Everything For The Bride

I was asked to host a co-ed wedding shower for one of my best friends. After I began planning, the bride asked me if I would hold the party at her parent’s home. I already know that it’s a faux pa and that the mother of the bride shouldn’t hold a shower for her daughter because it looks like the family is asking for presents for themselves. I voiced my concerns and was shot down. The bride said it would mean a lot to her mother if she could have the shower at her home since the bride’s parents aren’t helping with the cost of the wedding. I reluctantly agreed. So here I am trying to draft up the invitations: Do I include the bride’s parents on the invitation as hosts since they were so adamant about having it in their home? Or should I say that the bridal party is hosting because it’s generally accepted to be rude for the bride’s family to throw her a shower?

I have been invited to a wedding reception for a couple who eloped in Vegas. Prior to eloping, they were living together. Is it customary to give a gift if they already have everything they need for a life together? The invitation to the reception didn’t specify. What do you think?
I have always been told that gifts were for a couple to start their life together. There is no registry included in the inviation. When I go to a wedding, I always buy a gift from the registry. Do y’all really buy gifts for people on second and third marriages?

Anyone know the etiquettes specifics on this?

I am attending my sons wedding reception. I am divorced from his Dad. I am remarried and my ex has a girlfriend who will also attend. The invitation sent to me by the brides family addressed me as still Mr and Mrs G. I was appalled and found it to be very inappropriate. My son brushed it off as a mistake but how do I handle this. My son has never accepted my divorcing Dad and still keeps me and my new husband at a distance. I am invited because I am his mom but, I am not going to pretend I am still married to my ex for the sake of their "uncomfortable" feelings. Do I have to dance or sit with my ex at head table ect.??..This is totally ridiculous, I am not sure how to deal with this. Thanks for respectable answers.
thanks for all your ideas and thoughts , however my ex is very resentful and it has rubbed off on my son and his fiance so, I am really not sure what will happen but… I am always very gracious except in the face of outright rudeness. Her family barely speaks English and have never made any effort to contact me. I have tried for the last several years to become closer to my son and his finance with little response. My presence at this wedding is quite frankly as a step parent or guest. sad but the effect of divorce poison by one parent.
I am actually curious to see how I will addressed since most of the brides family have never met me.. they may assume my ex’s girlfriend is the mother of the groom. I may shock many guests when I tell them who I really am ……..lol

I was invited to a co-worker’s wedding (along with the rest of our 12-person office) and I really don’t know this person very well. How should I handle the gift from my boyfriend and I in this situation? I don’t think it would be fair to expect me to give as much of a cash gift as I would to a family member or close friend. She did not indicate in the invitation where she is registered. Should I ask? How should I go about that without sounding cheap?