Point of Etiquette

Here’s a crash course on good manners for those who need it:

There is ONE guest of honor per party, and anyone else who has an announcement to make that has to do with someone other than the guest of honor would do well to make it at a different time and location.

There was a baby shower, and a cousin (B) was pregnant at the same time, and she and an wanted to announce her pregnancy during her cousin’s (A’s) baby shower. The shower had been planned and paid for by A’s mother. The aunt and cousin had contributed nothing, and had already been asked to NOT make their own pregnancy announcement that day. They tried it anyway.

They compounded their display of a complete lack of manners and self awareness by arguing the point in the parking lot, with the guest of honor and her mother, to the point that others from the party over- heard and were upset by the fracas and left the party and later blamed the guest of honor and her mother for not allowing the cousin to have her moment at the party that was PLANNED FOR A.

The intentional faux pas was probably also a good indicator of the aunt’s cheap ways:

If someone else has already paid for a venue, food and party decorations, why not take advantage of all that and worm your way into the spotlight for just about ANY reason? That way you don’t have to pay for a party, yourself.

The announcement could have been anything.