Bridal Shower Gift Opening

Yeah, that's weird to me.

I had a BM on one side who was doing some "pre-opening" and handing me gifts. So, the boxes that had been shipped were sliced open and ready to go with the cards on top, so I didn't have to fumble around with packing tape.

I had another BM on the other side that I passed the gifts to. She separated the packaging from the cards/gift cards/cash (there were some checks) and handed them off to someone else who made a pile.

Another BM compiled the list of what was from whom.

And then another BM kept the eyes off me in between gifts by reading trivia questions every few minutes. Kind of like a newlywed game.

Needless to say it took a village.

Wow I don't like that at all!!! I would totally be bummed if my gift was not opened by the bride. There is a way to have opened a lot of gifts quickly with the help of the 6 bridesmaids in different ways.

Kris, you are always so organized I think I'm going to pass that along to my MOH. Her and I have been trying to figure out a more interesting way to get through them all!

Hmm...I opened all my gifts at my shower myself. I actually had to rush through the last couple ones because unknown to me we had an appointment for pole dancing classes to get to. What was the rush to open the gifts?

My bridesmaids handed me the gifts while another bridesmaid wrote down the gifts and who they were from. All the while the guests were playing a game but it didn't distract them from me opening the gifts.

I think that is odd and you should open your own gifts..

Wow never heard of that before. I have seen what Krisalicious said, where it is a chain. But never the BM's actually opening the gifts.

Im not opening my gifts at my shower. I hate it and I would rather sit around and talk with my guests.

I like the idea of having the guests do something while the bride opens gifts or at least breaking it up with gameshow-type questions. I guess there doesn't have to be a "rush" IMO it's just kind of a lot to sit for an hour and 1/2 and watch someone open gifts. I just don't find it that interesting and I don't want my guests to feel bored...idk.

IMHO, not kinda tacky, that is WAY tacky. I, too, would be offended if the bride did not open my gift personally.

For my shower, my mother prepared/handed me each gift, and my MOH recorded each gift and its giver and passed it around.

Haha well I'm German, OCD is in my blood.

My BMs get all the credit for that organization though. I didn't lift a finger. Actually I couldn't physically lift anything heavier than 5 pounds b/c I'd just had pelvic surgery the week before and I was also high as a kite on painkillers. Not part of my master OCD wedding plan to have surgery 6 weeks before the wedding, but shiit happens, right? Anyway, I needed a little more help than the average bear and somebody was always at my fingers to help, I think they were paranoid I'd overdo it and bust a stitch or something.

The newlywed game helped me a lot so I wasn't so self conscious. I'm social enough in normal situations but I get all weird and Chandler-ish when people are staring at me.

@Blair I didn't even know that was an option! Not sure if mom/MOH will let me get away with that, but I might have to mention it, lol.

At my cousin's her BM opened the card and started kind of opening the gifts before they got handed to her. That way she just kind of had to rip the wrapping paper off once and it was opened. I dont really know if it got things done any faster since we sat for 45 minutes watching.