Coed Baby Showers.

[Kmcogar]

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

 

[Fauxsho]

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.

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

 

[Yooper]

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.

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!

 

[JonM]

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!"

 

[terrapinj]

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 ****

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

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.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

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.

 

[Fauxsho]

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

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.

 

[IrregularPulse]

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.

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

Sometimes being a man means putting someone else before yourself.

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

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

This

 

[Yooper]

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.

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.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

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.

You think you are warped? I have some kind of heraldic family crest in my mind already depicting my previous post. I am my own worst enemy.

 

[ktblunden]

My wife's baby shower is coming up in a couple weeks. The women will all get together at my in-laws' house and do...whatever the hell it is they do at those and the men will all congregate at Yardhouse to slam down some beers. After the shower the women will come pick our drunk asses up and bring us back over to the in-laws' for more beers and some BBQ.

Now THAT'S how you do it.

 

[djfriesen]

My wife and I got a recent invite to a shower that sneakily threw in a little snippet at the end saying husbands could come, if they wanted to. I feel bad for the guy, but I'm out. It's scheduled for the 5th and I have an obligation to observe National Homebrewing Day. 7 gallons of roasted IPA is a way better goal than a stroller and 1000 diapers.

 

[brewthunda]

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 ****

That sounds like my son's first birthday. It was an Oktoberfest party with a fire juggler, tons of good German sausages and lots of beer. The first birthday is a celebration of the parents surviving that first year - and the nice part is that Mom can drink.

 

[landshark]

Went to a "coed" shower once. I had a 12 pack of beer in the trunk of my car just in case. No way I was sitting through that. Luckily, the future dad was a good guy and had purchased several cases of Sam Adams samplers prior to the event for us guys. BUT, be prepared. Motto of a boy scout.

 

[Conan]

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!

This ^ is awesome and totally true.

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!"

And this is killer-funny. SWMBO's giving me looks....I've been laughing for a solid few minutes.

OP, I sympathize with you and thank you for warning those of us in the dark on such issues. Kyle

 

[_JP_]

Ugh... we're leaving in a few minutes for a co-ed shower. Luckily, I'm bringing some brews.

The worst is when you're "hosting" the shower with 2-3 other couples, which ends up costing $150-200 per couple, and you still have to buy a present for the shower. So, $300-$400 a pop.

To top it off, I have 2 pregnant sisters, so more of this to come.

 

[spearko520]

i always thought coed was, the guys go hang out in the garage and then sneak to the pub- like an equal but separate kind of deal. Co-ed means the location, not baby games. I mean, women aren't allowed in the parlor, so could't you just go there?