DEAR ABBY: A young lady we work with had a baby. She was hoping it would be a girl. In fact, we all hoped she would have a daughter, so when we held a shower for her, many of us gave her gifts for a girl.
Well, the baby turned out to be a boy. And guess what? She sent the gifts back to us and asked US to exchange them for boy things.
Abby, I ask you, is that proper etiquette? Or should she have exchanged the gifts herself? -- PEEVED IN PITTSBURGH
DEAR PEEVED: Was it proper etiquette? Absolutely not! She should have quietly exchanged the gifts herself.