Co-Ed Baby Shower?

[Tenbatsuzen]

I had a silly question for everyone.

I had an idea of having a co-ed baby shower. The idea was kind of like a Orthodox jew wedding. On the day of the NFC/AFC championship games, all the girls and guys would go to a restaurant. The room would be split in half - everyone could mingle, but the guys could watch the games, drink beer, and act like men, while the girls can open up gifts, gossip, and drink.

Is this a silly idea? Would you go to such a thing?

[Furtherman]

No.

[hammersavage]

yes and no

[RoseBlood]

Is this a silly idea? Would you go to such a thing?

No.

No, it's not a silly idea or no, you wouldn't go to such a thing?

I've been to one "jack n jill" shower, sorta. The guys just came back to the house after they gorged on shrimp beer and lobster, after all the boring gift opening was done. So really they didn't get the full "shower" experience nor should they ever have too.

[mikeyboy]

I had a silly question for everyone.

I had an idea of having a co-ed baby shower. The idea was kind of like a Orthodox jew wedding. On the day of the NFC/AFC championship games, all the girls and guys would go to a restaurant. The room would be split in half - everyone could mingle, but the guys could watch the games, drink beer, and act like men, while the girls can open up gifts, gossip, and drink.

Is this a silly idea? Would you go to such a thing?

No busting balls, but are you throwing yourself a shower? I think that's usually considered bad form.

[Tenbatsuzen]

No busting balls, but are you throwing yourself a shower? I think that's usually considered bad form.

No, we're not throwing ourselves a shower. It was just an idea I had when Stugots brought up getting invited to a baby shower.

[Furtherman]

No, I wouldn't go. Baby showers are just a chick thing, and if you ask some to be honest, they'll tell you they don't like them either. They probably don't mind family ones. It doesn't matter is you have a room for the boys and a room for the girls, they're still at the same place together.

[hammersavage]

if further's not going somewhere, i'm not going somewhere

[Tenbatsuzen]

No, I wouldn't go. Baby showers are just a chick thing, and if you ask some to be honest, they'll tell you they don't like them either. They probably don't mind family ones. It doesn't matter is you have a room for the boys and a room for the girls, they're still at the same place together.

I'm kind of the same way. I'm not big on Baby Showers. We still have gifts from the wedding we haven't opened up, and it's just so... much... stuff. I've been spending the holidays getting rid of stuff in the house... it's not like we need more.

[Ritalin]

It's cool for guys to show up with their women to a baby shower. It's not a bachelorette party, for crying out loud, plus the father to be has to be there, so why not show up and support your buddy.

The othodox Jew part of it is a little odd though. Will everybody have to buy gifts at B & H? Was your child conceived through a hole in a sheet?

[boobieman]

I had a silly question for everyone.

I had an idea of having a co-ed baby shower. The idea was kind of like a Orthodox jew wedding. On the day of the NFC/AFC championship games, all the girls and guys would go to a restaurant. The room would be split in half - everyone could mingle, but the guys could watch the games, drink beer, and act like men, while the girls can open up gifts, gossip, and drink.

Is this a silly idea? Would you go to such a thing?

What.....do you hate everyone....don't do it...I am not even invited and I hate ya for just thinking of doing this..DURING THE CHAMPIONCHIP GAME...I really don't like you..SORRY

SSEYAYYAAAA

[mikeyboy]

Dave and Casey's baby showers at the Crowe's Nest were fun, but those were more bar nights than real baby showers.

[RoseBlood]

I'm kind of the same way. I'm not big on Baby Showers. We still have gifts from the wedding we haven't opened up, and it's just so... much... stuff. I've been spending the holidays getting rid of stuff in the house... it's not like we need more.

Unless it's a really close fam or friend, the majority of femails I know despise bridal showers and to a lesser degree, baby showers. But it's a right of passage, so you go and smile for your friend and be happy for her as you would also hope she'll return the favor when it's your turn.

