Dh work shower, should I come?

puffy09

DH coworkers are throwing him a work shower at the end of the work day. He insists on me going to the shower, but I'm not sure if its appropriate for the spouse to come. I don't know his coworkers and only met 2 of them briefly. I don't know why he really wants me to come maybe because the invitation says both of our names, or maybe because most of his coworkers are male and baby shower tend to be a "girl" thing. My question is it normal for me to come to Dh work shower? 

miaomi

I think you should go....they are doing something nice and would most likely enjoy having you there.  If you can get off work that is...otherwise, send a nice thank you and sorry I can't be there!

AlexPuppy

I think you should try to go.  Your bump is the star of the show!   Is also good support of your DH.  I bet he would appreciate you being there to take some of the pressure off of him.  He likely doesn't know how to act at a shower (if he's anything like mine, that is!).

EastCoastBride

Interestingly - my experience is that when work showers are thrown for the mom, the father never comes.  But the one shower we threw for a male coworker, his wife did come..

I think the logic is that since the woman is the one actualy carrying the baby, and the shower is a "baby" shower, the baby should be there....

 

AussieAbbie

We have one male in our dept and when we threw him a shower back in March we TOTALLY expected his wife to attend.. we all wanted to wish her our congrats and see her bump.. having said that, the majority of our whole office is females, but regardless, this was a shower for the both of them and in fact, she even brought her mum along as well.. So, I think you should without a doubt attend.. DH prob doesn't share a whole lot with his co-workers anyways, so they really want to see you and know more about your expected LO... Just my thoughts!

ToesnthesandBride07

It is very nice that your DHs co-works are having a shower for him. I am a little surprised considering you said most are men! I am sure your DH wants to show you and your bump off. He is very excited and you are the other half of this! I would go and have a great time!!

TX-Bride

You HAVE to go. It's very ungrateful if you don't show up. I am sure your boss would be understanding if you tell hom/her why you are leaving early. We have had showers at work for male co-workers and the wives alway show up, it was a given!!

m00n_fire@hotmail.com

It is toooooo cute that they are having a Man shower for him. I would have to go just out of curiousity!!!

Pamiejane

You said your name was on the invite - then I would most definitely go.  If it were just addressed to your DH then no, I would not.

puffy09

Update:

Ladies, thank you for your response. I decided to come to the baby shower, and I'm glad I did. It was great. I finally meet most of his coworkers, and to match the name with the face. It was short and sweet. The 2 ladies that threw the party for us went above and beyond, it was so unexpected. Amazingly, there were a lot of women. I guess the women from diff. dept showed up !!! otherwise it was mostly men. We just opened present and cut the cake. No game. so now I'm thinking to get the 2 ladies a gift basket and thank you notes for everybody.