Feting

We had quite the eventful Saturday this past weekend. First up was the couples bridal shower for my sister and her fiance. Even with too many cooks in the kitchen it came off quite well. It was fun watching the guys in an environment very foreign to them once the games and gifts got underway. Everyone had a good time, and they were showered with gifts; well, mostly.

There are 4 couples that are involved in the wedding, and two of them are myself and his sister & our S.O.'s (the bridesmaids), so we were going to throw the shower, since that is the norm. The other two couples (friends of the groom) wanted to be involved too, hence "too many cooks." Well, gift opening came, and as maid of honor, I had the usual job of writing down what they received so that later when they are writing out their thank you cards they know what they got, because really, in all the excitement you're not going to remember who got you what. We came to the end of the gifts and I noticed that I had not written down any shower gift for the friend of the groom couples. I found it odd, since this the fifth wedding I've been in and my third time being maid of honor, (and the countless other showers I've attended, too) and I cannot think of an instance where all attendees did not give a gift even if they did plan the entire part or portion of the shower. Is it just me or is this heading toward rude? Maybe they thought they were exempt as fellow hosts or have something else planned for them, but in my experience, regardless of how involved you are (or are not) and how many showers you're invited to (from 1 to 10) if you attend, you're expected to bring a gift to each one. Maybe there's some new custom out there, like couples showers for instance, that I'm just not aware of. If there is, please enlighten me, because I still have friends who are not married and I'd hate to look old-fashioned.
The second half of our eventful Saturday was Josh's high school 10 year reunion. We had a nice time, but it was of course over-priced for what it was, and you do see a lot of people you never cared for who either suddenly want to know everything that's happened to you over the last 10 years or can't remember you even being in their class. We spoke to the people he wanted to and high-tailed it out of there when he spotted someone he really didn't want to get stuck talking to for the rest of the night since she's working in Hollywood now and he knew we'd be stuck listening to her crow.

This weekend brings the beginning of my week of shutdown, and it can't get here soon enough. I need a rest.