Tips for tracking shower gifts?

Stick cards in boxes and have someone write it down.

How many people are coming that your mother cant keep her attention to write down a few names and the corresponding gifts.

If only you knew my mother. She is going to want to chat with everyone. And there are nine siblings and they all have adult daughters so it will be 30ish people.

Have a niece do it. I always like doing stuff like that. Plus everyone's going to be watching you open the gifts, not talking to your mother.

Anyone can do it. The one BM who made it to my shower was making my ribbon bouquet so my cousin offered. Don't overthink it. I just told her "this gift is from so and so" then she would write down what it was.

"looking for friendly advice"

You had rec'd some friendly advice on your last thread you posted less than an hour ago that you hid.

ANYWAY, if you aren't comfortable asking someone at the shower, then keep a roll of tape by your side and tape the card to the gift.

GymRat, yes, I did receive some "friendly advice" on my last thread and hid it. It really made me feel horrible.

I came to this site looking for a helpful community to get advice from people who have been through it. On the other thread I got quite a few rude answers. I misinterpreted or had a different understanding of a MOH duties list from both WW and the Knot and was shocked by the way people responded. I'm new here and to even using forums in general but if this is the way people respond on here I'd rather just guess my way through.

Thank you to those that gave advice without feeling the need to call someone out. I appreciate it!

Anyone can do it, they don't need to know the guests. They can write in each card what the corresponding gift was.

Ahhh...whenever anyone is looking for "support":

Agree with @boudreautobe. It's really easy when you have someone sit next to you and then write right in the card what they gave you.

What was the other thread about? Your MOH not showing up to two showers?

Is there someone in his family you do know and would be comfortable asking? It is helpful to have someone who can say " This is from Aunt Emma, she is sitting next to ___ and wearing a red dress." so you can look at her and say thank-you.

OG Kathryn, yes. And I know it was asking a lot but I'm still feeling shakey from some of the responses (thin skin). She's just my best friend and helps to keep me calm and I know she would help me enjoy myself more (because I'm not a huge fan of showers either). Oh well. She's already going to be helping in so many other ways I can understand that it gets to be a lot. This way I will just be pushed to get to know my new family better, anxiety be damned!

@Breanna- Welcome to WW. Definitely search for topics before posting. That's the best way to avoid feeling bad. People on here are going to be brutally honest and MOH "duties" is a hot topic. I don't have a MOH so I avoided all that. My BMs aren't doing anything except getting the dress and standing up there. No parties, no showers, no getting ready with me unless they want to. One probably will. No speeches. They don't even have to sign the marriage license if they don't want to. It's all about having the ones you love standing with you on your day.

Those answers were not rude at all. I'm glad you acknowledged that you're thin-skinned because you are definitely way too sensitive if you thought those responses were rude.

I suggest you lurk a bit more.

Erin Wood - Thank you! I'm definitely someone who makes things more complicated in my own mind so I will try to harness your wisdom and keep it simple

Don't worry, it's very simple. The person just needs to write the gift on the back of each card after you open the corresponding gift. So open the card and acknowledge who it's from, then hand it to the person helping and she literally just writes "blender" after you open the gift. No need for a separate list or anything. Your mom can do it - she doesn't have to know any guests and can do it without much attention span. Or you could ask the host to recommend someone to help you track gifts.

Every shower I've ever been to has gone like this -

When the bride starts to open gifts, a bm (or in your case, maybe your mom) sits right next to her with a notepad. When the bride opens a gift, she reads herself the card and says to the person "this is from Aunt Nancy" or "this is from the Smith's". Then the person writes down whatever the bride opens as the bride oos and aahs over it.

Its also really helpful to have someone nearby to take the trash and move the opened gifts out of the way to make things move faster!