OT New Random Thread Pt. 3

[jacqui_perez]

Watching HS tryouts from the other side was... quite the experience.

I get to do that in 2 weeks...not quite sure what to expect lol!


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[cheernerd5678]

I get to do that in 2 weeks...not quite sure what to expect lol!


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It was quite interesting. I was running music so I was in the room for the tryouts. And yet still about some of the results posted this morning...

 

[Twinklestars]

It was quite interesting. I was running music so I was in the room for the tryouts. And yet still about some of the results posted this morning...

I have sometimes wondered how a few of the girls are picked over others. It feels like a "well, I know their parents situation" in a few cases. Plus, no thought is giving to stunting positions.

 

[cheernerd5678]

I have sometimes wondered how a few of the girls are picked over others. It feels like a "well, I know their parents situation" in a few cases. Plus, no thought is giving to stunting positions.

For the most part the results were spot on, there were just a few that I would've thought would out score others in certain areas enough to have a higher score overall, but didn't. We also had a very different talent pool this year - in the past you had to have a backhandspring to be on varsity and you could still be on JV with a bhs, but this year there wasn't as much tumbling - so different aspects seem to have made the difference between V and JV.
Listening to girls talk about being nervous and this and that just made me realize how ready I am to be out of HS.

 

[luv2cheer92]

I got confirmation a few days ago for my final internship for school at Dallas Children's Hospital starting next January!! I'm so excited because I think that's actually where I want to work once I graduate. Of course the inner cheerleader in me is almost just as excited that I'll finally be able to go watch NCA :cheering:

 

[mamabear]

I got confirmation a few days ago for my final internship for school at Dallas Children's Hospital starting next January!! I'm so excited because I think that's actually where I want to work once I graduate. Of course the inner cheerleader in me is almost just as excited that I'll finally be able to go watch NCA :cheering:

So exciting!!


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[cheerKT]

Etiquette question. If I was invited to a couples shower that I can't make, do I still need to get a gift? It's a college friend who has already had several showers, this is a "couples" one with both her and her fiance. I will be attending the wedding in May and getting a gift then of course. Wasn't sure what the procedure was here.

 

[fiercerando88]

Etiquette question. If I was invited to a couples shower that I can't make, do I still need to get a gift? It's a college friend who has already had several showers, this is a "couples" one with both her and her fiance. I will be attending the wedding in May and getting a gift then of course. Wasn't sure what the procedure was here.

Ugh. I hate multiple showers. One of my friends had a two bridal showers (one at work and one for everyone else), a jack and Jill, and a couples shower and a honeyfund. I'm sorry, what?! Not necessary. They'd already been living in a house together for a year so it's not even like they needed anything. So annoying. Can't wait till I get married and just have a jack and jill, Soucy easier and way more fun.

One of my college friends had a shower I couldn't make and people told me to ship them a gift. I ended up just giving them a gift and money at the wedding.

I think it depends on who you ask but, IMO if you're not going to the shower, no need for a shower gift, just do the wedding stuff. I could be wrong but that's what I'd do.

Side note, I recently went on a streak of 6 weddings and this summer I have none! My bank account is wicked excited.


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[cheerKT]

Ugh. I hate multiple showers. One of my friends had a two bridal showers (one at work and one for everyone else), a jack and Jill, and a couples shower and a honeyfund. I'm sorry, what?! Not necessary. They'd already been living in a house together for a year so it's not even like they needed anything. So annoying. Can't wait till I get married and just have a jack and jill, Soucy easier and way more fun.

One of my college friends had a shower I couldn't make and people told me to ship them a gift. I ended up just giving them a gift and money at the wedding.

I think it depends on who you ask but, IMO if you're not going to the shower, no need for a shower gift, just do the wedding stuff. I could be wrong but that's what I'd do.

Side note, I recently went on a streak of 6 weddings and this summer I have none! My bank account is wicked excited.


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They have seriously gotten out of control. My friend recently attended a "Monograms and Mimosas" shower, where you just buy the bride various things with her new monogram on it. My friend who is throwing this Couples Shower for our other friend mentioned that when her sister got married last year, she had seven showers. SEVEN. Plus the wedding with gifts there. WHEN DOES IT STOP? You don't need all that. It's just gluttonous. I understand a lot of times when you get engaged several people want to throw you a shower but please learn how to politely decline. Or at least don't invite the same people to all of them.

