Length in time/hrs for Baby Shower UPDATE Post #76 Pg 4

[NFLDERS]

This Sunday I'm attending a baby shower for soon-to-be-born Great Niece.. So very excited!

This afternoon a relative called complaining that the shower is only 2 hrs long. She also said "If" she attends she'll be hanging around afterwards even though she knows the hostess is a stickler about her plans. All I can say is I sure hope she RSVP'd as requested.

Anyone?

 

[cabanafrau]

Two hour baby shower, I like the sound of this hostess!

 

[Lilacs4Me]

I love it! I would totally go to a 2-hour baby shower. Walk in, eat, open presents, and leave! None of that silly game nonsense or socializing all afternoon with people who I either don't know (friends' baby showers) or don't really like (family) lol

Nothing worse than a long baby shower unless it's a Loooong 1st birthday party.

 

[Micca]

This Sunday I'm attending a baby shower for soon-to-be-born Great Niece.. So very excited!

This afternoon a relative called complaining that the shower is only 2 hrs long. She also said "If" she attends she'll be hanging around afterwards even though she knows the hostess is a stickler about her plans. All I can say is I sure hope she RSVP'd as requested.

Anyone?

Is the relative complaining about the length of the event traveling a great distance? Why would anyone want to hang around after something like a party is over?
Maybe she'd like to help clean up, & take out the trash?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

This Sunday I'm attending a baby shower for soon-to-be-born Great Niece.. So very excited!

This afternoon a relative called complaining that the shower is only 2 hrs long. She also said "If" she attends she'll be hanging around afterwards even though she knows the hostess is a stickler about her plans. All I can say is I sure hope she RSVP'd as requested.

Anyone?

Hopefully, the shower is at a location that can be closed and locked?

Personally, if I were the hostess and knew I had someone who was going to "hang around" longer than the requested time, I'd put them to work (cleaning up). Or I'd be escorting them to the door. But I'm just that rude.

 

[Christine]

2-3 hours is perfect.

 

[Claire&TheBoys]

Almost every shower I go to - wedding or baby - is 2 hours long. I can't imagine one longer than that. My crowd doesn't do games and whatnot, though. They're mostly "calling showers" where you can come and go anytime during the 2 hours, as you're able. Drop in and say hi and leave, or stay and chat the whole time.

 

[Southernmiss]

I've never known a shower to have a definite time limit. Eat, visit, open gifts, maybe play a game, go home. They just play themselves out after a couple of hours and you just know it's time to go. Staying any longer would be awkward.

 

[scrapquitler]

This Sunday I'm attending a baby shower for soon-to-be-born Great Niece.. So very excited!

This afternoon a relative called complaining that the shower is only 2 hrs long. She also said "If" she attends she'll be hanging around afterwards even though she knows the hostess is a stickler about her plans. All I can say is I sure hope she RSVP'd as requested.

Anyone?

Two hours seems very short to me. Most of the time showers I've been to last 3-4 hours, but the time you have a cocktail, eat, have cake, open presents, that time flies by. Maybe they are only having cake/coffee, or maybe they don't plan to actually open the gifts? I'd just ignore relatives comments and not think about it again if you are not the host.

 

[NewRVLady]

My DIL's was longer
We opened presents then had a buffet lunch on a Sunday
Everyone ( but mom to be) had Mimisas first, then wine

We all brought our baby pics and everyone had to guess who was who- that was only game
I am glad the men came and picked us up- I hadn't expected the libations
But this was a BIG Italian family

 

[aprilgail]

Usually 4 hours- by the time everyone gets there, then the mom to be usually comes about 1/2 hour later- you yell surprise, sit down and order what you want to drink, play stupid games, talk, then lunch/dinner is served, presents are opened, coffee and dessert is served. Two hours seems very short to cram all that in? Are they not serving a meal?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Usually 4 hours- by the time everyone gets there, then the mom to be usually comes about 1/2 hour later- you yell surprise, sit down and order what you want to drink, play stupid games, talk, then lunch/dinner is served, presents are opened, coffee and dessert is served. Two hours seems very short to cram all that in? Are they not serving a meal?

