The Bridal Shower: An Act Of Rebellion

Rose Burke
4 min readMay 10, 2021
Vintage Bride | Flickr

With the spring season also comes the season of bridal showers, and for me, that typically means spending an afternoon consuming fruit-soaked booze and a free meal. I’d always thought that showers (both baby and bridal) were a silly tradition. A burden on us single women to not only throw down our hard-earned cash for some nifty kitchen appliance we can’t even afford for ourselves but to also wrap it in a way that earns…

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Rose Burke

Satirical writer taking on life’s cruel sense of humor one word at a time. Published by The Independent, TSR, The Conium Review, and more. www.RoseBurke.com