And that is a good point to keep in mind this time of year when it seems like the parties are endless.
Wedding season. It's upon us. It's a happy time. And stressful time.
Congratulations to everybody getting married soon or recently, but the traditions and the etiquette that go along with weddings can get confusing.
Like, what's the difference between a bachelor and a bachelorette party, vs. a shower?
Yeah, that's actually what I want to talk about today is the expectations about parties before a wedding.
So I was actually reading about the history of bridal showers and they're thought to have started in Holland or Brussels and they're pretty romantic actually.
The story goes that they were started in the time of dowries, when brides relied on the dowry their fathers would give to them to start their life with their new husband.
But one woman fell in love with someone her father didn't approve of and he refused to give her her dowry unless she married someone he approved of.
Her friends wanted her to be able to marry the person she loved, so they got together and 'showered' her with gifts.
Well, luckily we don't have dowries anymore. Yeah it would feel very strange if I got paid to marry my wife by my father-in-law.
