Shower gift wrapping

I've heard about the cellophane trick, or requesting that the gifts come unwrapped, but it sounds like it's too late for that if your MOH has already sent out invitations!

I'd just recruit a few bridesmaids to help you with the gift opening! One bridesmaid grabs the next gift and helps you start opening it, you open the gift and thank the gifter, next bridesmaid grabs the gift and writes down the thank you information. This keeps things moving really quickly and can keep people from getting bored! You could also do like a gift bingo game, but I don't think it's really necessary.

Don't stress about it! You can get through it quickly and everyone who brought a gift will feel properly thanked and appreciated

I was really nervous about opening gifts but I drank some sangria and sucked it up. I tried to focus on the present, made a short comment on each one, and made eye contact with the person who gifted it to say thank you. I tried to be quick and painless.

Not only is this considered rude, but asking them to wrap the gifts in cellophane (or not wrap at all) is very weird.

At my bridal shower last weekend, I enlisted the help of my 2 year old niece in unwrapping my gifts, and she pretty much out shined me, and that helped.

Sorry but you just have to grin and bare it. Guests will find it rude if you dictate how to wrap gifts they are giving you. Nobody wants to have to go buy a specific paper.

Women are often taught to deflect praise, reject gifts, and overall just not know how to accept kindness from others with a simple thank you. When is the last time someone has said "hey, nice dress" and you've responded with anything but just "thank you"? More often than not, we'll say something like, "thanks, your hair looks nice too" or "oh, it's old/I got it on sale/I just threw something on"

Think of this as an opportunity to learn to graciously accept a gift from someone else. Realize that your guests are excited to give you these items! Allow them to feel the happiness you feel when you get a gift for someone else. Open the card, scan it quickly, say "this is from Aunt Joan," open the gift, make eye contact with Aunt Joan, say thank you, then pass the gift and card to a bridesmaid who can write it down for you.

You can do this!