Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Expectant and Postpartum Moms
Reply to "Baby Shower Poll"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]I had three, which I felt was excessive but the third one was a surprise, thrown by work people. All of them were co-ed. My SIL & best friend threw one for me and invited all my friends. They paid, and it was co-ed, no games. I didn't register anywhere, and when people RSVP'd and asked my SIL told people I either wanted books or that we had everything we needed but would love for people to donate to a shelter for battered women in our area. My MIL & mother threw a shower in our hometown, about 1000 miles away from where we live. They were going to make it just women, and were pushed to make it co-ed. I think a lot of the older women were confused by men being there, and the older men were amused and confused as to what they were doing there. The mothers paid. They tried to start baby games but got shut down quickly by my SIL. At all 3 showers they were before the baby was born. I brought the baby to work while on my maternity leave so everyone could see her. All 3 showers were basically just parties. The men hung out and chatted, just like the women. I think some gave DH fathering advice because I later heard him telling someone "No I swear, I learned it at my baby shower!" :) There were about 50-70 people at each. The family shower had cousins, aunts, uncles - people I hadn't seen since our wedding. The people who threw each shower paid. Wouldn't really change anything, except that streamlining getting gifts home would be good. We were far from home and had to sort out getting home a lot of extra baby things. Oh, and if someone's throwing you a shower, make sure the spouse knows, so he doesn't plan dinner out that night. After one of my showers I was EXHAUSTED but we had dinner plans and I practically fell asleep with my face in a restaurant plate.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics