Ok, I do have one comment on this concept - I was the maid of honor for my best friend, and she did not want any showers because she had a ton of anxiety about all of the attention and people looking at her (and the short engagement and expensive wedding). Her friends and family members still really wanted to have a…

The history of the bridal shower comes from the Dutch. They took place at the behest of the mother and close female family/friends of the bride-to-be when the father did not approve of the groom and refused to pay for items she needed to start her own household. The women in her life would buy everything so that she…