Bridal Shower Question for the Girls

[Jennitalia]

I need help from the ladies of this board. My sister and I are planning a shower for my other sister's wedding. We are having it at a restaraunt, and I'm a little worried about trying to keep people entertained. There will be between 30-35 of us. Since it's at a restaraunt, I don't think we have to worry too much about having several games, and we're also limited as to the games we can do. I think right now we're going to have bridal bingo. Can any of the ladies suggest a little game that's suitable for bridal shower at a restaraunt?
Again, guys have it so fucking easy! All they need to do is organize a bachelor party and show up to the wedding. This female bonding thing just isn't for me.

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This message was edited by Jennitalia on 3-24-04 @ 3:31 PM

[Tall_James]

Here you go Jen.... (http://bridal-showergames.com/)


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[angrymissy]

i went to my friends shower last summer and it was totally gay. they did bridal bingo and the only other game i could remember was they gave us all a sticker that we had to put on our shirt, then we all had to try and get someone to mention the grooms name, and if they did we got their sticker. the person with the most stickers won some dumb prize. there wasn't even any booze. i wasn't aware of how stuffy a bridal shower was and my sister and i went out and bought a "pin the cucumber on the hunk" game... Once I walked in and saw what type of party it was going to be, I had to have my friend hide it in her huge purse.

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[Jennitalia]

Missy, I know....I hate these shower things. Sitting there for 5 hours opening presents and having to act like a fucking girl. And then we have to make a stupid bouquet of the ribbons and bows for the wedding rehersal, and write down each present she received and who it was from, and any "funny" comments that are said. Plus, all of my sister's friends are stuck up, prissy twats. I have no attention span to do this. I'd rather just hang at the bar. Also, my sister is very stubborn, and to try and get her to do something she's not into is next to impossible (she's like me). I can see her refusing to come down on Saturday.
Thankfully, beer and wine are included at the shower (my sisters and I are lushes) and there's also going to be a champagne punch. But the best thing is that the restaraunt is in the same town as I live in, and I'm in walking distance so I can drink up and not worry about driving home. Walking will be another issue.

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[mdr55]

Didn't O&A have a game called the "Wiffle Bat Challenge"? Ya'll can place bets how many inches the Bride can tolerate. Or it can be a free for all and winner takes the pot.

Or how bout something that they used to do on the Stern show with Pickles or Sausage- how deep can the girl swallow.

Or for something more slower: the how many babies' first names can you make from the Letter " J for example ".

The old Spin the bottle.

Musical chairs.





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[JustJon]

Play the "have another drink" game.

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[Furtherman]

I always hear women bitching about how stupid the showers are.

Jenn, ask your sister if she really wants one.

Maybe she's only going along with it because she thinks you want to throw her one.

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[Jennitalia]

Of course she wants one! She's going to be getting a ton of presents!!!! That's going to be my only motivation for wanting to go to mine when the time comes.

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[Furtherman]

Well, then the cycle will never be broken.

One day, maybe, a woman will stand up and say NO! to bridal showers.

One day.

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[Arienette]

i just planned my sister's bridal shower less than a year ago. i was worried about the same things, but it turned out great. it was also in a restaurant, but we did have our own area, which might have made it a little easier. we played one game, which i'll explain, and then i'll tell you why i liked it..

everyone got a pen and a sheet of paper with my sister's name and her now-husband's name on the top. then there were the instructions and numbered lines. they had to look through their purses and find as many items as they could that began with a letter in one of the two names. at the end, there were prizes for like the three people with the most things.

why i liked it - it wasn't overly corny. it gave the people who were into playing, or who didn't know a lot of other people something to do and the opportunity to be a little creative. the best part, though, was that people who aren't into playing games just didn't write anything on their sheets.

the one thing that i learned from my sister's shower, and the best advice i can give anyone - do not make the floral centerpieces yourself. it is very, very painful and stressful cutting thorns off roses an hour before the shower begins, when you're still in your pajamas.

