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Nikooru
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23 weeks & I want my baby!
Nikooru
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I'm 23 weeks expecting a girl and other than painting a couple of walls were all ready with everything bought apart from a cot bed that we haven't seen one we like yet
I don't know what else to do with myself I just want her out already haha. She's kicking all the time which I love.
due 14th Nov
What else is there to do! I just want to talk baby allllll the time :P
I don't know what else to do with myself I just want her out already haha. She's kicking all the time which I love.
due 14th Nov
What else is there to do! I just want to talk baby allllll the time :P
Re: 23 weeks & I want my baby!
Seriously wondering the same thing. I took it that way too. Barf.
Just my excuse to talk more baby
I think it's more of an American thing
How many weeks are you?
If you don't have anyone to throw you a shower, then you don't get one. No one (not even a pregnant woman) is entitled to parties and gifts.
And a shower is supposed to celebrate a woman becoming a mother, not the baby. This is why showers for 2nd, 3rd, 4th kids are tacky since the woman is already a mom.
No. No one (single ladies, brides, bros, babies, dad, moms, grandparents, godparents, etc) deserves gifts.
That sense of entitlement is disgusting.
I had 4 showers when pregnant with my first. One in my homestate, one in the city I was living at the time, 1 work and one family. Didn't ask for any. Should I have turned down the later three since I technically was already welcomed into motherhood? Fast forward 5 years later, I am pregnant again and have new friends who are already planning the shower. I think it would be tacky of me to refuse even though I secretly hate ALL baby showers.
If you don't have anyone to throw you a shower, then you don't get one. No one (not even a pregnant woman) is entitled to parties and gifts.
And a shower is supposed to celebrate a woman becoming a mother, not the baby. This is why showers for 2nd, 3rd, 4th kids are tacky since the woman is already a mom.
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Where I'm from its super common for baby showers for 2nd, 3rd and even 4th babies. Someone always wants to host one and a lot of the invited attend, unless they have work !
It's a shame so many people are ignorant about etiquette.
But I do agree that most threads turn into a baby shower discussion.
I mean.. in my family, your closest female family member is the one to throw it. So technically having a friend plan it is tacky to us. Or would be if, you know, we sucked.
Do you see me getting humpty about it? No, of course not. THAT'S tacky.
I mean.. in my family, your closest female family member is the one to throw it. So technically having a friend plan it is tacky to us. Or would be if, you know, we sucked.
Do you see me getting humpty about it? No, of course not. THAT'S tacky.
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Your from Nova Scotia as well, and I'll agree with you ! We celebrate baby with a shower regardless if it's our 1st, 2nd,3rd or 10th !! Small communities seem to differ from the "bigger cities".
I mean.. in my family, your closest female family member is the one to throw it. So technically having a friend plan it is tacky to us. Or would be if, you know, we sucked.
Do you see me getting humpty about it? No, of course not. THAT'S tacky.
Different cultures have different etiquette rules. I'm from the UK and there are few rules when it comes to showers (mainly because showers have only started becoming more popular in recent years). The only thing which is classed as bad etiquette or tacky over here are registries as it's considered rude to tell your friends and family what they should buy. The general consensus is that the two people who made the baby should pay for the baby. If friends want to buy gifts it's usually just clothes or toys of their choosing. That being said, I don't have an issue with anyone in the US having a registry as I appreciate your culture is different to mine. Point I'm rambling about making is that what is proper etiquette to one culture may not be proper etiquette to another.
It's a shame so many people are ignorant about etiquette.
But I do agree that most threads turn into a baby shower discussion.
Mm I obviously meant nearly all posts turn into an argument but clearly you would like to reinforce that point.TTC #2: Oct 2017, BFP 12/19/17, CP 12/22/17
BFP 2/20/18 - EDD 10/31/2018
"Baby showers" are a lot different in the UK. There no where near as popular and thought about as in say the U.S. I only know a handful of people who bother having them.
Like I said I'm not really having one, few people asked at work when is it etc so to please others and for something to look forward to as an excuse to talk more baby me and my friend said we would do something casual - tea & cake afternoon with family and friends.
Cheer up ladies for god sake