bridal shower from coworkers

I agree work showers are an exception your workers are excited for you and understand not being invited.

No, you're fine. Accepting a gift is perfectly fine. Now if you invited them to the bridal shower hosted by X, that would be rude.

Be careful when it comes to work showers - at my old job they threw one for a girl who had not worked there very long (8 months maybe) and it was obvious she was not going to stay working there for much longer. It was incredibly awkward because for some reason, the 20 or so women I worked with automatically thought they were invited to the wedding because there was a massive "car pool" discussion brought up during the event. It put this poor girl on the spot because in reality she did not invite a single person from work and had not planned on inviting them. Even after she moved on to another job, coworkers were STILL peeved when they did not get invited.

Jennifer, those are some weird women you work with! We have bridal and baby showers here, and to my knowledge, no one from work has expected an invite just because we threw a shower and work with the bride/mom-to-be.

I agree with the others, it's not rude since it was their choice to throw a shower. It would be different if you were inviting them to a shower thrown by you/your family.

Another question.. I plan on inviting my boss and one girl in a different department. But not mu direct coworkers as I cant stand them. Is that rude to invite my boss if not my other coworkers???

I'm having two bridal showers from work. One is through the hospitality club at my school and everyone is invited. The second is with the women from my department. It's perfectly normal to have work showers without the expectation of them being invited to your wedding. Especially when they are throwing you the shower.

@Julie. No --- your boss isn't just a random co-worker. I'm not even inviting my boss, but my two closest co-workers and their husbands.

I love my boss. Shes like another mother. Shes a single lady so she may bring someone else with her. But I have another girl being invited (shes a nurses aide and im in charge of our dementia unit activities).

Thanks ladies for the advise on work showers.