UNIQUE baby shower games/ideas?

drunkenhandstand · February 2014

symphony4586 said:
Of course now realizing this thread is brought to us by the same klassy individual who left this gem in the names thread a little while back I'm now not nearly as surprised....

Maxiep720 said:

Wow, sad to say. A lot of these names are HORRIBLE, not modern and not unique at all! They're common and ..... Just horrible. %-( poor babies

Oh ya I remember you. We'll just call you class. Better yet we'll call you MaxiPad because that's all I see when I look at your SN.

VTKatie · February 2014

How can someone be "super picky about decorations"? It's a baby shower. 90% of the people there are going to wish they were doing something else, and 100% won't care what the hell you have on the walls or cake. Spending a ton of money on décor won't disguise your tacky ass shower as anything more than a gift-grabby event for a self involved bitch.

bgoodbpar · February 2014

Your pic reminds me, we had pin the sperm on the egg at my shower. It was actually fun/funny. I was nervous about how my guests would react but it fit our circle of friends and fam well and went with our nontraditional shower.

ETA: maybe I should read through the thread first next time... eek!

MstoMrstoMom851214 · February 2014

shanicenicolle said:

symphony4586 said:

shanicenicolle said:

My mother is throwing my shower for me but I'm curious as to how a baby shower is different from a birthday party or a house warming? Aren't you expected to bring gifts to that as well? (Not trying to start shit, just genuinely wondering)

Label me clueless as I'm a hermit and don't willingly host events because the option to exit when I have had enough human interaction is no longer there.

In all honesty in my social circle a "birthday party" for an adult is usually not a gift giving event.. it's usually "Hey, we're going to use Joe's birthday as an excuse to all get together grab some dinner and go drinking this week!" If there are any gifts involved they're usually something super personal or a good gag gift.

Also I've never seen anyone create a registry for a housewarming party, a few people may choose to bring a bottle of wine or something along those lines, but it's definitely not expected of any guest.

I think I have greedy friends lmao. The few housewarming events I've gone to had a registry. They were "my first place out of college and I don't want to eat off the floor" type things though.

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty appalled by this! I've only been to one house warming party ever and bought them a cute wine rack. However, it was for my best friend and there were no gifts required. Registering for a house warming seems beyond tacky to me!!!

Salsera29 · February 2014

Sort of related...at lunch today my friend (retiring next year, very etiquette-savvy, always the first one to send a sympathy card, that kind of person) says to me, "I just got an invitation to this...gender.....?" And I said, "A gender reveal party. Lol..." and explained it to her. She made a perplexed face and said, "What happened to just having a shower?" I told her gender reveal parties aren't usually gift-giving events. She said her invitation had a registery card stapled to it! Lmao that person is as tacky as OP :-)

hope1017 · February 2014

I understand both sides...since for me a baby shower is basically a celebration of welcoming a new baby that is on its way, of course this celebration/party/baby shower however you want to call it involves gifts; whether you ask for then or not people will still offer to bring them. So why not just let her do what she wants whether you think its tacky or not and just provide her with a couple of games that she can use...its not that hard to ignore.

MstoMrstoMom851214 · February 2014

Salsera29 said:

Sort of related...at lunch today my friend (retiring next year, very etiquette-savvy, always the first one to send a sympathy card, that kind of person) says to me, "I just got an invitation to this...gender.....?" And I said, "A gender reveal party. Lol..." and explained it to her. She made a perplexed face and said, "What happened to just having a shower?" I told her gender reveal parties aren't usually gift-giving events. She said her invitation had a registery card stapled to it! Lmao that person is as tacky as OP :-)

I'm really hoping that it is in lieu of a baby shower?!

I have a friend who is doing a gender reveal at her baby shower, but her twin sister is throwing/planning everything. Not my taste, but I don't find it tacky as long as she is following "shower etiquette."

