Awesome/ Terrible Bridal Shower Invitation

[stephiehun]

Apparently, I have to buy my friend a pair of panties.

:-|

I love this girl and her sister (MOH), but this is strange. The invitations came with registry information and a little tag that I am supposed to put my name on and tie to whatever pair of undies that I purchase.

[copzgirl1171]

No how no way am I buying anyones bloomers other than my own. Especially when it appears there will be a game made of such things.

Good luck on this one and report back!

[emmybean]

My XSMIL had one of these type showers. It was horrific. Specifically because my SIL and I had to sit and watch her open panties to wear for our F(IL) and because SMIL is a fairly conservative (physically, not ideologically) Christian.

I bought her a B&BW lotion set. SIL got her footie pajamas.

[gpw]

I have heard of these, but never gotten and invite to one...thankfully.

Yuck.

[statlerwaldorf]

I just saw this on Pinterest yesterday. "LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! HAHA. Fun for the bachelorette party!!!. [Everyone attending should bring a pair of new panties that ‘represents’ them or would somehow remind the bride of them. Then, you lay out all the panties and the bride must guess which panties belong to each guest. If she’s wrong, she has to take a drink. If she’s right, the guest drinks. The bride gets to keep all the underwear as a souvenir. LOVE this idea!"

[basilosaurus]

It's a shower game? That's so flipping ridiculous. I get a lingerie shower, but just plain undies? No. I'd bring a hanes 6 pack and call it a day.

[redheadbaker]

Jun 23, 2012 20:04:24 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I just saw this on Pinterest yesterday. "LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! HAHA. Fun for the bachelorette party!!!. [Everyone attending should bring a pair of new panties that ‘represents’ them or would somehow remind the bride of them. Then, you lay out all the panties and the bride must guess which panties belong to each guest. If she’s wrong, she has to take a drink. If she’s right, the guest drinks. The bride gets to keep all the underwear as a souvenir. LOVE this idea!"

Because I want underwear that reminds me of my friends. Yeah.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

I like that the Pinterest thing specifies "NEW" panties. Because I might get confused and give my dearest friend a pair of my own used drawers.

[curmudgeon]

Weird. But, I gotta share a story. My bridal shower was a "joke" shower, everyone brought "fake" gifts, then they gave "real" gifts. On of the fake gifts was (from my boss no less) a shoe box with a banana and two kiwis. The most memorable fake gift (from one of the "big bosses") was a large box with a dozen or so small wrapped boxes each with a poem. The first said something like upon welcoming you into the world, your mother gave you this...inside the box was a diaper. The next, as you grew you earned big girl status...toddler panties. Moved to lace for high school, a thong for college, the wedding night with an empty box, various lingerie, maternity underwear, granny panties, and finally full-circle with an adult diaper. I swear to god, I was red down to my elbows.

[winston]

Jun 23, 2012 20:04:24 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I just saw this on Pinterest yesterday. "LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! HAHA. Fun for the bachelorette party!!!. [Everyone attending should bring a pair of new panties that ‘represents’ them or would somehow remind the bride of them. Then, you lay out all the panties and the bride must guess which panties belong to each guest. If she’s wrong, she has to take a drink. If she’s right, the guest drinks. The bride gets to keep all the underwear as a souvenir. LOVE this idea!"

I went to a bachelorette like this. The bride got really effing drunk, of course. How the hell was she supposed to guess (of the 23 guests!) who brought which panties?

Bad.

[ringstrue]

I went to one of those . It wasn't a drinking game they just hung them on a clothesline as "decor". Knowing the MOH I'm not surprised she didn't consider how weird it would turn out.

I got VS GCs from my sis and that was a much better idea.

[stephiehun]

They were kind enough to put the size on the little card.

I bet the MOH saw this in Pinterest. All the cute ideas on there, and this is the one they use. Fantastic.

