Are you having a bridal shower?

We didn’t have any parties prior (engagement, bridal,

I’m having a a shower, my MOH is not giving me a choice. Even though we live together, and pretty much already have everything we have it set for Monetary gifts or just their presence is enough.

I'm not having a shower either. Besides the fact that the majority of my family will not be present, I would rather just avoid it completely.

So I am in a similar boat as most, been with my husband 8 years and living together 7 of those, but I still had a shower and it was a blast. Even just a nice time to spend with my girlfriends. And because they all know me and my partner well, I got mostly gift cards to la senza, Victoria secret, dinner, ect. I didn't get anything really that was unnecessary. My mom made it clear gifts were not necessary on the invite but people still did and was appreciated.

I'm not doing any of the typical pre-wedding events. Mostly because my friends and family live out of province.

All of these sound like really sweet, intimate, chill ideas - love it.

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I didn't have a big bachelorette party myself. My moh and I went to Avril Lavigne and then we went to the Calgary stampede and saw Flo Rida

View quoted message We have been together for 11 years and living together for 2 years. At this point I feel like I don’t need anything else cluttering the house lol. I think I will opt out as well, you just get so many opinions thrown at you it’s hard to make sense of them all!


I’m not having anything big for bachelorette just a night in with a few close friends and family. More of a girls night than anything.

I didn't want to have one a first either. My now husband and I have been living together for almost 8 years and we own a house together and don't really need anything. But in the end my mom, mil and moh threw me one anyways. It was actually nice to have because everyone got together before the big day and just had a great time. My mom, mil and moh did tell the guests that monetary gifts were more appreciated. That way we could use the money at a later date for something we really wanted.

I opted out of having one. My now husband and I had been living together for 6 years and had everything as well. I also opted out of a bachelorette but probably would have done something like getting the girls together for a brunch and some shopping or something light and cute like that. I did not want anyone to incur any extra expenses but that is just me, I think it's expected for most people when someone is getting married though.

Hey Allison, welcome to Weddingwire. This is our second time around, we live together and have eveything as well. We opted out of any bridal shower, Bachelorette/bachelor parties. I too just didnt feel good about asking for more. My bestie was buggin me about this and she decided she wanted to start a raffle on FB for us to go towards our honeymoon. She's doing this with her FB friends and not mine. I thought it was a sweet gesture plus She's doing it whether I like it or not. Lol