Eposty · February 2014

funnibunni80 said:

MstoMrstoMom851214 said:

shanicenicolle said:

symphony4586 said:

shanicenicolle said:

My mother is throwing my shower for me but I'm curious as to how a baby shower is different from a birthday party or a house warming? Aren't you expected to bring gifts to that as well? (Not trying to start shit, just genuinely wondering)

Label me clueless as I'm a hermit and don't willingly host events because the option to exit when I have had enough human interaction is no longer there.

In all honesty in my social circle a "birthday party" for an adult is usually not a gift giving event.. it's usually "Hey, we're going to use Joe's birthday as an excuse to all get together grab some dinner and go drinking this week!" If there are any gifts involved they're usually something super personal or a good gag gift.

Also I've never seen anyone create a registry for a housewarming party, a few people may choose to bring a bottle of wine or something along those lines, but it's definitely not expected of any guest.

I think I have greedy friends lmao. The few housewarming events I've gone to had a registry. They were "my first place out of college and I don't want to eat off the floor" type things though.

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty appalled by this! I've only been to one house warming party ever and bought them a cute wine rack. However, it was for my best friend and there were no gifts required. Registering for a house warming seems beyond tacky to me!!!

I've had two housewarming parties now. The first was a BBQ on the 4th of July. My parents got us new plates, and one of my friends got me a cute chime to hang in the backyard. No one else got us anything and we had fun!

At the second one we had (for this house) one friend got us a couple cool board games. I was really surprised. But register??? Hell no. We didn't do gifts at my wedding either. Nor did we have a bridal shower. Just didn't seem necessary, ya know? Not like we were setting up house. We'd been married (albeit not legally) for a year beforehand.

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That amazes me, a registry for a house warming party?! That sounds like somebody bought a house they can't afford! I always bring a bottle of wine to a new house but that's it.

Birthday parties, unless it's for someone under 10 I assume no gifts. Oh wait, my inlaws believe in gifts and seperate birthdays for every single person even thought there are 4 August birthdays! I haven't been to the lake in August in 8 years!! It would be too much to ask for them to share, nope. We are all SS in this family!

Edit: I don't know why it's not showing previous quotes!

eortman · February 2014

OP, it is rude to throw your own shower, whatever your life situation. Also, anykind of sperm or other "suggestive" game is totally inappropriate for a shower and may be embarassing for the guests.

Mamanorris81 · February 2014

Omg are we in the same family?! My inlaws are the same way with birthdays. So annoying.

Nichole8787 · February 2014

Maxiep720 said:

Thanks to those who actually answer my questions, and fuck off to those who just bitch, rant, and follow along w all the other psychotic moody negative nancys. You don't even consider the situations I'm in. I don't have a BFF around. I don't have a mother in law in my life and id like to save other people time and money, by doing it myself. Plus it'll be on mine and DH's bday & anniversary ... So it'll be a lot of different celebrations going on and I'm not gonna be greedy and have someone else pay for the stuff I want. Times have changed. Not everything is gonna be the old fashioned way.

sxymamakat · February 2014

Nichole8787 said:

Maxiep720 said:

Thanks to those who actually answer my questions, and fuck off to those who just bitch, rant, and follow along w all the other psychotic moody negative nancys. You don't even consider the situations I'm in. I don't have a BFF around. I don't have a mother in law in my life and id like to save other people time and money, by doing it myself. Plus it'll be on mine and DH's bday & anniversary ... So it'll be a lot of different celebrations going on and I'm not gonna be greedy and have someone else pay for the stuff I want. Times have changed. Not everything is gonna be the old fashioned way.

Well, now THAT doesn't make you look and sound like a petulant 5 year old having a tantrum. You were told that what you want to do is greedy, rude, and in poor taste, and THIS is your response? Saying "fuck off" to us sadly won't make up for you saying "fuck off" to etiquette. It's not old fashioned to not be rude- it's classy. This response tells me that you have some trouble and prefer "klassy" with a k.

By the way, if you would have mentioned the other parties in the first place, the answers might have been different. Now it sounds like you're scrambling.

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