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Men at a babyshower?

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My mom is throwing me a babyshower and she insists in inviting men since it will be at a restaurant. Have you every been to one where men also attend?
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  • ordinary1ordinary1 member
    Personally I haven't, but I have been hearing more and more about co ed showers here.
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  • StayingSecretStayingSecret member
    Same as PP.  My DH would soooo rather not go and he's a big fan of kids.
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  • cinderincinderin member

    I have been to a co-ed wedding shower.

    It was more like a BBQ or party and less like a "shower". It was OK.  


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  • foxyroxyfoxyroxy member

    I don't really get why restaurant = men.

    That said, I have been to one coed shower and it really wasn't my thing. Too much concern over how to make it guy-friendly, as opposed to focusing on making a special event for the MTB. Also, most (not all

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  • ctilley7911ctilley7911
    i have 2 friends who did it and both their husbands were very on board with it. I told my husband i wanted a co-ed  shower bc well i just moved and have o family or friends here and really dont know the women in his family and well me and his mother
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  • ShakeUpTampaShakeUpTampa member
    My brother was sooo pissed (not real brother but might as well be) that even though he couldn't be in our wedding he couldn't go to the shower since it was all girls. Therefore since he is the god father of our child the shower will be co-ed and no matter
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  • TwinsDaddyTwinsDaddy member

    My wife's shower is coming up.  I'm going to haul us to the hometown with trailer in tow and nobody can believe I'm not also coming to the shower.  Sorry girls, it's all girls.  It's her thing.  I want to do what I can to mak

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  • carlieanddanweddingcarlieanddanwedding member

    My shower is going to be co-ed, but that's because my husband and I are part of a pretty tight-knit circle where both halves of all of the couples are close. There also really isn't that much "girl talk" vs "guy talk" in our circle, our interests are a

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  • ordinary1ordinary1 member
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    i have 2 friends who did it and both their husbands were very on board with it. I told my husband i wanted a coednbsp;
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  • HappyMrsKHappyMrsK member
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    I have been to a co-ed wedding shower.

    It was more like a BBQ or party and less like a "shower". It was OK. &n

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  • rhubarb123rhubarb123 member
    I've been to 4 of them.  The last two by myself because my DH refuses to go to another one after the first two.  I've hosted a boatload of showers but never a co-ed one (and won't).  I have to say (even the ones that are more like a BBQ par
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  • GirlWithAnchorsGirlWithAnchors member
    Wow lol every babyshower I've been too in my life besides 1 were coed. The all girl one was soooo BORING! It's so much fun with guys! Especially when they do the games with us. My baby showers are defiantly coed. In fact now that I think about it my baby
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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
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    Too much concern over how to make it guy-friendly, as opposed to focusing on making a special event for the MTB. </p

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  • Stina2012Stina2012 member
    I hosted one for a friend and the guys sat outside eating, drinking beer and smoking cigars the entire time. What really pissed me off was the b!tching and moaning they all did about being there. Fine, don't come if you don't want to but don't show up to
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  • iHeartVaniHeartVan member

    My shower is co-ed. After reading this, I am a little nervous.

    I have been to a co-ed shower, which was pretty much a picnic with present opening and cake eating. It was fine.

     Mine, however, is going to be more shower-like with games,

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  • mben1119mben1119 member
    Mine was co-ed. As in, DH, my dad, and my brothers were there. They just watched football.
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  • afrochick09afrochick09 member
    I haven't been to one. I know my BIL has made the comment that he would like the celebrate the baby when my sister goes to baby showers. These are mainly ones where there mutual friends with both parents though and he'd love to support them also. 
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    i have 2 friends who did it and both their husbands were very on board with it. I told my husband i wanted a co-e
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  • PinkLillyLoverPinkLillyLover member
    My DH and most men I know have no desire to go to a baby shower.
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  • Disneygeek77Disneygeek77 member
    My husband has been to two coed showers. One wedding, one baby. He has asked that he never go to one again. So next time we are invited to a shower, I will go by myself. I can't blame him though.
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  • msmerymacmsmerymac member
    I went to a shower for a friend last summer. The friend and her husband are mutual friends of me and my husband. My husband asked me, "Can I come?!" I had no idea he was so eager to attend a shower... But then, we don't have a ton of friends with kids.&nb
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  • wwuangelwwuangel member
    My wedding showers were co-ed and my baby showers will be too, with exception of one.  They have just been big parties with friend, family, food and adult beverages so there have been no complaints from the guys.  They just eat, drink and talk m
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  • HelgaFunkHelgaFunk member

    My MIL had a shower for me and since it's an hour and a half away my husband came with me. But then he left to go to his parents house to help with stuff while we did all the girly crap and then brought his dad and two brothers back with him. Everyone

     
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  • AliSarahAliSarah

    Our shower was Co-Ed and it was super fun. It was at a restaurant, but that's just a coincidence I think. We had a really good time at our shower. Some of the husbands chose not to come, but lots did come. My hubby wanted to be there so we were careful

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  • kahlan82kahlan82 member
    I have been to two co-ed showers and they went great.  The men did their own thing while some of the baby games went on and then everyone was there to open presents. They were more like a BBQ/party then a shower. I am having a co-ed shower

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  • CaliforniaDream87CaliforniaDream87 member
    Yep, very common where I live. I will also be having a co-ed shower.
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  • UnknownUnknown
    Yes and why not? Let them be apart of it!
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  • sleepy33sleepy33 member
    I've hosted one that was coed and mine will be (if I have one). Nobody had to convince the men to come. MTB's H came, and some of MTB's closest friends are her ex-bf and his brother, they come to all of our social things and are very close to our whole gr
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