Coed Baby Showers.

Who is responsible for this bull****? I just attended one of these (on my day off) a couple weeks ago and it was terrible. No alcohol, it was hot as hell, and the men actually had to participate in stupid baby shower games! (For 4 hours!)

I'd like to know when and why this happened? I thought baby showers were supposed to be a women only event where they drink mimosas and talk about "who's next" and how terrible their relationships are.

Gentleman, let us make a pact now to at least try and talk SWMBO out of a coed baby shower if that sort of situation comes about. Let's try not to put one another through things like this, please!

Ladies, I apologize, but going coed baby shower is taking it to far. Please just let this be between you and your girlfriends. Don't make us suffer anymore than we already have to.

Is there no manlaw or "guy code" legislation on this subject?

I'm blaming you for going. I managed to duck out of the last wedding invite, and my wife was the maid of honor

Usually weddings have open bars and free food, so I don't mind them. Baby showers are a whole new ballgame though.

bottlebomber said:

I'm blaming you for going. I managed to duck out of the last wedding invite, and my wife was the maid of honor

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lol... I think this thread backfired already.

Fauxsho said:

Who is responsible for this bull****?

Is there no manlaw or "guy code" legislation on this subject?

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First, it's your fault. You need to open up your wife's purse, take back your balls, and stuff them back into your sack.

The Man Law says you don't go to baby showers.

Next time, RTFM!

I've been to one, and it was awful. Mushy food, bland punch, no protein or alcohol in sight. It was like 85 degrees in the house.

Never again!

I think it's only right that you have to suffer like the rest of us.

Who decided that FEMALES would enjoy that ****? I don't. I went to my sister-in-law's baby shower as I had to, and it was dull enough as it was- but the food sucked. Salads. Seriously? All these fat chicks and they serve salads? C'mon. Where's the brisket and wings? You know those fat chicks left hungry.

No beer/booze/wine either. And then we "ooohed" and "awwwed" at each little stupid cap and sweater. It's a painful experience and I'm glad to see men getting to be just as miserable as the rest of us. :rockin:

Just had an inspiration!

What about Baby Shower at Hooters!??

Think about it. First, guys will WANT to attend a baby shower at Hooters. The food will be much better (or at least nobody will care if the food isn't that great) and finally, those hot servers will be even hotter when they see those guys getting interested in the baby stuff. I don't know why, but that kind of thing seems to turn a girl on.

Homercidal said:

First, it's your fault. You need to open up your wife's purse, take back your balls, and stuff them back into your sack.

The Man Law says you don't go to baby showers.

Next time, RTFM!

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Bwaaaahahah!

Yooper said:

I think it's only right that you have to suffer like the rest of us.

Who decided that FEMALES would enjoy that ****? I don't. I went to my sister-in-law's baby shower as I had to, and it was dull enough as it was- but the food sucked. Salads. Seriously? All these fat chicks and they serve salads? C'mon. Where's the brisket and wings? You know those fat chicks left hungry.

No beer/booze/wine either. And then we "ooohed" and "awwwed" at each little stupid cap and sweater. It's a painful experience and I'm glad to see men getting to be just as miserable as the rest of us. :rockin:

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Hahhahhah! You won't see me miserable. Even when I was young and often "in tow", I still wouldn't go to a baby shower. I don't think I've ever known of a guy to do that (until now!). My response would be "No, and hells no" followed by laughs.

My wife knows I will not be attending any coed baby showers. Her friend mentioned one for herself and I said no way. Sorry, I am pretty "progressive" about this kind of thing, but a baby shower is a line even I must put my foot down on.

To the guys, if your wife mentions one, you call that husband up immediately. It is HIS fault this is happening.

We kinda went that direction with our first kid. We had both the men and the women at the shower, but while the women were doing the oohing and aahing, the men were in the bar of the fire hall we used having a diaper party. It was a pretty good idea, the guys all brought a pack of diapers, and in exchange they got as much beer, bloody marys, pizza, wings and football they could handle. Plus when the shower was over, everyone had a sober ride home. All in all it worked out pretty good, no complaints from the guys, and even a few copycats.

Yep. It's all on you OP.

