Oh thank goodness. I've finally found all of my long lost sisters!!
Y'all must be related to me.
I do enjoy getting together with close friends and family and celebrating. Weddings, babies, that's good stuff, and I don't mind a party. But it gets excessive, and it's the excess I can't wrap my brain around. I'm also not very social--like I said, close friends and family, that's good enough for me.
When I was pregnant we had FOUR baby showers. My work, my friends from the "barn" (I used to be very involved showing horses), and my family & close friends all threw me a separate party. AND the ladies at my husband's office threw him one, too!!
Don't misunderstand me, I was
very thankful for all of the people who wanted to celebrate with us and help us as we started a family and I love them all for it. But I just wish that there was a way to let people know that they didn't
need to do all of that. It was also (going back to that anti-social thing, I guess) a bit uncomfortable for me to be in the center of all that attention, with all of that money being spent! Whew!
Though you know what bothers me more than showers--and please, I don't mean to offend anyone--are those in-home multi-level marketing parties. Like Tastefully Simple and that stamping stuff? Pampered Chef? I even like some of the products (well, the Pampered Chef stuff, I love me some kitchen gadgetry!!
), I just really am averse to the idea of getting together for the purpose of buying something--and then, even though no one ever pressures you to buy, you still feel obligated. I know it's a good way for some people, especially stay-at-home moms, to make some extra cash...I just don't like them. My sister-in-law, I swear she has like one a week of these parties!! All different kinds! Food stuff, kitchen stuff, scrapbooking stuff, stamping stuff, purses, jewelery...I think she's finally got the picture--I quit even RSVPing, I just toss the invites, I can't take it anymore!
