How to tell my friend I can't host her baby shower? Details provided...?

Well just tell her the truth, if she is a real friend she might be a little upset but she will understand. You can still email ideas and stuff to eachother, but ultimatley you family needs to come first. Good Luck and just be honest..:D

Aside from driving down, is it possible to maybe take a bus or train? Just tell her what you wrote here. Tell her you want more than anything to be there, but you just can't afford it, etc. With these costs, I'm sure she'll understand. As a side note about her husband's deployment, it's often not possible to delay the deployment. Yes, it's a huge part of their lives; but so is the military (it's not just a regular job). If they delayed a deployment every time somebody's wife was expecting, they wouldn't have very many people to send and there goes national security. Those in the military adapt to what's going on and make the best of it; they understand sacrifices must be made.

Sweetie, if she's truly your best friend and loves you the way best friends do then she'll completely understand. These are circumstances that you can't help. If she's any kind of friend, the main thing will be her missing you at the shower, that's all. Just be honest with her. During these kinds of situations, it's easy for miscommunications to lead to hurt feelings so be sure & be very open and honest with her so she doesn't get an impression that you just don't want to host the shower for other reasons. I know you're probably just as disappointed as she'll be but it doesn't have to be the end of the world. It will mean more to her that you were willing to do it in the first place and that you're willing to be honest w/ her now.

My advice would be just to explain your dilemma to your friend. If she truly is a good friend, she will understand and wont make a big deal out of it.

Alternatively, you could check out different ways of getting there apart from driving. These could be cheaper and although it may take longer to arrive in some cases, it would be worth it, surely?

If you truly cannot host, apologise and send her a beautiful gift. If you cannot afford something expensive, I would suggest a homemade present, which would be really special. Good Luck!

sorry, you just don't tell the marines you want to delay being deployed. it doesn't work like that. you can petition all you want, but you're going to go when they want you to.

i think you should've known and thought of this prior to committing yourself. at any rate, the only thing you can do is be honest with her. let her know your situation.

ADD: gas prices didn't just sky rocket yesterday. you stated that you did VOLUNTEER. if you had any brains, you would've used mapquest to figure out the distance between you and her.....some friend you are...you're just looking for a way to get out of your COMMITMENT.

if shes a true friend you can talk to her and explain this to her. she will understand and if not then maybe you should rethink the whole friendship also if you own or know someone who owns a video recorder try taping her a message to send along with the gift to let her know you are thinking about her and that if you cant be there physically you can be there is thought.

just lie and tell her u have too work that weekend wish he luck mail the gift and find a new friend closer

tell her what you've told us here. and just wait for her response. if i were her, i'd tell you to get your *** on a plane or train and own up to your commitments!