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[silera]

My sister is the queen of bridal showers. She's thrown about 6 to date. The most fun game, and one that could translate to a restaurant is what best can be called "Truth or Shot."

The bride gets to ask anyone at the table a question about her relationship, or whatever really. If the person gets the answer right, the bride does a shot, and if the person answers wrong, she does the shot. By the end of the night, everyone is trashed and has learned a little more about each other.

We did this with my mom and aunts and older relatives at a shower for my cousin. It was hysterical to see them all drunk and even funnier as they realized how little they knew about us.

My favorite moment was when the bride asked my mom, "When did Noemi (my sister) have her first boyfriend" My mom replies "17" and my aunt just slurs out loud "Noemi gave birth to Michael (my nephew) at 17, and I love him to death but I'm pretty sure he's not Jesus Christ."

Good times.


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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I hosted my best friend's bridal shower. I had a brunch catered at her apt. and invited friends. There were no "games" (the WORST one I heard of was tie a hot dog to a string. Loop the string around your waist, then, try to get the hot dog into a bottle. AWFUL!!!) We drank wine, laughed, and she opened presents.

I did ask everyone (beforehand) to write down the best time you ever had with her and, also, what you loved most about her. I had them all read them outloud. I then collected them in a pretty box and gave it to her as a present.

Corny, but nice and low-key.

EDIT: Consider Silera's idea. CLASSIC!!! :)


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[Arienette]

i went to one for my now-aunt. we played the game where you break up into groups, each one has a "bride," and has to dress them up in a toilet paper wedding gown. it was a lot more fun than it sounds. but too messy for a restaurant.

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[silera]

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Bride's Great Granny winning the toilet paper wedding dress game.

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Bride's Great Granny winning the blowjob shot game. No hands, and drank it all!

That old gal was the life of the party.




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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I just want to share the *WORST* "game" I ever came across.

I was asked to co-hostess my, then, sister-in-law's baby shower. I actually came across this "game" on line:

Get several of diapers. Put a different chocolate bar in each diaper. Put the diapers (one at a time) in the microwave until the chocolate bars melt.

Each guest is supposed to guess what chocolate bar is in each diaper.

BTW-- I called out sick on that shower.

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I want to go to a Dominican bridal shower!

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[silera]

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[drusilla]

HA!

sorry.


& i love that picture. i always thought you just found it on the net. it's so much funnier knowing where it came from.

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[drusilla]

i had my cousins bridal shower a few months ago up in boston. most of the games were pretty lame, but planning these things is just so hard.

one game was to write the bride & grooms names on a piece of paper & the guests had to come up with a word for each letter that they thought symbolized the couple. or you could write a little poem which each word begining with a letter in their names.

another game we played was the famous couple game. where the hostess stuck a post it to the back of a guest that had the name of someone famous on it. you would have to ask all the other guests who you were. once you found out who you were you had to find your mate. like romeo & juliette & crap like that. it could have been real or fictional couples. the first couple to find each other won a prize.

the other game was that everyone received a clothes pin when they came into the party. if you were having a conversatoin with someoen & they said the grooms name, you got to take their clothespin. whoever had the most clothespins at the end of the day got a prize.

we did other things too, but they are actually worse than those.

i like silera's ideas better. but it wasn't gonna work in a room filled with new england housewives.

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Have a talk with Alkey for me please.



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[angrymissy]

i'm jealous of silera's family

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Is that an vibrator on the table?? What were ya doing with THAT?

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[silera]

That was a white chocolate penis.

The bride sucked on it all night.


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[Jennitalia]

well, my sister and fiance were walking to the restaraunt and as they walked bu it she looked it the window and saw one of her friends, so there was no surprise. we ended up no doing any games. we gave the centerpieces to some of the "elderly women" that attended. it was a big success...and i had a great time working with one of my fellow bridesmaids that works at Red Rocks (shes also an old school friend)
shower games = crap

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This message was edited by Jennitalia on 3-27-04 @ 7:07 PM

[A.J.]

That was a white chocolate penis.


It was probably smaller than the dark chocolate one.

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