I didn't even go to the baby showers FOR my wife.

Fauxsho said:

Who is responsible for this bull****? I just attended one of these (on my day off) a couple weeks ago and it was terrible. No alcohol, it was hot as hell, and the men actually had to participate in stupid baby shower games! (For 4 hours!)

I'd like to know when and why this happened? I thought baby showers were supposed to be a women only event where they drink mimosas and talk about "who's next" and how terrible their relationships are.

Gentleman, let us make a pact now to at least try and talk SWMBO out of a coed baby shower if that sort of situation comes about. Let's try not to put one another through things like this, please!

Ladies, I apologize, but going coed baby shower is taking it to far. Please just let this be between you and your girlfriends. Don't make us suffer anymore than we already have to.

Is there no manlaw or "guy code" legislation on this subject?

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I refuse to acknowledge the existence of the co ed showers.

This thread does not exist for me.

That's not coed, thats still a ladies's shower but men were pressed into going. If it were coed, you'd be forced to do some ooing and ahing, but there would at least be a big sandwich. You know the one.

But seriously, who the hell are these ladies everyone is talking about? My fiancee's wedding shower was catered, and when I dropped in at the end to say hello and thank you and bring home our bevvy of expensive home goods, my mouth watered. Yes, salad was THERE, but it was alongside tons of other sandwiches and finger foods etc. Was your wife responsible, or a friend? I say a good talking-to is in order.

One day you'll learn that life is short (hopefully not too late). If i'm not 100% interested, i'm out.

Tell her you need to have a diaper party. It's a thinly veiled excuse for men to sit around and drink disguised as a shower. Men only. Guests are expected to show up with a box diapers and beer (or other beverage of their choosing). It's perfect cover. You and your buddies get to drink, and you come home with something for the kid. Happy wife. Win-Win.

We are not guests or participants. We are hostages.

And even if the mom-to-be assume that your guy friends will be okay with this, I can guaran-G-damn-tee that the future grandpas will not be okay with coming to a co-ed baby shower.

I disagree. It's not about you. If the dad-to-be wants me there, I'm there.

But I will also recommend we go brew in the garage and have "bonding time" talking about how awesome it is being a dad while brewing. Plus, dad needs to stock his pipeline before baby comes, so we can sure help with that.

And for every registry at Baby's-N-Things, there will be a matching registry at HomeDepot.

I suppose you're right. I've just seen some grumpy grandpas at these things.

TyTanium said:

I disagree. It's not about you. If the dad-to-be wants me there, I'm there.

But I will also recommend we go brew in the garage and have "bonding time" talking about how awesome it is being a dad while brewing. Plus, dad needs to stock his pipeline before baby comes, so we can sure help with that.

And for every registry at Baby's-N-Things, there will be a matching registry at HomeDepot.

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LHBS registery? Hmmmm....

It'd be okay if the shower is scheduled at the same time as a game - ladies upstairs doing lady things, men in the basement watching the game and having a couple beers.

TyTanium said:

And for every registry at Baby's-N-Things, there will be a matching registry at HomeDepot.

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Keep telling yourself that. Not a lot of baby needs at a hardware store.

No baby showers, no wedding showers, no coworker birthday parties, no parties where the main goal is to sell me $h!t, no housewarming parties.... F it all. I'll do almost anything for friends and family, but these things are all off the list. Luckily my wife hates this stuff to, so we boycott it all together.

I didn't even go to my mother's funeral, even though I could have. (Not nearly as bad as that sounds, I had reasons)

Sometimes, ya just gotta man up and say "This is something I don't want to go to!"

IrregularPulse said:

Keep telling yourself that. Not a lot of baby needs at a hardware store.

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You've got to paint the nursery, don't you? And, we bought baby gates at Depot.

Incidentally, the first word that my daughter ever sounded out on her own was "Nails," in a Home Depot children's book. Couldn't have been prouder.

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

Agreed! But you can complain like crazy

TyTanium said:

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

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TyTanium said:

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

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OK, I'm not even going to touch that one!!!

Goat/Another man/sheep......... joke.....Proving too hard to resist.........

TyTanium said:

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

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BTW I do agree with that, but this was NOT one of those times.