Not all showers serve meals. My last shower was basically everyone arrive, get a drink, open gifts, chat a little and everyone go home.

 

[bsblady01]

that is very short for a baby shower. we have all of our showers at home so we don't have a time limit. most of the showers I have been too are at least four to five hours long. the two hour limit is more for kids birthday party's .

 

[NFLDERS]

Usually 4 hours- by the time everyone gets there, then the mom to be usually comes about 1/2 hour later- you yell surprise, sit down and order what you want to drink, play stupid games, talk, then lunch/dinner is served, presents are opened, coffee and dessert is served. Two hours seems very short to cram all that in? Are they not serving a meal?

Time is 2pm - 4pm so I'm assuming there will not be a meal.

 

[aprilgail]

Not all showers serve meals. My last shower was basically everyone arrive, get a drink, open gifts, chat a little and everyone go home.

Time is 2pm - 4pm so I'm assuming there will not be a meal.

That is pretty much unheard of around here- it doesn't matter if shower/party is 1pm, 3pm, 8pm- there is always a meal involved.

 

[cijay]

This Sunday I'm attending a baby shower for soon-to-be-born Great Niece.. So very excited!

This afternoon a relative called complaining that the shower is only 2 hrs long. She also said "If" she attends she'll be hanging around afterwards even though she knows the hostess is a stickler about her plans. All I can say is I sure hope she RSVP'd as requested.

Anyone?

Two hours is WAY too long unless, like someone said, a person is coming a long way to attend. I've sworn off of showers anyway but in my "shower going" days, I seem to remember wanting to leave 10 minutes after I got there. The person who wants to stick around awhile longer, as is the genera consensus, that would be find if she plans on cleaning up and not just watching it all happen around her.

 

[jdb in AZ]

Most of the showers I've been to are the "come and go" variety -- say hi to the mom-to-be, watch her open gifts, and graze through the appetizers. Haven't ever been to one that served a meal, or libations either. The games get pretty old, pretty quick.

One come-and-go shower I attended (and wished I hadn't bothered) the refreshments were just a variety of ice cream, and it was a hot Arizona evening so the hostess had put the ice cream back in the freezer before I even got there. Then didn't offer to pull it out again for any late comers. oh well.

 

[nugov2]

That is pretty much unheard of around here- it doesn't matter if shower/party is 1pm, 3pm, 8pm- there is always a meal involved.

That's the etiquette around here, but I recently went to a shower and it was done in 1 hr and 15 minutes. No food except a cake, tray of cookies and a tray of apples cut up with dip. The only drink option was punch. No water, no coffee. They played two games that they announced there were no prizes for, they opened gifts and that was it. It IMO was a total gift grab.

Typical showers are 3 hours.

 

[cabanafrau]

That's the etiquette around here, but I recently went to a shower and it was done in 1 hr and 15 minutes. No food except a cake, tray of cookies and a tray of apples cut up with dip. The only drink option was punch. No water, no coffee. They played two games that they announced there were no prizes for, they opened gifts and that was it. It IMO was a total gift grab.

Typical showers are 3 hours.

You don't mind a thrifty shower at all when you know resources are not plentiful. But it is considered a gift grab to be so skimpy with what's offered.

I've been asking around here at work and no one here has ever heard of a come and go style shower. I'm not sure that idea has caught on in this area yet. Several of us think it sounds interesting -- and preferable to a four hour "celebration".

 

[AP1209]

That's the etiquette around here, but I recently went to a shower and it was done in 1 hr and 15 minutes. No food except a cake, tray of cookies and a tray of apples cut up with dip. The only drink option was punch. No water, no coffee. They played two games that they announced there were no prizes for, they opened gifts and that was it. It IMO was a total gift grab.

Typical showers are 3 hours.

Aren't all showers really just an elaborate gift grab anyway?