Bride's Duties at Shower

Usually there's a portion where brides open gifts in front of the guests also

Greet people as they come in, thank each person for coming individually. Just hold normal conversation, ask them about themselves, etc. People will probably ask you about the wedding. No different from any other event except that you'll be saying "thank you" a million times, lol.

Just make sure to adequately distribute your time among all your guests. I recently went to a shower where the bride spent 95% of her time just with her bridal party. All the other guests were neglected which was pretty annoying since we were all there for her.

Hey Katie!

Try not to overthink your bridal shower. Everyone will be gathering to celebrate with you, you shouldn’t feel pressured to act a certain way. You will already know almost all (if not all) of the guests so conversation show flow naturally.

As you mentioned, you should thank the hostess but also thank each of your guests for coming and for generously bringing a gift.

As Gen mentioned, try and distribute your time among all of your guests so that each feels like you wanted them there and their presence was really appreciated.

Other than that, try to enjoy yourself and don’t worry yourself into a panic!

Your just like me! I’m kind of dreading it because of your same reasons. My mom has told me just say thank you and act yourself. Let go of the pressure and just be normal and have fun :-). That’s what I keep telling myself.

Try not to over think it. It's a day about you and they're all there to celebrate your wedding. Say hi and thank you and all that but worry about enjoying yourself.

You are just like me!

I was super nervous because I HATE being the center of attention and I am very shy so I opted to make mine a wedding shower so my FH could be apart of the special day.

I stood in the area of the door and said hello to everyone as they arrived. Then I went around and mingled with everyone for a bit. Everyone was so excited to be there that none of the mingling was awkward...there is so much to talk about and catch up on!

What helped me was I had a glass or 2 of wine before hand