3rd Wedding Showers

My friend is 50 and getting married for the 3rd time. She abides by a strong Christian lifestyle. She is having a big wedding with a gift registry and has asked the 12 bridesmaids to pay for they own gowns which she has commissioned a seamstress to make. Additionally, she has asked at least 5 volunteers to organize the whole event. Now I hear her cousin wants to give her a shower! I thought showers were for the young and first married. This lady and her fiance both have their own homes fully furnished and I cannot see the purpose a shower at this age. Can you please explain it to me and let me know where I may be wrong. We are in a hurry to find out.
Most appreciatively,
Diane
Posted by Diane; updated 08/14/03

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Your "friend" seems like a selfish bitch. First of all, i think 12 bridesmaids is a little extreme for a first wedding, let along a third. How "Christian" can she really lead her life if this is her third wedding anyways. Sure, she has a right to get married again, but she is being a little pretentious about having such a lavish ceremony and enlisting so many people to organize for her. I, personally would not attend a shower for someone going into their 3rd marraige. I think that she is just money hungry and craves a little attention. I would tell her to rejoin the rest of us on earth and to get her feet back on the ground. She needs to be a little more realistic about what marraige means, and no, it isn`t about gifts and showers.
Posted by Sarah; updated 08/14/03