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Baby Showers
To all the Biotchs of the bump!
I do not know what crawled up your arses and died, but you are the most ridiculous women I have ever met. If I person can plan there own birthday I believe I person can plan there own shower. Plus the baby will be the ones getting the gifts, not yourself! Has anyone thought of throwing the shower for your baby. Yes that is right, Shower for Baby Given by Mommy and Daddy, because in the end that is what it comes down too. Many people plan and pay for there own weddings and people come with gifts anyways. What is the big damn difference?
** To the nice ladies who were just asking a question to these losers who didnt offer any help:
Apparently, no one went to these ladies showers, maybe like me there family and friends think there snotty and b!tchy. Dont let these women fool you, they know nothing..
Every baby should be celebrated and even the wealthiest people have showers, JLO threw her own! Have fun, enjoy the memories.
For better support go to American Pregnancy Association Forums, they are sweet ladies...
Whomever has not accepted or recieved a shower gift can cast the first stone..
Im sure many of you will be happy to see me gone, but im the one whos lucky.
Peace be with you... Back to APA Forums.. SooOoooOoo Long Bump Biotches!
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Re: To all the Biotchs of the bump!
That's what jumped out at me too.
Same here...
OP I'm sorry you are so upset by the responses to your post, but I really feel that as much as we want to say the baby shower gifts are for the baby, it's for the parents. So that they don't have to go out and spend so much money on stuff. The baby is too young to care if they are wearing the same white onsie everyday or if they have 50 different ones. The baby doesn't get all excited about the $150 swing! These things aren't necessities at all. They are extra, and if someone decides to give them to you it is a gift! Not a right of passage, not something you should expect, not a milestone. You are free to disagree, of course! But I'm not a biotch because I have a different opinion.
What?
Sorry, I was busy planning my own surprise birthday party. I kept calling God to ask if he wanted to sign his own name in the "hosted by" section or if I should just forge it for him.
Now, back to your post.
Nope, still think you're an idiot--HTH!
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
Glad I didn't have to say it.
I love how being told the honest truth about a question you asked makes others "biotches". Ranting and running away when you don't get the answer you want makes you a spoiled baby.
Also, to address the birthday / baby shower comparison, a baby shower is for the express purpose of obtaining gifts, while a birthday party doesn't have to imply the same thing, especially an adult birthday party.
Then leave.......it.
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
Just a little FYI if you are going to spout things about celebrities you should probably read about them before you post.
" The singer and her husband Marc Anthony both attended the afternoon shower, which was hosted by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Lopez's producer on the 2002 film Maid in Manhattan."
Even the rich know its tacky to throw your own shower.
[color=#FF0000]Mom to 5 girls 23,22,18,9,7 and one sweet Wonderboy almost 4[/color]
The Chaos of Six!
Coming out of lurk mode:
If you are going to b!tch people out, don't look like an ignoramous doing it. It's 'to' not 'too' - too means 'also'.
It's 'their' not 'there' - there is a location
Anyway is not spelled with an 's'
And please note that whomever is improperly used - it should be whoever. Whom should only be used when it can be replaced by the pronoun 'him' or 'her'.
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Sorry to burst your bubble but I am NOT a biotch. Just want to set you straight on that. I have always tried to give helpful information and correct etiquette form. Just because YOU think a person can host their OWN baby shower does not make it right. Do you read? If so...pick up some etiquette books. A shower is completely different from a birthday party OR a wedding. If you know anything about etiquette you would know that a gift is NOT required for either...whereas a gift is required at a shower (the whole reason is th SHOWER the mom-to-be with gifts SHE will use for the baby). As shower is not a celebration of the baby...the baby (in most cases) isn't even born yet (so how can you celebrate a baby that is not yet here?). I think because of today's society some etiquette has been "softened" a bit...but not the idea of throwing/hosting your own shower. It is never OK for Mom-to-be and Dad-to-be to host a shower for their unborn child. Yes, the gifts are USED for the child but not by the child. So even though you SAY they are hosting for the child...the child/baby is not really the one using them. KWIM?
I have no idea who you are or where you get your information but you are incorrect with some of your thinking. Sorry. Most likely you will not read this since I didn't see it until late and you only have posted here like 11 times anyway.
OK, who throws their own birthday party?
I find it funny that you are making things up just to justify being tacky. No matter how you slice it, no matter how much money you make, where you come from, or who you are:
YOU DON'T THROW YOUR OWN SHOWER UNLESS YOU WANT OTHERS TO SIDE EYE YOU.
Unless you say "no gifts, please donate to _____ charity if so desired", then I give you a free pass.
that was unnecessary.
On a message board I would much rather be the person who has awful grammar and makes mistakes occasionally than be the person who goes around calling people crackheads or idiots for these sorts of things.
Since when is it a bad thing to throw your own shower? You are all being ridiculous on here...This is supposed to help people! Why don't you take it up through IM.
Personally if you wanna throw your own shower because if noone will help then go ahead...I mean hell you have to have one to help your own personal finances out. If noone likes it well they just don't have to go.
I didn't throw my own but I was damn sure the one writing the invites and getting them out. AND i helped decorate..so pfft.
Save the money you would have spent on the shower (Figure what, $200-$300 minimum?) and use it to buy the stuff you need for your baby. People who would want to buy you a present for your shower??? They will still buy your baby presents. You don't need a shower to get presents---people seem confused about this.
If people like you enough to buy you and your stuff, they'll do it without you shoving crap games and pastel mints down their throats.
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
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He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
This!
Also, OP, it is just basic etiquette not to throw a shower for yourself.
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So basically, instead of saying "why in the world would you purposely have three HUGE tickers that all say the exact same thing and are really freaking annoying??" I should say "Do you realize that by putting three huge tickers that say basically the same thing, it's freaking annoying and obnoxious?"
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
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This thread is absolutely ridiculous...
You're all pregnant, or new moms...and you're speaking to each other like this?
If a mom wants to hold her own babyshower that is her OWN perogative. Does that mean that she should be able to attack other moms who disapprove? NO, nor does it mean that mothers who do deserve to be attacked because someone else feels it's "tacky"
OBVIOUSLY if a mother is throwing her own shower, showing that she's doing it for the SOLE purpose of gaining items for her new bundle of joy her close friends and family will already know that is her game plan and chances are, those items that are wanted, won't be purchased.
I for one am one of those "tacky" moms. I really don't care what anyone one else thinks about me holding my own shower [and not just that its for my THIRD baby *gasps*] Feel free to have a field day with that, correct my grammar, tell me I'm an idiot or a moron. My friends and family [who are those labeled that because they're not judgemental] know that I'm not greedy, that I'm not expecting anything at all gift wise, but that I would like for everyone to come together and celebrate this miracle little boy because he's overcome so many obsticles, because the last big gathering was 7 months ago when my five month old was killed, because we know how precious life is, how quickly we could lose the most precious thing in our life.
I'm not worried about gifts, in fact I've spent the past months having a great time finding different favors that my guests would love, different things that would help us celebrate the life that was created before all of the tragedy we experienced, to forget the fact that a woman now awaits trial because my little girls life wasn't valuable enough to her.
Both sides of this argument are in the wrong. It's unfortunate to see how mean spirited things can get during a time that should be seen as nothing more than a blessing, and then celebrated, which I truly believe is the purpose, sole purpose, of a baby shower.