Some people opt for "display showers" where you don't wrap the gift and just set it on a table for people to see, rather than sitting through the ceremony of opening the gifts. I don't think one's better than the other, personal preference and either should be respected by the guests.

Most showers I've been to were held at a restaurant, but if it can be done, I prefer going to someone's home, especially when it's my family as we like to have fun and restaurants can inhibit the casualness we like sometimes.


It's cool for guys to show up with their women to a baby shower. It's not a bachelorette party, for crying out loud, plus the father to be has to be there, so why not show up and support your buddy.

The othodox Jew part of it is a little odd though. Will everybody have to buy gifts at B & H? Was your child conceived through a hole in a sheet?

I do not know one guy whose ever said they'd like to attend a shower. If by being there you mean, they show up at the last 10 minutes with a van and a few buddies to help load all the gifts, then yes, they should be there... otherwise it would be pretty torturous for them.

[SatCam]

I'd be willing to go. Id come 3 hours late though

[Tenbatsuzen]

The othodox Jew part of it is a little odd though. Will everybody have to buy gifts at B & H?

Orthodox jew weddings, the men are on one side of the room, women are on the other. Mingling is not allowed. I just had separation so they guys could watch the game without bothering the women and vice versa.

as for gifts from B&H... baby couldn't use a new zoom lens and Slingbox, but Daddy sure could.



Was your child conceived through a hole in a sheet?

there was certainly a hole in something...












(and I'm kidding)

[Furtherman]

Orthodox jew weddings, the men are on one side of the room, women are on the other. Mingling is not allowed.

Sounds like my catholic grade school dances.

[opie's twisted balls]

I had an idea of having a co-ed baby shower. The idea was kind of like a Orthodox jew wedding.
Perfect analogy, I'd rather drink drano then attend either.

[happytypinggirl]

nah, nobody wants to go to a shower. except the girl's handful of closest friends. i'm sure thats why they were single-sex in the first place.

[sailor]

It's cool for guys to show up with their women to a baby shower. It's not a bachelorette party, for crying out loud, plus the father to be has to be there, so why not show up and support your buddy.

The othodox Jew part of it is a little odd though. Will everybody have to buy gifts at B & H? Was your child conceived through a hole in a sheet?

i've seen co-ed and women only. if it's women only, there's absolutely no need for the father to be there. never heard of the dad going to a traditional baby shower.

[TripleSkeet]

Guys do not want to go to baby showers. All you will do is cause a reason for each of the couples to fight. It is a good way to see who wears the pants in the relationship though as the guys that actually go....well...

And who said the father to be has to be there? I brought my wife to both baby showers and both times once they shouted SURPRISE! I kissed her on the cheek and left. Then I came back later to help bring the gifts home.

Usually baby showers are good times for guys to meet up at a bar to watch the games and drink AWAY from their women. Not 10 feet away.

[JimBeam]

My wife just tod me today that her mom planned her baby shower on February 7th which is Super Bowl Sunday.

It's not a big deal to me because they're having it in the clubhouse of our complex so it's not gonna put me out.

My brother-in-law wanted to go to go to it but he's catering a party.

I'm not sure why he wants to go since it's gonna just be females.

[Sinestro]

My wife just tod me today that her mom planned her baby shower on February 7th which is Super Bowl Sunday.

It's not a big deal to me because they're having it in the clubhouse of our complex so it's not gonna put me out.

My brother-in-law wanted to go to go to it but he's catering a party.

I'm not sure why he wants to go since it's gonna just be females.

Hmmm.....maybe that's why.

[foodcourtdruide]

My friend did a co-ed babyshower and it was pretty good. I think the key was that he didn't try to divide the room. I say make it a normal babyshower, but don't make it too geared towards females (for example, don't make the games only for women). Just get some good food, open the presents in front of the crowd and have a few speeches.

And, yes. I'd love to come.

Also, don't do it on the championship games, wait the next week for the pro-bowl.

