HELP...Bridal Shower Advice!!!

We were thinking about having a belly dancer to come and show the girls how to roll their stomach for their men, in place of a stripper.

Have you thought about doing a Brown Bag Party? A home romance party? We have spa products, lotions, potions, lingerie, and bedroom toys. You could make a wishlist and the guests could buy gift certificates for you to choose your own items! If you don't want to do it that way, you could still have one of the parties and stock up on your own toys for the honeymoon

No I am thinking more like fun stuff to do at your party.

In home wine or chocolate party?

Umm my understanding is that the Bridal Shower is with all the women coming to the wedding where they give the bride gifts to help her start her married life. There are silly games like make a wedding dress out of toilet paper. The Bachelorett party is where potentially a stripper would come out and it is a very select group of women. Mom and grandma are NOT invited to the bach party. The stripper is NOT invited to the bridal shower.

L agree with you that there is some misunderstanding. The bridal shower to me is more of a family afair focused on the gifts. The bachelorette party is where you go for the strippers. TJ I do like your idea. That is cute and would work for either type of party. I've also heard of girls getting together for a pole dancing class. I am having a similar problem with different ideas and goals for the bachelorette party. My MOH is uncomfortable with strippers, and one of the bridesmaids has asked me about having them. I will get them together and we'll work out something.

Brown Bag Party also offers Pole Dancing Parties where the guests would get goody bags and pole dancing lessons for a couple of hours. The rep brings it to your house or wherever you have your party.

Sounds like your friends may be confusing the shower and bachelorette although lots of folks are choosing to combine them these days. But if we're talking pure shower, then the point is to "shower" the bride with gifts either for herself or for her new home. If you aren't registered, I HIGHLY recommend having a themed shower. I really wish my friend would have taken my suggestion to have a theme. You could do Pamper the Bride, Stock the Bar, Make the Honeymoon Interesting.

Or another thing I've seen done is each invitation had an insert that said to bring a gift for a particular room in the house and it gave the color for that room (Kitchen, Bathroom, etc).

Yes, it sounds like your freinds are confusing the bridal shower with the bachelorette party, Bridal shower is usually for the conservative crowd and a way to mingle with guests and relatives of FH you haven't met, sometimes the Mom's meet there. Bachorlette party is when the 'rique' stuff happpens..When all the nice ladies who don't want to be part of that stuff go home.

If your MOH is uncomfortable with strippers and you want a stripper then she can step out of the room. This is YOUR Bach. party. But they really need to know that they can't advertise a party with a stripper as a bridal shower, people will be shocked.

@ NavyBlueBride - I dont want a stripper, neither does my MOH.

@Ladylee - I like the theme idea but invites already stuffed and sealed in envelopes. I wish I had posted earlier. I am registered but when people ask I simply tell them what I am comfortable in and what I like.

Ladies, I told them I am going out that night so if they truly want to see a stipper I will accompany them to a strip club before we go to club just to satify everyone.

Can anyone tell me some ideas for bridesmaid meet and greet