Should I Cancel my Bridal Shower?

Unfortunately. you may be best to cancel. Save your money and use it elsewhere.

If you REALLY want one, no one is stopping you, but just make sure you won't be disappointed, too stressed out or anything with having and hosting one.

If you already invited people I would say no. But, chalk it up to a learning experience for future use.

Yes cancel-It is rude to host a party for yourself.

Where's the bashing? I just looked over the thread, and I don't see it.

ETA: Yeah, canceling is best. You can use the money elsewhere.

I wouldn't cancel. You're wrong for throwing it, but no sense in wasting money.

Not that thread a different one from before, but thanks.

If you cancel it, will you lose money and are people already invited?

Clearly you wanted one or you wouldn't have went through all this trouble to plan one. & like sarah said if you have already invited ppl, bought supplies, and booked the place then I say have it. I am so sorry you had to plan this on your own. you should just have to show up and enjoy yourself a wedding is stressful enough as it is. You would think once you started planning it your bridesmaids would jump in and take over or at the very least help you out..

I'll be out $200 max and it's just a matter of cancelling the FB invite.

No girl, don't cancel I would be pissed too. But you would have thought that once you have asked your bridesmaids and maid of honor they would help set it up. Go throw the best goddamn bridal party ever

Well then cancel it.

Have you takes to your mom and bridesmaids about it? Are they not in a place financially to host a shower? If you're a younger bride (I'm not sure of your age) and your bridesmaids are younger, they may not know what all is involved with being in a wedding. Showers are not a requirement by any means but it's a lovely gesture from friends/family.

ETA - I didn't answer your question. I probably would cancel it if there's still time. Depending if you've sent invites and people have already purchased gifts and planned to attend.

Cancel it. A shower is a nice to have party if your friends/family choose to throw you own. Its extremely rude to through yourself a party where the guests are supposed to "shower" you with gifts. You don't need to have a shower/bach party to get married.

Since the out of pocket cost are low, I would just cancel it. It's better to cancel than be considered rude.

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Again. different post. thanks.

I feel terrible for you! I wish we all lived close to you and we would throw you a shower! I say cancel it and move forward with planning your wedding.

Out of curiosity, did you decide to throw yourself a shower before or after you consulted WW? Never do anything without consulting WW ;-) and if you decided to do it even AFTER you consulted WW, what was the point in asking? I can't remember what post, people were bashing you, however, I am sure no one was bashing you with intentions of hurting your feelings. Now you have put yourself in an awkward position because you got offended at what people were telling you was proper etiquette.

Anyways, you have been put in a tough situation. If you have only sent out FB invitations, it's only $200. I would definitely cancel it unless someone offers to host it for you. I think people would appreciate you cancelling rather than being gift grabby. Not only that but your wedding is in October. Why wouldn't you have had the patience to wait a little longer?

I had the patience, what tipped me was all of the girls in my bridal party asking me "when's your shower so I can see if I can request off", my mother asked me what I had planned and my MIL distanced herself from wedding planning months ago.

And I didn't consider people telling me it was proper etiquette to not as "bashing", its when people get angry and tell me I'm an idiot and basically a bitch that I considered bashing. different post then the one I did this morning to vent about planning by myself

It's unfortunate that it turned out that way, but take it as a lesson learned that no matter what you feel like, their reaction was to the fact that you shouldn't be throwing your own bridal shower. Good luck with this. Hopefully you will get enough responses to this thread that you can make an appropriate decision. I would also try using the WW search and google to see if anyone else has had this issue. This is a perfect example of why people shouldn't hide their threads.

ETA: Pay closer attention to five star responses and people that have already gotten married. Listening to one, two, and three star white knights that just got engaged won't always get you the best answer.