You get 4 bridal showers, 1 wedding shower, 1 housewarming party, and 2 baby showers

[Bicoastal]

then I wanna shower too! Don’t you, the childless/singletons of COTH?

I don’t want a wedding or kids.

I will never gleefully wave a price scanner around a Crate & Barrel shooting its bright little laser at every item in housewares. I will never send announcements to all of my family, friends, and coworkers whether I speak to them or not listing my 5 different registries with a bolded line at the top: “Money preferred.” I will never expect friends and family to give me presents for my life’s milestones like completing my first 3day :yes:, winning high in trial :yes:, earning a MACH :yes:, or landing my dream job :yes:.

So do I get a Puppy Shower? I’ll ask for 5 different crates because they are each for different settings just like your 5 different entrée platters. I’ll ask for 6 different collars because you can’t use the same color every week, just like you have to have 5 different sets of 1000-thread count Egyptian cotton sheets in different prints. 8 different food bowls and 8 different water bowls just like your 3 sets of 8-count plates and 8 types of drinking glasses.

I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Phew. I feel better now.

[MsM]

Ooh, yeah, lets establish a tradition of puppy/kitten/ furry creature showers! (And the new family member doesnt have to be a baby either - cant discriminate against adopting the older furries!)

Then, lets see, we can have puppy bar miztvahs/comfirmations; graduations from obedience school parties, and even get well presents for neutering/spaying!

[lovey1121]

[QUOTE=Bicoastal;5732401]
then I wanna shower too! Don’t you, the childless/singletons of COTH?

I don’t want a wedding or kids.

I will never gleefully wave a price scanner around a Crate & Barrel shooting its bright little laser at every item in housewares. I will never send announcements to all of my family, friends, and coworkers whether I speak to them or not listing my 5 different registries with a bolded line at the top: “Money preferred.” I will never expect friends and family to give me presents for my life’s milestones like completing my first 3day :yes:, winning high in trial :yes:, earning a MACH :yes:, or landing my dream job :yes:.

So do I get a Puppy Shower? I’ll ask for 5 different crates because they are each for different settings just like your 5 different entrée platters. I’ll ask for 6 different collars because you can’t use the same color every week, just like you have to have 5 different sets of 1000-thread count Egyptian cotton sheets in different prints. 8 different food bowls and 8 different water bowls just like your 3 sets of 8-count plates and 8 types of drinking glasses.

I could go on and on, but you get the picture. Phew. I feel better now.[/QUOTE]

(LMAO:lol::lol::lol::lol:) SAY IT!! Maybe we should give ourselves BIIIG birhtday parties, invites complete w/registry at Dover, to make up for the endless gifts we’ve been forced to buy! I’ve had 21 years of 3 nephews, gifting birthdays and Xmas–now I have college graduations coming up! They better take REAL good care of me when I’m a cranky drooling old lady and visit me every week in the home!:winkgrin:

[mvp]

You know, every cat needs to set up housekeeping with some big investments. Brides need silver, china and stemware. A cat needs a multi-level indoor tree fort… to not use or to break… just like brides do with their stuff.

[bort84]

Well I just got married and was told it was not polite to register at a tack store, since hubby doesn’t do horses. Psh.

I did get some new clippers for my bridal shower though = )

Also, it is VERY tacky to list registries on any invites. Mine were only listed on my website on their own discrete tab, with a note that your presence is the best present (which was true since our wedding was out of town for most folks, and the reason we had a wedding was to force all our friends to come see us at once, haha, NOT to get presents).

I would love horse/dog/cat/pet showers = ) Though I’d probably end up having many many more in a lifetime than most folks have baby or bridal showers, haha.

[lovey1121]

[QUOTE=bort84;5732843]

Also, it is VERY tacky to list registries on any invites. .[/QUOTE]

Tacky schmacky…I want payback. :winkgrin:

[Swale01]

This reminds me of a Sex and the City episode where Carrie registers for a pair of Manolos after getting tired of going to baby showers…it was a classic.

[allintexas]

I am married, but have never been the recipient/honoree of a shower. I like the idea of shower for a new fur kid, except that I HATE showers. Now I usually skip them. If I’m feeling friendly, I might send a gift…

[jetsmom]

[QUOTE=MsM;5732566]
Ooh, yeah, lets establish a tradition of puppy/kitten/ furry creature showers! (And the new family member doesnt have to be a baby either - cant discriminate against adopting the older furries!)

Then, lets see, we can have puppy bra miztvahs/comfirmations; graduations from obedience school parties, and even get well presents for neutering/spaying! :D[/QUOTE]

I’d MUCH rather go to those!!!

[Bicoastal]

So glad you all understand. I feel much better :yes:.

I was whining to a sibling who was not very sympathetic. When I said I’m going to have to have a Dog Shower after I attend 30+ showers over the course of 10 years or I’ll shrivel up into a raisin, she warned me I was being witchy and “it’s tradition.”

