I don't know.
My only job regarding the baby shower(s) was: "get the stuff home"
i was fine with that.
Father involved in baby shower = father's friends invited = more potential gifts. This isn't rocket science.
as if it is only the wife who is having a child?
This man speaks the truth... when my brother had his first he had what is known as a "diaper bash"... Pizza, beer, liquor, manly activities, etc; your ticket into the event was diapers & wipes, and if you brought the $5 pack everybody knew you were a half-*** cheap-skate friend because they could visually see your contribution... my brother didn't buy a single diaper the entire first year... I have regrets of not having a diaper-bash as well, those things are pretty danged expensive.Father involved in baby shower = father's friends invited = more potential gifts. This isn't rocket science.
The fun & games part I left to the women but I did take part in the gift-opening at my wife's baby-shower. The purpose was so I could see what everybody got us etc and be a part of that. It was, afterall, OUR child, not only hers.
We don't segregate Christmas gift-opening into men's & women's do we? Why must the celebration and gift-opening for a couple's first child be treated differently, as if it is only the wife who is having a child?
Purple being implied?Well, technically...
Purple being implied?
Birthing =/= having... although the women grows and births the child, you both (assuming a traditional couple/marriage relationship) are having a child. When somebody says, "Oh, do you know what sex you're having?" I don't correct them and say, "I'm not having a baby, but my wife is having a boy", I simply say, "we're having a boy!"
Have fun with that breast pump....I assume you're lactating.
I don't know.
My only job regarding the baby shower(s) was: "get the stuff home"
i was fine with that.
The fun & games part I left to the women but I did take part in the gift-opening at my wife's baby-shower. The purpose was so I could see what everybody got us etc and be a part of that. It was, afterall, OUR child, not only hers.
We don't segregate Christmas gift-opening into men's & women's do we? Why must the celebration and gift-opening for a couple's first child be treated differently, as if it is only the wife who is having a child?
Father involved in baby shower = father's friends invited = more potential gifts. This isn't rocket science.
In before leadeye....
Follow the money....
.....I was called sexist for refusing to go to one of these unisex baby showers.
Whoever came up with the idea of forcing men (emphasis on the word "men." There aren't many these days) to go to a baby shower should be tarred and feathered.
Hey, if we have to go be miserable at baby showers, then you guys should, too!
The couples showers I've gone to were more like family get-togethers, beer and wine included. Although, what a bummer to be the mother-to-be, and see everyone drinking when you can't!
In before leadeye....
Follow the money....
Birthing =/= having... although the women grows and births the child, you both (assuming a traditional couple/marriage relationship) are having a child. When somebody says, "Oh, do you know what sex you're having?" I don't correct them and say, "I'm not having a baby, but my wife is having a boy", I simply say, "we're having a boy!"