[foundmylazybum]

Jun 23, 2012 20:04:24 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I just saw this on Pinterest yesterday. "LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!! HAHA. Fun for the bachelorette party!!!. [Everyone attending should bring a pair of new panties that ‘represents’ them or would somehow remind the bride of them. Then, you lay out all the panties and the bride must guess which panties belong to each guest. If she’s wrong, she has to take a drink. If she’s right, the guest drinks. The bride gets to keep all the underwear as a souvenir. LOVE this idea!"

I'm kind of glad you posted this---had I been invited to this party I would have been like "Why am I bringing the underoos?" and then not done it.

This is just weird. I agree with the PP who said that the last thing I'd want to do is pull out a pair of undies in the morning and go "aww these are the pair that remind me of Steph! So sweet and sporty!"

Weird.

[ttt]

Why would you want to receive panties from anyone other than your SO???

[heyjude]

It's just a shower game. Shower games aren't necessarily known for taste. People should unclench.

[ringstrue]

Does it have to be panties or can it be any sort of lingerie? You could get her a little slip dress nightie that wasn't overly sexual.

[foundmylazybum]

Jun 24, 2012 9:31:37 GMT -5 heyjude said:

It's just a shower game. Shower games aren't necessarily known for taste. People should unclench.

I don't think it has to do with "taste" but at least put some thought into it. Just because it's a shower game doesn't mean it has to be stupid. And this is. Stupid I mean.

The idea is actually a good one.

"Bring something that reminds the bride of you" But why then the leap to underwear? These are supposed to be people who know and care about the bride...so why not let them be creative? Bring something that is representative of a time in your lives together, a trip, a special memory etc.

[heyjude]

All shower games are silly. This one is no more or less. It's common to buy a bride lingere. So this is all par for the course IMO. I mean I'm sure people can throw a country club shower with tea cakes and a string quartet but...

[brookles]

I went to one of these once and thought it was really odd -- do people really want lingerie their friends have purchased for them?

I'm not a prude but I did feel strange while shopping and thinking, "I guess Allison would like this color of panties and hmmm I wonder if her boobs would fit in this sexy tank top?"

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

When I was a freshman in college I went to like the most conservative college in the state. Don't laugh. But my suitemate got engaged because that's what you do at 18 and had a "personal shower." So even though we were all supposed to act like no one ever had sex and it was strictly procreational, I received an invitation with the girl's bra size and underwear size on it.
I bought the most wholly inappropriate, racy shit I could find. Because if I was going to be uncomfortable, so was everyone else. Crotchless underwear and a see through red bra? Ba-zing!

[foundmylazybum]

Jun 24, 2012 12:38:02 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

When I was a freshman in college I went to like the most conservative college in the state. Don't laugh. But my suitemate got engaged because that's what you do at 18 and had a "personal shower." So even though we were all supposed to act like no one ever had sex and it was strictly procreational, I received an invitation with the girl's bra size and underwear size on it.
I bought the most wholly inappropriate, racy shit I could find. Because if I was going to be uncomfortable, so was everyone else. Crotchless underwear and a see through red bra? Ba-zing!

Yes. A labeled "personal shower" is one thing. You are buying underwear for the bride.
A shower game in which YOU--the guest buy underwear that represents YOU the guest--and then the bride says "Wow this really represents YOU--When I visualize YOU in your underwear I think of this! lol lol!"
Is fucking weird.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Buying underwear for someone I didn't give birth to, or am married to, is fucking weird to me.

[Nonny]

Clearly it's time to combine to CE&P threads -- pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=23683.

YWIA

[debatethis]

Jun 24, 2012 11:28:20 GMT -5 heyjude said:

All shower games are silly. This one is no more or less. It's common to buy a bride lingere. So this is all par for the course IMO. I mean I'm sure people can throw a country club shower with tea cakes and a string quartet but...

And this is where I think the line has been blurred.
A shower (in my old fuddy duddy prude mind) should be classy and tasteful. A bachelorette party would be a much more appropriate place for buying the bride underwear.
IDK if that's just me, though.