Baby Shower Decision

PhoenixBritt

Hey ladies,

The more I think about a shower the more I am thinking I'd like to do a coed get together (DH agrees) more like a laid back BBQ with friends and family as opposed to the typical shower. I personally don't really like baby showers. Sure they can be fun sometimes but a lot of times most of the guests are bored and not everyone likes to participate in games. I have been to one coed shower and it was much more fun than a lot of the baby showers I have gone to. Also, I will get a ?girly? baby shower at work (there are about 60 people in my office and only two are male). I just wanted to get some unbiased opinions about coed gatherings as opposed to baby showers? DH and I have been together since we were 16 so we have a large group of mutual friends and I?d like them all to share in our baby joy. What do you ladies think?

 

PhoenixBritt

nola78:

My last shower was going to be coed.  I'm a big fan of the coed showers, but only if they are laid back not too shower-like (no games, etc.).  The rationale behind mine was that I was going back to my hometown and it would give me a chance to see all my friends and family, not just the female ones. 

 

I feel the same way! I was planning on just food and drinks and no games.

pnutg

I love the idea of a coed shower! My mom or whoever throws it might disagree, but I think it sounds like more fun!

Meow7511

DH and I decided a while back for our first ever baby shower we are going to do a BBQ instead of a traditional shower.

I feel like showers are really kind of boring... Both bridal and baby. We are also debating if we will have all gifts getting opened. We might just do it at home.  

We have also been together since we were in high school so we share a lot of friends too. I say go for the coed fun! I think a lot of guys have an idea of traditional showers and want nothing to do with it, but my DH had no idea since he doesn't know any family with babies. He was under the impression is was some amazingly fun thing and was a little sad when I said it's a girl thing. So then I was like why not just have a picnic? I don't like going to the traditional ones so I'm not going to have one. 

Mom2anAngel2

We tend to do coEd baby showers in my family. It kind of started as a joke, because my BIL said that he felt left out of his child's shower. We all liked it so much that we continued to make showers coEd. I agree that they are more laid back. And we do not play any of those typical shower games I have just never been a fan!

PhoenixBritt

Thanks ladies! I appreciate all the input!

tetiananina

My shower on Nov 3rd will be Co-Ed. The guys are going to be set up in the garage watching Football, and the girls inside. Then once the "girlie" things are done then we will merge. I love football and alot of my GF do as well so it will turn into a BBQ party after the fact. Plus ALL the alcohol will be outside. I am pretty sure I will be the only sober one after the party. But oh well.

MrsRiceARoni

My shower was co-ed and it was a lot of fun. It was mostly family with just a few close friends, but most of my family is males so I was glad we decided to do co-ed. I also liked having DH there for the present opening because I'm not a big fan of feeling like everyone is stairing at me so it was nice feeling like I wasn't alone in the center of attention. We still did some games but we did less cutesy games and more ruthless competition games haha.

MWoodside

Honestly, 99% of guys do not want to go to showers of any kind.