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02-19-2013 at 5:02 PM
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Shower time & day

My host is available to host my shower on a weekday, which I recommended it needs to be after 5 as all my guests work, or a Sunday before 2 or after 5. She has church commitments between 2-5.  In which case I thought Sunday brunchy shower 10:30 to 1:00 could work, I asked if she was fine hosting on sunday so early and she said it's fine. I reallize both times are not optimal. If you were invited which one you would rather go to? Weekday after 5, or Sunday morning (or evening).
 
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02-19-2013 at 5:05 PM
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Sunday 100% without question. Work nights are family time, busy, and exhausting. I'd probably decline. 

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02-19-2013 at 5:11 PM
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SUnday morning hands down, but I'm not a church goer. I would expect people who go to church would have a problem with this.

Sunday after 5 would be preferable, though, over a weekday.

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02-19-2013 at 5:12 PM
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Sunday brunch for sure.
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02-19-2013 at 5:19 PM
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Oh yeah Sunday. I would skip church or catch the early service as a guest, but if I were invited after work I would be hard pressed to party after a full day.
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02-19-2013 at 5:26 PM
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Absolutely Sunday.
I think it can be done well, and I would have loved it, but taking all of the crappy parts of school away from a kid isn't good for them in the long run.

There are lessons like "Not everyone likes you" and "Some people are douche bags" that you don't learn without socializing in a large group of poorly supervised children.
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02-19-2013 at 5:31 PM
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1st choice: Sunday at 10:30 (but I'm not a Church goer)

2nd choice: Sunday after 5

3rd choice: weekday- this would be really difficult for me to manage with everything we do at night to prep for the next day....and even if people leave work at 5, it could still take them awhile to get to a shower...maybe 6 at the earliest, so you're looking at something that would be 6-8 or 9, then needing to go home and get ready for work the next day.  If you do this, maybe a Friday night would be best.... 
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02-19-2013 at 5:55 PM
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At first I thought right away who would do it on a weeknight? But then I remembered that my cousin did one on Wed night because the MTB was from out of town and her schedule worked that way. It was actually great. I think it ran from 7-9ish, so no dinner just veggies/fruit/cake maybe some other things. We basically had tea and cake and watched the MTB open the gifts. It was very relaxed, no games and was over rather quickly. It actually worked out great and it was late enough where you had time to get home from work and get dinner on and what not. It did help that the guest list was maybe 15.
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02-19-2013 at 5:59 PM
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Sunday, hands down.
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02-19-2013 at 6:40 PM
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Either Sunday morning or Sunday eve work well for me! 
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02-19-2013 at 7:04 PM
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1026pumpkin:

1st choice: Sunday at 10:30 (but I'm not a Church goer)

2nd choice: Sunday after 5

3rd choice: weekday- this would be really difficult for me to manage with everything we do at night to prep for the next day....and even if people leave work at 5, it could still take them awhile to get to a shower...maybe 6 at the earliest, so you're looking at something that would be 6-8 or 9, then needing to go home and get ready for work the next day.  If you do this, maybe a Friday night would be best.... 

 Same for me.  Even when I'm not working, evenings on weekdays are really the only time we have during the day as family time.   

In reference to the bold part, I DETEST when there is stuff scheduled on Friday nights.  I prefer to use it as a home movie night or something, or even just relaxing with DH knowing he doesn't have to go to work the next day. 
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02-19-2013 at 7:16 PM
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Sunday definitely. I actually would prefer Sunday over Saturday. I'm not a church goer and neither would many of my guests though.
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02-19-2013 at 7:17 PM
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Weekday after 5.
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02-19-2013 at 7:38 PM
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I wouldn't go at 5 on either day. (edit). If it was very close family I would go on a Sunday. I usually won't go to showers on a Sunday.

 
 
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02-19-2013 at 9:04 PM
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Mine was on a Sunday morning (I think at 11 so my catholic inlaws could go to mass first). It actually was awesome to have a brunch menu rather than the same old food.
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02-19-2013 at 9:17 PM
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Mine was at 11 on a Sunday. It seemed to work rather well. I don't have a lot of church going friends/family, but it still gave people the option to have an early Sunday morning, or a Sunday afternoon. We were pretty much done by 2.
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02-19-2013 at 10:38 PM
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Sunday brunch for sure.
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02-19-2013 at 11:17 PM
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Sunday for sure. Weekdays are just too hectic in my opinion. You get off work and what's the first thing you want to do usually...? Go home! lol So Sunday would be my vote but it's not my baby shower!

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02-20-2013 at 7:30 AM
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I love showers on a weeknight. It lets me keep my weekend for family and errands.
 
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02-20-2013 at 7:41 AM
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EmarieDuke:
At first I thought right away who would do it on a weeknight? But then I remembered that my cousin did one on Wed night because the MTB was from out of town and her schedule worked that way. It was actually great. I think it ran from 7-9ish, so no dinner just veggies/fruit/cake maybe some other things. We basically had tea and cake and watched the MTB open the gifts. It was very relaxed, no games and was over rather quickly. It actually worked out great and it was late enough where you had time to get home from work and get dinner on and what not. It did help that the guest list was maybe 15.
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That definitely would not work for me.  I don't get home until after 6:30, so I would think 7 on a week night would be dinner.  That's pretty common in this area.  Plus, I'm usually in bed around 9-10. 

I vote Sunday. 

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02-20-2013 at 8:45 AM
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Sunday 100% without question. Work nights are family time, busy, and exhausting. I'd probably decline. 

I'd decline a week night as well.  I already hardly have time to get done what I want to... 
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02-20-2013 at 10:48 AM
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I went to a friends shower on a weeknight. At first I thought it was odd but after thought it was nice. We had dinner and it wasn't in the middle of a Saturday. It works better than you think.
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02-20-2013 at 12:47 PM
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Seems like majority is agreeing Sunday brunch is better, which I totally agree. I persoanlly would rather not do anything week night, so hate to expect others to come on weeknight.

Thanks for all your honest opinions.
 
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02-20-2013 at 12:48 PM
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Sunday in the morning. You might have people coming out of town and I have never seen a shower during a weekday. I travel for work and am usually tired if I am home. Weekday would probably not be an option for me.
 
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02-21-2013 at 8:15 PM
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sunday morning, evenings are too hectic with work and other commitments. Plus youll get the rest of the day to relax.
 
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