My shower was this past weekend. Basically it was all my friends, my family, sorority sisters. A little over 50 people. Untraditional yes, but I wanted all the important women that I love and cherish there. FMIL and I don't get on, but I told my MOH to invite her because she had to be there per etiquette-I didn't want to cause drama by her not being there. Anyway, the day after the shower, FMIL complained to FH that she felt ignored at the shower, that everyone talked about frivolous topics like fashion and celebrity gossip, not the upcoming election (FMIL is a community activist and politics is all she wants to talk about). She also said that everyone broke off into groups and gossiped and in terms of my family, we talked a lot about family members she didn't know and therefore she couldn't join in the conversation. She bitched that there were no getting to know you games, that everyone knew each other already and she and her daughter felt left out, that she and her side of the family sat at a different table from me and my family, that everyone gushed over my mom and not her, that when I opened gifts, I had my mom on one side and my gran on the other. She also says that everyone at the shower was too young and she couldn't relate to anyone, that there were too many people there and she couldn't get near me and it was the worst shower she had ever been too. Isn't she being petty? She just needs to get over it, IMHO. It is called a BRIDAL shower, not an FMIL shower and the it was right that she was not the focus. I mean, who does she think she is?