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Interesting baby shower- re: that dreadful "measure the mom" game
Well, not everyone thinks it's dreadful, I know, but there was a post about it a few days ago where some did.
Today, I went to a shower and this game was played. They passed around rolls of toilet paper and asked everyone to pull a piece and guess how big the mom was. I whispered to the person next to me, "I kind of hate this game and don't really want to play it." She responded, "Well, this was done at my shower and I hated it so I am NOT playing." Then a friend of mine who was sitting there too said, "I was humiliated when they did this at my shower. I'm not doing it either." And one by one, women who'd been pregnant and either hated the game from experience or hated the idea of it, refused to play!
I know that some women are fine with it. It just so happened that most of these women were not. We didn't make a big deal of it. We just sat quietly and smiled and passed the toilet paper when it got to us. I guess we increased the odds for the few that did play. LOL
FWIW, I didn't care for any of the games. Sorry if that makes me a party pooper. I kind of hate showers! The best part was the cake and punch.
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Re: Interesting baby shower- re: that dreadful "measure the mom" game
I don't blame you for passing it.
I honestly feel that's one of the most humiliating shower games ever invented.
I've never heard of that game but I wouldnt want people guessing my size, either.
I've never played it but I think the game where they melt different chocolate bars in diapers and then you have to figure out what kind of chocolate bar it is sounds fun.
Who the hell came up with the idea for that game?? Cruel and unusual. Sorry if anyone thinks it's cute and fun, but I don't.
Why not just get out the scale and play "Guess the new mommy's weight?"
I lurve baby showers but I despise games.
And I seriously think the measuring mom game is the absolute worst game ever.
ZOMG I would die.
She didn't seem to enjoy standing there with her arms out while people came up with their paper and screamed, "Tooo small!! You're way bigger than I guessed! hahaha!" etc etc. I think we helped her by shortening the length of time that this had to go on.
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The game didn't really bother me at mine, BUT, I've always been big so maybe because I was used to it? I don't know.
I didn't mean to imply that I would allow that game at MY shower, lol.
I'm not sensitive, but think the game is dumb. Shower games overall are not my thing and as far as I know it's not common where I am from (with my family at least) and so I don't think there will be any at my shower. I would rather enjoy visiting with people than playing games...but that's just me.
They're not really measuring your belly though. They're measuring all around.
And if you were one of the lucky ones such as myself whose body decided to grow >>>WIDE<<< then having someone measure all around you sucks beyond belief.
Now if you want to measure my fundal height that's totally different LOL
I agree 100%!!! I love just socializing and munching (on cake and punch!) and "oohing-ahhing" over baby things!
As mavilabride said, they aren't *really* just measuring your belly. They wrap the paper or string around your whole body and a lot of people get bigger/wider all the way around.
For me, I didn't want anyone staring at my body or giving me that sort of attention because I was big everywhere! I was very uncomfortable. Very few people JUST get bigger bellies and nothing else. Even if you are just "all belly" some women just have a hard time adjusting to how huge they feel. It's really very surreal by that point how big you are/feel- you can't really get over it! (I know there are exceptions but this is what we were saying today at the shower.)
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"You're gonna miss this You're gonna want this back You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast..."
This is my first pregnancy, but I still dislike the game. Women are already self conscious and then some people who have no judgement take a ton of TP to make a person feel bigger than what they were. At my SIL's shower, her aunt took 60" of string... I felt so bad for my SIL.
DITTO!!!