Bridal Shower a week before the wedding? Thoughts?

I think it’s ok. It’s just a few hours and you’ll be able to get back to wedding planning pretty quickly.

I think this will be fine and maybe even a nice (welcomed) break from the stresses of the week leading up to your wedding. As PP said, it's only a few hours

I think it's totally fine. If you stay organized, you won't have as much to do as you think you will. Showers are only a few hours long, so if it works out, I think a week before will be great and that will get guests amped up for the big day!

My bachelorette is a week before the wedding & I don’t see an issue with it being stressful. I think it will actually be nice to start the wedding events a week ahead.
I would wonder more if your shower guests will be ok to bring two gifts within one week.

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I think that's another thing that I was wondering as well. I'm not sure if people are actually going to be okay with bringing two gifts within one week. At the same time, I'm not sure it really matters. Yea it would be nice for people to bring gifts, but I really just am happy people want to come and celebrate.

View Quoted Comment Then go for it & have fun!

My only concern would be guests bringing gifts. If I was a guest I would still want to gift you the same amount for both events I normally would but it may make it hard on my wallet. I would still do it assuming I love the bride but it may put some of your guests in a position where they feel aweful they can’t afford two gifts in one week and either a) just accept the impact on their weekly budget or b) feel a lot of guilt. Even if you arnt concerned about receiving gifts or not, it may make your guests feel pressure

I think it'll be ok. It'll be a way for you to relieve some stress and relax for a few hours

If your mom is hosting both the shower and the rehearsal, I'd do whatever works for her. That's a lot to take on.

I would ask her to do it a little earlier if possible. My shower was 2 months before the wedding and I'm SO happy it was. We were able to focus on the shower and not the wedding.

That seems like a tight turn around, and considering people usually bring gifts to both, I'd push the bridal shower back a week.

Ummm I thought the point of a bridal/wedding shower was so you could get the gifts out of the way🤔. Our family weddings no one brings a gift to the reception, but they do leave monetary gifts and cards. Something to think about now that I’m marrying outside of my cultural background. I’m not expecting gifts but maybe I should designate an area in case his side brings something 😐