Are the all-female wedding and baby showers a necessary evil to rack up on gifts? Or are they painful reminders of our inadequacies? Lyla Cicero explores the tradition. There are few things women feel more ambivalent about than bridal and baby showers. I think it’s in part because in their traditional form, showers are places [...]
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Instead Of Wedding Shower Gifts, Give A Goat
I’ve gotten to the age when many of my friends’ daughters are marrying or reproducing. These occasions are celebrated by the community holding “showers.” I began to wonder about this tradition after attending a particularly boring baby shower in which the expectant mother sat on a “throne,” each gift was passed from guest to guest [...]