Bridal shower thank you card etiquette

I will be sending a card to anyone who attends my shower, gift or not. I don't think it is ever rude to say thank you.

Wow. I'm surprised that someone would attend the shower and not bring ANYTHING, that's kind of the point of the shower (unlike a wedding). I would not send a thank you simply for attendance. You would not be rude to not send a thank you for....nothing lol. On the other hand, it's not rude to send one.

I only sent thank you to people that gave a gift at the shower but thinking back idk if anyone didn't bring a gift.

Miss Manners says not to send thank you cards to those who didn't bring gifts. Her theory is that sending a thank you card without mention of a gift might be seen as fishing for gifts.

I'm learning something new. I thought it was just to those who bought gifts

That is really weird to not bring a gift to the shower, but that is beside the point. Did this person maybe contribute in another way? Like bringing food for the shower? Then you could send the thank you for that.

I agree with Miss Manners on this, skip the thank you. Who was this person, can you give us more details? And yes, if they brought food or desserts you should thank them for that (if they did)

I know it's confusing, when most advice is 'send a thank you card if you think, for any reason you should' but in this case, you (or a friend) hosted them at a party-- you do not thank them for that.

I agree with Miss Manners on this also, skip the thank you unless they brought food or drinks. But like Zoe said, why send a thank you for going to a party and eating someone else's food without contributing in any way? I don't think it's rude to send one, but it could be more embarassing to that person to send one because they might feel like they were being called out for not bringing a gift.