Bridal showers

purpleshoes_2

Pollycat wrote: »

Engagement parties were very common in the early 1970s.:)

Engagement parties still go on to this day, I always thought that was just for people to get presents. I know theres the celebration as well, but any engagement party Ive ever been to, there's been tons of presents which made me wonder whether the couple would actually need very much when it came to getting married.

Buzzybee90

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I give or send my present to arrive before the wedding usually. the exception would be if I were giving something which wasn't suitable to post and they weren't local. I would then take it with me to the wedding. Am I that unusual?:o

Possibly not , but I've never heard of someone doing that.

Georgiegirl256

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I give or send my present to arrive before the wedding usually. the exception would be if I were giving something which wasn't suitable to post and they weren't local. I would then take it with me to the wedding. Am I that unusual?:o

No, you're not. That's how I would do it too.

hardpressed

Just another daft idea from the US. Bridal shower, baby shower, proms for primary age children, proms for any age children for that matter, what's wrong with the old end of term school disco? Another one that really gets me is 'play dates', why don't children just have a friend round to play any more?

System

theoretica wrote: »

It's a challenge. Can you wrap a present that will take all afternoon to open?

Is it evil of me to think you should do some kind of pass the parcel thing ?:rotfl: get a cheap present but wrap it in layers and layers of paper, so it takes her ages to open

puppypants

And then, there's Graduation with cap and gown, the lot from Kindergarten!!! !!!!!!!! x

Alikay

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I can't see why that would be classed as 'vulgar'? Just a nice way for everyone to see what the bride and groom has received.

Okay, I guess I can see why people would do that back in the days of giving proper household presents. These days though, many couples have lived together first and generally get cash ( even request it, via little poems...but that's another debate! )

warmhands.coldheart

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

..... Apparently you are supposed to take things specifically for the bride.......

Cheap bottle of plonk and a packed of Durex...... worth a laugh at the very least.....

Georgiegirl256

hardpressed wrote: »

Another one that really gets me is 'play dates', why don't children just have a friend round to play any more?

The one that really bugs me for some reason is 'date night'! To me, dating is something you do before you get in a serious long term relationship/marriage, so to say that you're going on a date with your husband sounds strange to me. To me, it's a night out, not a date.

Gloomendoom

puppypants wrote: »

And then, there's Graduation with cap and gown, the lot from Kindergarten!!! !!!!!!!! x

Ha ha! We got photos of a nephew's 'graduation' from kindergarten. My wife's sister was living in Florida at the time though, and it was sent tongue in cheek as an example of extreme tackiness.

It might be more relevant over there though. My sister spent some time teaching primary in the US and, at her first job, was surprised to a couple of near six foot pupils in a class of predominately ten year old pupils. It turned out that they were fifteen but too thick to 'graduate' from primary school.