Not opening gifts at bridal shower.

The point of a shower is the gifts, sooo

I thought it was weird. Hole point of shower is the gifts. Bride said its a new trend to make sure u don't offend anyone.

No, and I hope its not a trend.

Personally, it sounds rude to the guests.

It seems rude not to open them since that's the point of a shower.

Definitely not. That's the whole point of the shower/main event. I'd be more offended by her basically saying someone else's gift wasn't as good as another's because it didn't cost as much. Also if it was like my shower half the people didn't bring gifts because they "wanted to wait and see what everyone else got first so I wouldn't get duplicates."

Uhgggg I wish it was a trend. I'm dreading having everyone stare at me while I open gifts. And I WILL feel bad for guests that give a less expensive gift. I don't care how much people spend but you know others will be judging

I thought its was very rude and weird not to open gifts. I plan on a small gift registry and home depot gift cards. we already have a family and all we need for our house but want to do some upgrades so home depot gift cards will help a lot.

Shower was for my cousin my mom and aunt talked her in to opening gifts thank god. But she said it was a new trend not to open gifts, so no one gets, offended.

Anyone that judges a GIFT is a terrible human.

I have been to a shower where the bride to be did not open gifts they had them on display and asked them to come unwrapped. It was still very nice but not the same! I opened all of mine and I think it makes people feel good to see your reaction to what they purchased for you!

I went to one where she didn't open her gifts and I didn't figure that out until I was there for an hour. It turned out to just be a social gathering, there were no games or anything like that. It was 3 hours of talking and eating with people that I didn't know.

My brother had a couples shower and they didn't open gifts. It was because they thought the guys would be bored, but I was a little bummed they didn't open gifts.

That's weird. I mean I hate being the center of attention and really do not want to open gifts in front of a bunch of ppl, but isn't that basically the whole point of the shower? To "shower" you? Lol . Plus, it is really nice to actually thank your friends and loved ones in person prior to an actual card.

No this is not a thing. The entire purpose of a shower is for the bride to open gifts. I would be so mad if I bought a nice gift and the bride didn't even open it at the shower.

Most showers I have been to gifts were not opened in front of us. Not because of the reason you stated but because they didn't want people sitting through just watching someone open gifts

There was an article in one of the women's magazines (Cosmo, maybe?) listing not opening gifts as a shower trend to adopt. I think it's stupid. The whole point of a shower is to open gifts. It would be like if someone handed me a birthday gift, and I didn't open it in front of them.

The reaction of the person opening the gift is the only one the gift-giver is paying attention to...so unless the reaction is disappointment or a snarky comment (shame on them), the gift-giver shouldn't get offended if their gift wasn't as expensive. We all have family that can afford more, and others that can't. It's the thought that counts! That's why we put a variety of gifts at different price points on the registry ;-)

I opened my gifts, however if my shower were big I would have bored guest. On the other side I opened gifts and read cards that made me cry and it was sweet

I've never been to a shower that hadn't opened them there but I would love to go to a shower that didn't - this is one tradition I would be happy to have go away. And it does make people uncomfortable if they couldn't spend as much so it's considerate if she knew people were going to feel that way - I also think people get bored watching if it's a large shower