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I'm from a European country where kids are welcome everywhere, so I've never quite adjusted to this [b]Anglo-Saxon concept of child-free events.[/b] I say Anglo-Saxon because it's the same in the UK, and some other English-speaking countries, not just the US.

On the other hand, having no babies at an event cuts down on the germ transmission, and it's true pregnant women have reduced immunity, so... consider it your sacrifice for the health of the mother to be. :-)

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Yes, I’m Jewish and the idea of child free lifecycle events is crazy to me — especially child free weddings. But we don’t traditionally do baby showers anyway so everything about baby showers makes me queasy. The sexism of it being female only, opening gifts in front of people, infantilizing games - yuck. I don’t have kids yet, before anyone accuses me of being an annoying parent. [/quote]

I’m Anglo Saxon and (technically) Christian- not practicing- and I think it’s absolutely bizarre too. Life cycle events in my mind involve babies, grandparents, and everyone in between. That meant our wedding had a lot of kids but it was a celebration of a union between membevrs of those two families! What else does a wedding celebrate???

And we had kids at my baby shower because it’s about bringing a new baby into our family! So weird to make a BABY shower, of all things, a kid free event. [/quote]

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