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Bridal shower or house warming?

AEW, on July 30, 2017 at 11:58 AM Posted in Planning 0 7

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My fiancé and I have been renovating our home for about a year and half now. I still live at home and so does he. The renovations were not finished in the time we thought they would be. We planned to have a house warming when the house was done but now with it being so close to the wedding I'm worried that I should not have both a house warming and a bridal shower because I'm not sure what you would buy for one that you don't buy for the other. Help?

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Latest activity by A.Magill.Since.May, on July 30, 2017 at 3:04 PM

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Bemyguest · on July 30, 2017 at 12:02 PM
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Someone is throwing you a bridal shower?
If so, just have that. After the wedding, have your parents over for dinner one night. Just make it informal.
Don't throw your own bridal shower though.
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AEW · on July 30, 2017 at 12:06 PM
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Yes, my mother is throwing me a bridal shower, but she asked my opinion on having both the shower and a house warming. The house will be done in August and she planned on having the shower in September so they would be back to back.
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StPaulGal · on July 30, 2017 at 12:17 PM
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I don't think there is anything wrong with having both. A housewarming is pretty much just giving people a tour of your new digs. Some will bring wine or flowers or something, but it's not really a gift-giving party.
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WED18 · on July 30, 2017 at 12:43 PM
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Maybe your mom could host the shower at your house. I did this for my daughter's baby shower so the family could see her home as well.
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OGJessieJV · on July 30, 2017 at 2:49 PM
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You don't normally get gifts beyond wine and beer at a house warming. If you're having a shower, have a shower. If you want to have a house warming, have a house warming. Just realise, they are not similar at all.
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BeachBride612 · on July 30, 2017 at 2:59 PM
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I would do two. They are different as PP said. Plus, I am thinking there would be different crowds. Bridal party to me is women going to your wedding. Housewarming to me is friends family neighbors, male female and children.
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A.Magill.Since.May · on July 30, 2017 at 3:04 PM
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Yeah, you could have a small informal housewarming party that is co-ed and mostly your friends, including people who you couldn't invite to the wedding if you want. You could even do an 'open house' style thing where people come for a drink and a snack to see the place and say hi then don't feel obligated to stay or bring anything.
The bridal shower is a whole different beast.
I wouldn't side eye you for having both as long as they were properly hosted and you weren't requesting gifts for the housewarming.
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