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unexpected shower

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    Sugar bee
    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    hola bees,

    yesterday i found an evite to our coed shower..with our entire church (100+) invited. totally unexpected. and while im happy they thought of us at all, i'm a little worried!

    a) am i expected to invite them to the wedding now? i love them all, but that's a lot of people!

    b) they've started asking for registry info..and uh, we never made one. we aren't expecting any gifts, since having ppl come to the wedding was supposed to be our gift. luckily no one had said anything about our lack of registry..until now. how do i politely say there isn't one? I feel bad about receiving anything in the first place, since I haven't technically invited any of them. urrrgh.

    thanks for your help!

     
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    snake    September 18, 2010   richmond va

    oh wow--- over 100 people! I wish I knew what to say about inviting, but I'll go with no, you dont have to invite them--- esp since youre wedding is next month. They probably figure you already have everything planned and the invites out, etc.

     
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    Roux    December 2, 2012   Ballarat, Australia

    I don't think you would have to invite them, lovely thank you notes for any gifts received and for any well wishes would be enough. As far as registry goes, perhaps get your parents or the host/ess to spread the word that there is no registry. Are there any shops you like that gift vouchers would be good for?

    Oh! Good Idea! You could spread the word that you would love if shower guests could gift you a copy of their favourite recipe, then you could put them all in a book!

     
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    starfish    October 2010   Newport/Boston

    My bridesmaids wrote something about your presence being a present on our engagement party invites. Saying something liek that may help?

     
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    Sugar bee
    sewing    July 2010   SF Bay Area / Oahu

    im thinking that it's supposed to be just a luncheon after church, but the word "shower" is throwing people off! you're right though, i should probably get in touch with the hostess and figure it all out.

    and that's a really cute idea, roux! something like that would make me feel much less guilty, for sure!

     

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