Bridal Shower Tradition

Traditions change, especially if you want to do something different. If you want your guy friends at your bridal shower, invite them! You can make it a couples shower if you want, but if these are your guy friends and you just want it to be a bridal shower for you, go for it!

Some people do women only shower and some do coed. Go with whatever you like

View Quoted Comment Thanks! Sometimes I just don’t know what’s acceptable and what’s not, as far as tradition goes. But yes it’s about me! Would it further be weird if I wanted to be involved in the planning?

View Quoted Comment Yup I’ve heard of Jack & Jill bachelor parties as well.

View Quoted Comment As far as what’s “acceptable” - if you err on the side of being kind and respectful to people, you can’t go wrong, even if it’s non traditional.
For being involved in planning - tradition is to provide a list of attendees and a date you are free. But…if being more involved isn’t putting an extra burden on the host, or making things really hard for them, see what they think.

I think if you're inviting your male coworker and friends, it would just be easier to have a couple's shower, which are typically coed. You can always have a women only bridal shower before or after your couple's shower if you're still wanting a women's only event!

For this reason, we are doing a Jack and Jill instead of a bridal shower. I think it's totally possible to have a coed shower and I've been to a few and enjoyed them a lot more than the women-only bridal showers. So invite who you want there!