Advice from Amy Dickinson.
How should I react to some of the baffling requests for gifts and money when invited to wedding showers, weddings, and baby showers?Request number one was for a book instead of a card. OK, fine, but she is asking people to give this, along with a gift.
She then said not to wrap the gift, and to have the gift sent directly to their home, so she could visit with her guests instead of opening these gifts in front of them Back in the Stone Age when I was an expectant mother, baby showers were held in someone’s living room; gifts were opened in front of the guests and a parade of tiny onesies were held up for everyone to appreciate. The guests were thanked and acknowledged at the time and – if the expectant mother was savvy and polite – a note would be sent to each of the guests afterward.
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