Shower Question

How much in advance do you send out shower invites? My MIL and SIL want to throw me a shower in NY for their friends and family. The dates they have been throwing around are the 17th or 24th of Jan. But neither of them can seem to make up their mind on what they want to do (which is typical for them). I am just wondering how long to wait until I make DH get involved.

3 weeks is a good amount of time. Esp if anyone has to request the day off of work, plan travel, etc. I agree that a month is too long and people may forget.

I am just nervous..because we are at a month out right now..and they still cant figure out what date they want to have it. Plus my mom needs to fly up from Florida....and to go into the history a little- when DH and I got married, they were supposed to plan the rehersal dinner- a week before the wedding I ended up just doing it myself.

Yeah I would say 3 weeks is about the shortest, a month feels long, but with all the holidays, etc, and people needing to travel, I think a month is okay. Mine is likely going to be the 31st and I just gave her the invite count so they won't be out within the next two weeks, so I am guessing it will be shorter timelines.

My shower will be Feb. 7th and my sister will be mailing out the invites the first week of Jan. due to the fact that we will have some out of town guests coming. They already know about it, but this will be the formal side of it... I guess. So mine will go out about 1 month before, also I did read somewhere that when having a shower around the holidays it is a good idea to get them out 4-5 weeks because money is a little tight for most people. I don't know if this is true but it sounded good.

I always send any invites out (except wedding) 3-4 weeks in advance. That way it gives time to figure out work and sitters if needed. I would have your dh call and get your date ASAP so they can get them out.

i would get them out after xmas b4 new years for either date you pic

my shower was supposed to be a surprise but I know that some people have already received their invites. I was a little worried that that was too much time because the shower is not until Jan. 25th and some people have had their invites since before thanksgiving. oh well, I hope no one forgets about me