mother but now it takes a lot more than addressing envelopes or any issue with a thank you note to upset me.

 

[MiniGirl]

My best friends does the following at all their parties..... After the last gift is opened, she will just make an announcement. "Okay everyone, I don't write thank you notes. No time for that, so just consider this your official thank you. We really liked all the gifts and can't wait to use them. Thank you and thanks for coming, too."

I love her, but it makes me cringe everytime. She knows it does, too. That is just one of those things that we agree to disagree on.

 

[leighe]

I was brought up to always send a personal note to thank someone for a gift. I even let DD "write" notes for her 2nd birthday party and I "translated" them.

 

[Pigeon]

My best friends does the following at all their parties..... After the last gift is opened, she will just make an announcement. "Okay everyone, I don't write thank you notes. No time for that, so just consider this your official thank you. We really liked all the gifts and can't wait to use them. Thank you and thanks for coming, too."

I love her, but it makes me cringe everytime. She knows it does, too. That is just one of those things that we agree to disagree on.

Wow. I guess my response to that would be, "No time to shop and wrap gifts. Sorry. 'Happy wedding.' Consider that your official gift."

 

[debaudrn]

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Originally Posted by MiniGirl
My best friends does the following at all their parties..... After the last gift is opened, she will just make an announcement. "Okay everyone, I don't write thank you notes. No time for that, so just consider this your official thank you. We really liked all the gifts and can't wait to use them. Thank you and thanks for coming, too."

I love her, but it makes me cringe everytime. She knows it does, too. That is just one of those things that we agree to disagree on.

Wow. I guess my response to that would be, "No time to shop and wrap gifts. Sorry. 'Happy wedding.' Consider that your official gift."

(I couldn't figure out how to quote two people.)
I would so do the same thing!

 

[MiniGirl]

Quote:
(I couldn't figure out how to quote two people.)

OT: To multi quote, click on the center icon on the bottom right of each post you want to reply to. On the final post, click on the bottom left icon (the "quote" one). When you click that, all the other posts you clicked on will be already quoted on the response page.

HTH.