The tradition of brides not leaving their family home until the wedding is tradition. The wedded couple moves into a new home of their own so yes they need all this stuff. A co-habitating couple? Not so.

These registries are out of control. Pages, pages, and more pages of spatulas and bath towels and tea sets.

Most of all, the showers are out of hand. From what I’m hearing, it is now rare to have just one shower for a wedding. Most I know have three -fam, friends, coworkers- some even more :eek:. Ditto baby showers.

It seems really materialistic and greedy to me, completely overlooking the celebratory aspect. Gimme presents!!

So when I get bitter and old enough that I don’t give a darn, by gosh I’m having a Dog Shower!

[BetterOffRed]

I had a birthday party for one of my corgis, all of my friends brought their dogs and a toy for Molly. The person that was the most ‘into’ the doggie birthday party was my sister, who had just had a baby and has been the recipient of many baby showers.

I’ve told all of my friends to get prepared because when I buy my next dressage superstar, I am registering us and having a ‘baby’ shower!

[wendy]

I um, sort of had a “puppy shower” once. Some friends suprised me by coming over with doggy presents and snacks for the people- although I suspect the primary motivation was for them to have the chance to play with the cute puppy.

[shiloh]

Love this idea! I actually had to stop and sit there in my chair with a far away dreamy expression on - I’m imagining gifts, kitty gifts, lots of kitty gifts…

Petsmart or whoever better jump on this one. Seriously, it could take off. I’d rather go to a pet shower than a baby shower. Really how many gifts do you need? Just got invited to a shower with over 100 other people. WTF! Can you say greedy?

[Equibrit]

Just say no.

[JollyBadger]

I’m not a fan of the multiple-showers trend, either. I’ve known some people who literally did have three or four showers for the same “event,” held for them at work, by friends, by relatives.

It seems like it has less and less to do with “we’re starting a new phase in life and we’re so excited,” and more to do with the American “gimme that! And I want that! And that! And I really really need a salad spinner and a bunch of single-function specialty small appliances that we probably won’t ever use, but it’s cool to say we own it.”

As for “showers” for four-leggeds. . .that’s something that would actually be fun to attend! Shopping for baby clothes and stuff makes my brain melt and my eyes glaze over, but shopping for pet stuff would be so much fun!:yes:

[CDE_Driver]

Every time I read the title of this thread I think “Sheesh, she spelled bridle wrong”… how bad is that!!!

Yeah, and I get the whole “If I get invited to one more shower my head will explode” thing. And yes, we SHOULD get to have horse, dog, whatever showers! I mean come on… we are saving you money in the long run. You won’t have to shell out for every birthday, graduation, etc.!!!

[Kryswyn]

LOL I am so with you on this! I turned down invites to the last two bridal showers I was invited to, one because I barely knew the girl and the 2d because I was working and the party was 2 hours away. I didn’t send a gift either because the couple opted for a fancy destination wedding which I couldn’t afford to attend.

I’m getting married for the 1st time (at the tender age of 53) and my two matrons of honor have discussed throwing me a shower. Since fiance’ and I have lived together now for 2 years, there’s nothing I need (except a salad spinner LOL). I’m not having the hokey pokey then OR at the wedding and I am NOT making a practice bouquet out of wrapping bows!

But srsly, since pet adoption has really taken off I think people really SHOULD give showers for new pets, and really, we all have enough doggie and kitty friends that should know (even if you have to tell them ) that you’d love to have one. What better excuse for a party/doggie play date? (Please leave your kittehs at home!)

We can all do this when our friends welcome a new companion into their lives and homes. And here on COTH we can have VIRTUAL ONES! In fact I’m going to go post a shower invite for my friend that just got a collie puppy. Sure the toys and crates won’t be real but I know my friend will appreciate the thought!

[Bicoastal]

Reporting post-shower

So I attended one (wedding) shower this weekend. The amount of cook/bakeware this chick requested -that she won’t use- and was giddy to receive made me want to walk out.

I know that she categorically does. not. cook. We used to live together, so I know. Guess she could boil water if she needed to. She told me how excited she was registering: she went nuts ‘cuz it’s like shopping with other people’s money’ :no:

As she unwrapped the cast iron skillet after unwrapping the flower-shaped ice cube tray I’m wondering 1. where she’s going to fit it all in her kitchen that she’s shared with her fiance for a year and 2. if she will EVER use it? Does she know the applications of the cast iron? The gift I bought I know is for a food she and fiance detest. But she put it on her registry! WTH? Yes that was a lil passive aggressive of me :winkgrin:Oh, and her beloved pet was hiding in a bedroom scared silly. It was carried out once for show-n-tell :(.

Now, a pet shower would be fun! Non-stop talk about horses/dogs/cats with folks who get it. Tips and tricks for housebreaking and boot cleaning. A blast!

[lovey1121]

I recently was invited to a bridal shower for my cousin’s son’s fiance. Never even met her. She is 21. I am 52. Couldnt (politely) turn that one down fast enough—

[Blinky]

I just want the 6 weeks off when I get a puppy.