https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 21:04:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-586942 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:57:37 +0000 .twist. 586942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just going to bump this thread and add a couple questions: </p> <p>1. What about friend you met recently that you really like but aren't that close to yet? </p> <p>2. Old friends that you haven't seen in a long while but still consider a friend? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274719 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:06:59 +0000 purrpletulips 274719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had two showers - one for family that my mom threw me and one thrown by church friends. My mom pretty much determined the guest list for the family one but for church they put an announcement in the bulletin and then sent personal invites to a list of people that I came up with (it was hard but I basically kept it to people I routinely interacted with). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274656 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:37:52 +0000 birdofafeather 274656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm having a larger shower in the area where i'm from and inviting all friends and family that live there (and definitely went with the christmas card rule along with adding some moms of friends that would want to celebrate).</p> <p>my girlfriends are also throwing me a shower closer to where i live (about 3 hours away) so i can invite a smaller group of about 20 friends that live nearby and probably wouldn't want to drive up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274447 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:34:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 274447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely invite the parents!! </p> <p>I did have two separate showers - some friends from church threw me one, and then my sisters threw my one. My friends from church, it was just a church shower, so only my friends there.</p> <p>But the ones my sisters threw was family and friends. It was bigger and was held in a rentable room at a church. </p> <p>I had a hard time with guest list too. My general rule was invite them if I told them I was pregnant. If I haven't talked to them in the last 6 months, then I probably wouldn't invite them. There were only a few exceptions; a family I used to nanny for I hadn't seen in awhile, some family I hadn't talked to in awhile... etc </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274380 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:31:53 +0000 sunshineandsushi 274380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. tricycle: Great idea with the Christmas card rule! Yeah, I was thinking it would be weird not to invite our parents, but after talking with my stepmom, I started second-guessing myself. Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274377 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:29:26 +0000 anonysquire 274377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunshineandsushi: Following this to see the answers! Not sure if you seperate families and members of our church? And where do friends come in? Thanks for this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274373 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:27:35 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 274373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd invite your parents! They'll know each other, right? It's so awkward coming up with a guest list - there's lots of family on my husband's side that I don't really know, but we invited them anyway, as my MIL suggested it. I wouldn't invite everyone I know -- but the people that are important to me -- or were important to me at one point in my life. I tried to stick to the Christmas card rule -- if I don't send them a Christmas card, I probably didn't invite them to the shower. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-shower-invites#post-274316 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:35:59 +0000 sunshineandsushi 274316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How did you decide who to include on an invite list for any showers you had? Did you mix groups of people, or have separate showers?</p> <p>We have some close friends who are throwing us a shower in October in the town we live in. I have to give them an invite list soon and I'm struggling to try and decide how many people I want them to invite and how close we should be with them. One of my friends is telling me to invite everyone we know, regardless of how close we are, but I don't want to appear gift-grabby. </p> <p>And, should we have our parents come up for the shower? They live an hour and a half away. I've gotten the impression from my stepmom that she doesn't think they should attend since it's our friends and they won't know anyone ... so should we leave both of our parents out of this shower? There aren't any plans of them throwing us a shower, so if they don't come to this shower, they won't be participating in one at all. </p>