 

[NJ Coach]

Etiquette question. If I was invited to a couples shower that I can't make, do I still need to get a gift? It's a college friend who has already had several showers, this is a "couples" one with both her and her fiance. I will be attending the wedding in May and getting a gift then of course. Wasn't sure what the procedure was here.

If you haven't attended any of the other showers, than I believe etiquette wise, yes you should send a gift. Is there anyone you can go in with for a gift?

 

[Just-a-Mom]

They have seriously gotten out of control. My friend recently attended a "Monograms and Mimosas" shower, where you just buy the bride various things with her new monogram on it. My friend who is throwing this Couples Shower for our other friend mentioned that when her sister got married last year, she had seven showers. SEVEN. Plus the wedding with gifts there. WHEN DOES IT STOP? You don't need all that. It's just gluttonous. I understand a lot of times when you get engaged several people want to throw you a shower but please learn how to politely decline. Or at least don't invite the same people to all of them.

Wow... I'm really glad I'm old and have normal friends who just go get married, with maybe ONE shower, and usually not even that.

Dear people who think the universe revolves around them,

If you have 7 showers (and worse, expect 7 gifts), you're an @$$hat. Knock it off.

Sincerely,
Normal people everywhere

 

[quitthedrama]

A honeyfund? That sounds like a gofundme. Pay for your own damn vacation!

"You are only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty."

 

[Pip22]

What in the world is a Jack and Jill? And a Couple Shower? Surely you just get registered/ gifts for the wedding? I hope that doesn't catch on here, Hen dos (Batcherlorettes) and Bridal Showers are enough.

 

[cheerKT]

If you haven't attended any of the other showers, than I believe etiquette wise, yes you should send a gift. Is there anyone you can go in with for a gift?

I have a couple other friends who can't make it as well, so maybe I will just contact them and see if they want to go in on a gift card or something. The couple is mid-house renovations so maybe something to Lowes or Home Depot. Then I'll get something off the registry for the actual wedding.

I'm only 24 so I know my "wedding seasons" are just beginning. And my bank account already doesn't like it.

 

[Ashley]

Etiquette question. If I was invited to a couples shower that I can't make, do I still need to get a gift? It's a college friend who has already had several showers, this is a "couples" one with both her and her fiance. I will be attending the wedding in May and getting a gift then of course. Wasn't sure what the procedure was here.

I'm practically a wedding etiquette expert at this point. You have no obligation to send a gift if you can't make it to the shower. If you want to send one, cool, if not, there's absolutely nothing wrong with not sending one.

Has there been overlap in the guest list between her showers? Multiple showers seems a bit extreme... (ETA replied before reading the rest of the comments)

What in the world is a Jack and Jill? And a Couple Shower? Surely you just get registered/ gifts for the wedding? I hope that doesn't catch on here, Hen dos (Batcherlorettes) and Bridal Showers are enough.

There are two definitions for Jack and Jills. One is just a couple's shower. The other is more or less a fundraiser for your wedding. You sell tickets to some party, offer cheap beer, have raffles. They're popular in central and western Massachusetts, and some other places as well. They're also poor etiquette because, well, you're asking people to help pay for your wedding.

Most brides have a bridal shower though - a party where a bunch of women get together and shower the bride with gifts for her new life together. Usually there's lunch or snacks - it's often a mid afternoon event - and advice for the bride. If you go to the shower, you usually buy a gift for that and the wedding. Though you don't *have* to buy a gift at the wedding if you got one for the shower ( you never *have* to give a gift for anything though).

A honeyfund? That sounds like a gofundme. Pay for your own damn vacation!

"You are only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty."

Thank you! I always give cash at weddings and I can't stand honeyfunds. People get this idea in their head that because they're already established and don't need stuff that they should register for a honeymoon instead. But you don't have to register at all. Most people will still get you a gift, and if you ask the couple and they say they're saving for their honeymoon, you know they want cash (though everyone wants cash -let's be serious here).

Ugh, sorry, I get really passionate about wedding etiquette for some reason. I spent way too much time on message boards when planning.