Should I throw a bridal shower for my niece?

1. Even if the grooms mother does it, she could have more than one. I think the proper thing to do is talk to the groom's mother and ask if she is or would like to throw one, if so maybe you two could do it together. If not I think you should, that's a very good idea.

2. I think it's a great gesture for you to do it. Plus, coming from you I think it will mean a lot. You are basically saying, you understand this will be a very hard time for your neice (w/o her mother) and you would like to help fill in the void as much as you can. Your neice is going to need a motherly figure of some sort to help her through the planning. I think her aunt (her mother's own sister) is the best person for the job. I think your sister would be proud too.

3. Yes, you would be very sweet to do the bridal shower as a stand-in for your sister. It should be from the bride's family or friends. It might be nice to let the groom's mother know you plan to do it, but she does not have to join in the planning, unless she offers. She will have a host of things to plan for her son.

4. I think it would be a great gesture for YOU to do this in lue of her own mother. If tradition is the mother of the bride to do the shower, her mother passed away, so next best thing would be mother's sister! You question really warmed my heart! Thank you!

5. I think it would be the perfect idea for you to host the shower. If you have other sisters, include them too if they want, and ask the groom's mother if she'd like to help out as well. If you think it would be appropriate for her situation, it might be a nice touch to have some sort of tribute to her mother at her shower, such as a framed picture or a comment about how you know her mother would have loved to have been there, etc. I definitely think it is more than appropriate for you to have the shower and very kind of you to be thinking of it.

6. You should do it!! And whose to say that you can only have one shower??