First things first....NO BOOZE? Thats just stupid. Just because she's pregnant and can't drink doesn't mean that everyone else shouldn't he able to. the least your wife/girlfriend should do is pack a flask of some Jameson to make the games at least SEEM exciting.

Second, NO BOOZE?! Totally weak. Somehow convince your wife you've had a special golf outing planned for 10 months with your closest buds. Then schedule a tee time and roll out.

It's a total snooze fest if you ask me.

All that being said, if you have to go they should let the men sit outside, drink, smoke a cigar and talk about anything but babies because I'm sure that's all this guy has heard about the past 9 months

Homercidal said:

First, it's your fault. You need to open up your wife's purse, take back your balls, and stuff them back into your sack.

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I don't have the technology or the steady hand to pull off a procedure like that.

the_bird said:

You've got to paint the nursery, don't you? And, we bought baby gates at Depot.

Incidentally, the first word that my daughter ever sounded out on her own was "Nails," in a Home Depot children's book. Couldn't have been prouder.

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And her second word was "beer", I'm sure!

I dislike showers of all types. It's a tradition that should have been ended years ago. I hate even being invited- it's a "hey, I'll give you a piece of cake and you are forced to bring me a present. And it has to be a nice expensive present because I'm going to open it in front of everybody and you'll look like a cheap ass if it's not a good present".

I love giving gifts to people. But I don't like being coerced into it. Showers are a pitiful excuse for asking for free stuff. Wedding showers are even worse- you have to give them a shower present (and some have more than one shower!) and then a wedding present. Egads that sucks.

I've never been a fan of registries, either. Oh, maybe in the 70s when people had their china pattern and silverware patterns there because that's the sort of wedding presents people tended to give then. But now, it's like "here's my list. Gimme something".

I really hate this stuff, in case you can't tell!

Sure it's not all this bad, but put some booze into new moms, put them in a place where they're giving advice to a mom-to-be, and pretty soon you're hearing stories about hemorrhoids, how far their ... um ... taint lacerated, how much they sh*t themselves in the delivery room, etc. Complain about how the topic is gross, and you're an as**ole for not appreciating the beauty of childbirth, including all the taint-ripping and pants-sh*tting.

They may even point at the dad to be and make lots of jokes about "You're not going to be getting any for a LOOOONG time!"

we are expecting our 1st in October and plan on having a party, not a shower

will have band, grilling and I will be brewing up a few batches of beer

my SWMBO is appalled by the idea of a regular shower and doesn't want to be subjected to, nor subject her friends to that ****

Yoops is some kind of superwoman bred from the loins of a lion with a beer in one paw and the wisdom of King Solomon in the other....Other paw? no, that don't work...anyway, you know what I mean.

My ex-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend sent her a wedding invite (because thats klassy). She took a look at the registry and noticed they were registered for a sausage stuffer. I kid you not.

She bought the hell out of that.

IrregularPulse said:

To the guys, if your wife mentions one, you call that husband up immediately. It is HIS fault this is happening.

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This is exactly what I should have done. All I'm saying is, lets try to look out for one another and nip this thing in the bud before it happens. I've already made it pretty clear that I'm never going to another shower again. For those out there who have a baby shower in their future, congratulations, but keep it traditional. The word coed is for things like dorms and porn sites, not for baby showers.

the_bird said:

You've got to paint the nursery, don't you? And, we bought baby gates at Depot.

Incidentally, the first word that my daughter ever sounded out on her own was "Nails," in a Home Depot children's book. Couldn't have been prouder.

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True, but the post came off, at least to me, more of getting power tools and what not for himself.

TyTanium said:

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

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Not for something as dumb as a baby shower. There's no reason for a man to be there.

Laughing_Gnome_Invisible said:

BTW I do agree with that, but this was NOT one of those times.

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Laughing_Gnome_Invisible said:

Yoops is some kind of superwoman bred from the loins of a lion with a beer in one paw and the wisdom of King Solomon in the other....Other paw? no, that don't work...anyway, you know what I mean.

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You know, I thought I missed you when you weren't around. But now I realize that I probably didn't.

Seriously, you ALWAYS make me laugh. Always. I'm pretty warped.