A woman wondered if she was wrong to decline baking something for a coworker’s “grandma shower.”
You're on the list! Expect to receive your first email very soon!. However, there is always a line one needs to draw, as “something nice” can turn into multiple obligations all too quickly.if she was wrong to decline baking something for a coworker’s “grandma shower.” She believed this was just an unnecessary party and wasn’t willing to spend her own time and resources.
For those who are curious as to why it’s a “shower,” the common explanation is that the recipient is “showered” in gifts. This probably originates from abridal shower tradition, where gifts would be placed in a parasol before it was given to the bride-to-be. Upon opening, the gifts would fall out and, you guessed it, shower the bride. We don’t actually know how common this was, particularly since most gifts would probably not fit, or, even worse, be damaged in the process.
This gets even worse if the “scope” of office parties is expanded. Birthdays are an undisputed classic, but once things like “grandma showers” are included, it can be hard to tell where the list will end. Why not an “uncle/aunt shower” for example. If you are the office go-to baker, you might end up needing to bake every week just to not play favorites.This is perhaps why the woman in the story referred to this as a matter of principle.
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