Bride-to-be! What comes to your mind when you hear about a bridal shower? Do you think a bridal shower is the same as a bachelorette party? Or do you think they are different?

Pause! Quickly comment with your thought. Comment “YES” if you think they are the same and comment “NO” if you think they are not the same.

To answer this question, I will make a series of three posts. Bridal Shower, Bachelorette party, and Bridal Shower VS Bachelorette Party.

Well, by the end of the series, you will know if you answered correctly. Let’s dive into the Bridal Shower.

Bridal Shower

Bridal shower, according to memorablebridalshower.com is:

A pre-wedding party thrown to celebrate the bride-to-be and shower her with gifts and words of encouragement that will help her start her new life as a married woman. This bridal shower is normally held during the day and is usually fun and girly.

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Keyphrases to note in this definition are “thrown to celebrate the bride-to-be” and “shower her with gifts and words of encouragement”. Also, note that it is done during the day.

So, how many of us are guilty of celebrating at night? Then I hope we do not attend a bridal shower without a gift. Don’t just go with only words of encouragement.

Here is another interesting fact about the bridal shower. The question is who hosts a bridal shower? Is it the bride, the maid of honor, or the bridesmaids?

The one who hosts a bridal shower is the maid of honor. Queens that usually compete to be the maid of honor I hope you know your duty doesn’t start on the wedding day.

One of your duties is to plan and host the bridal shower. If you think that you can not do it alone, you can ask the bridesmaids to join you. Guess what? The bride’s family can also host a bridal shower.

Automatically, the hosts of the bridal shower foot the bills. You do not ask the bride to contribute to the bridal shower.

Other Questions

The next question(s) is who are the invitees and when is the right time to celebrate the bridal shower? Most bridal shower invitees in Nigeria are the bride’s friends (the maid of honor and the bridesmaids).

Ideally, invites include all females close to the bride-to-be. They include the bride’s mother, grandmother, sisters, female cousins, friends, nieces, and sisters-in-law (other female in-laws).

The celebration should be within a few months of the wedding day. So, the hosts should fix a date that will be convenient for all invitees. Most bridal shower is usually done within the wedding week in Nigeria.

Let’s pause here for now. There are enough things to discuss when it comes to this bridal shower topic. I have taken it as my responsibility to entertain you with this topic. I will certainly make more bridal shower-related posts.

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