[SatCam]

Do it on the day of a game, invite the women, let the guys stay home and watch the game. They will thank you.

[Dude!]

the orthodox jewish thing
is maximizing your take of gifts

[Ritalin]

I dunno, maybe I'm too newfangled.

Our friends threw us a shower in a bar downtown on a Sunday, and we all got together and drank margaritas and had fun.

Who said baby showers had to be boring? Liven up, people.

It's 2010.

[Jujubees2]

I haven't been to a baby shower for the first 47 years of my life and I'm not going to start now. If you want to get together with the guys and watch the game at the same time as the shower do it but do it somewhere else.

[smiler grogan]

We did a co-ed and my sister had a co-ed. They were fine, the men did all the manly things and the broads all giggled in the parlor. It seems fairly common nowadays. But to have it during championship weekend is a bad idea.

[Don Stugots]

I had a silly question for everyone.

I had an idea of having a co-ed baby shower. The idea was kind of like a Orthodox jew wedding. On the day of the NFC/AFC championship games, all the girls and guys would go to a restaurant. The room would be split in half - everyone could mingle, but the guys could watch the games, drink beer, and act like men, while the girls can open up gifts, gossip, and drink.

Is this a silly idea? Would you go to such a thing?


i was just complaining about this the other day. its a rotten idea. showers, baby and bridal are for chicks. case closed.

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

Murder/suicide.

[sailor]

I dunno, maybe I'm too newfangled.

Our friends threw us a shower in a bar downtown on a Sunday, and we all got together and drank margaritas and had fun.

Who said baby showers had to be boring? Liven up, people.

It's 2010.

i think all the ones i've known of recently have been in bar/restaurants. it's still for the girls tho'

[FUNKMAN]

sounds like a decent idea... if u have designated drivers...

[opie's twisted balls]

if u have designated drivers...
I nominate Susan Smith for the baby shower

[Tenbatsuzen]

I nominate Susan Smith for the baby shower

Fuck off.

[opie's twisted balls]

Fuck off.
Scott Peterson?

[Tenbatsuzen]

Scott Peterson?

I know making jokes about child killers must be all the rage to you, especially in threads about baby showers, but try to have a little decorum.

[opie's twisted balls]

Lighten up Francis

[PapaBear]

I dunno, maybe I'm too newfangled.

Our friends threw us a shower in a bar downtown on a Sunday, and we all got together and drank margaritas and had fun.

Who said baby showers had to be boring? Liven up, people.

It's 2010.
People threw one for my second wife and me at the bar where I worked. Everyone stuck around for the presents, then the guys drank and played pool, while the ladies did whatever the fuck it is they do at showers.

[midwestjeff]

while the ladies did whatever the fuck it is they do at showers.

Probably pillow fights.

I'm 98% sure that's what happens anytime
three or more women are left alone.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Lighten up Francis

That was being light. Either add to the conversation or go to V3.

[sailor]

That was being light. Either add to the conversation or go to V3.

remember, bizarro matty would be in charge of our membership drives; you're not the decider of who stays/goes. it was a joke, i don't think he had any animosity towards you before now. otb, we're all familiar with the jokes, but making them in the thread of the expectant father is beyond the pale. this would be a stressful time for any guy and he doesn't need you to make a joke about his kid being killed.

thanks to both of you for dropping this, now.

[A.J.]

It doesn't sound kosher to me.

[KingGeno]

My sister got it right when she planned her baby shower at Wildflowers in south jersey.

Open bar and free bar food for the guys.

Baby shower and cake and whatever the hell they do for the women in the other room.

It was win-win.

[mikeyboy]

I'm having trouble finding a pic of old Biff Tannen traveling back to the past and talking to young Biff.

[CountryBob]

In my circle of friends there have been many girl and guy baby showers but all have been held at someone's home. Basically, all of the guys gather around a TV for the sports and drinks and the chicks do all of the baby showering. If they didnt include the guys we would all be out at a bar and some of the chicks dont want to give their husbands a free hall pass (sad).

[Ritalin]

Seriously you guys are all gay.

Are all the women who would be invited to a baby shower so hideous, so icky and cooties filled that you wouldn't want to sit down and have a drink with them? You'd rather lumber off to a secluded room for a football game and a circle jerk?

[sailor]

I think women should be able to have some things for themselves and traditionally a baby shower is one of them.

[KingGeno]

I think women should be able to have some things for themselves and traditionally a baby shower is one of them.

I totally agree.

I know I posted that I attended my sis's baby shower, but that was only cuz of an open bar and some good food.

If my wifey is having a baby shower, I'm going go do something else...like paintball or knife fights.

[CountryBob]

Seriously you guys are all gay.

Are all the women who would be invited to a baby shower so hideous, so icky and cooties filled that you wouldn't want to sit down and have a drink with them? You'd rather lumber off to a secluded room for a football game and a circle jerk?

Gay? because we want a few hours of drinking and sports with the buddies? I am sick of my chicks shit half the time and she gets too much of me as well. Some guys I know dont get much escape from the chick and need the football room at the baby shower - just to survive. And dont knock the circle jerk until you have tried it!

[DOHO@HOME]

Co-Ed baby showers are never a good thing leave this stupid shit to the ladies.
No guy cares to sit around and look at baby gifts, and also kid birthday partys for kids under the age four are a pain in the ass for guys to attend.
Women love that shit and should go and enjoy without having to drag the guy along.
He never wants to be there only if it's his kid and some cases that isn't true.

[topless_mike]

yeah, i would leave it for the chicks. find out her closet friends, do all the work, and suprise her. (by talking about it on the interwebz... nice)

if its not a secret, still do all the leg work, but just have the husbands over to watch some games. fill them with wings and beer.

[KingGeno]

Lot of internet tough guys in this thread. It's scurry.

[RoseBlood]

I don't understand the point of a co-ed shower if it's going to play out like a 1950's 5th grade dance where the men and women are separated.. what's the point then?

If you're going to have a co-ed shower, might as well just make it a party and not even call it a shower. Let the sex's mingle and have fun, we're all adults.

[A.J.]

If you're going to have a co-ed shower, might as well just make it a party and not even call it a shower. Let the sex's mingle and have fun, we're all adults.

Co-ed Orgy?

[RoseBlood]

Co-ed Orgy?

I will not besmirch the sanctity of Tenbat's co-ed baby shower thread with your hedonistic fantasies.

[lleeder]

I don't understand the point of a co-ed shower if it's going to play out like a 1950's 5th grade dance where the men and women are separated.. what's the point then?

If you're going to have a co-ed shower, might as well just make it a party and not even call it a shower. Let the sex's mingle and have fun, we're all adults.

What happens when a man sees some baby clothes? The order of society will be thrown out of balance!!!!!!

[TripleSkeet]

I really believe the whole co-ed baby shower thing came about from women that hate when their guy gets to go out and have a good time without them. Its sad but there is alot of them out there. These are the women you see tagging along whenever a bunch of the guys meet up at the bar even though shes the only girlfriend/wife there.

If these men would just show an ounce of backbone and stand up for themselves other guys wouldnt have to deal with the arguments that ensue when we get invited to these things and basically just say "Its not happening."

[lleeder]

I really believe the whole co-ed baby shower thing came about from women that hate when their guy gets to go out and have a good time without them. Its sad but there is alot of them out there. These are the women you see tagging along whenever a bunch of the guys meet up at the bar even though shes the only girlfriend/wife there.

If these men would just show an ounce of backbone and stand up for themselves other guys wouldnt have to deal with the arguments that ensue when we get invited to these things and basically just say "Its not happening."

This so true. Women are out to get us and ruin all fun. During my wifes shower I cut all the brake lines in the parking lot where it was being held. Sadly they had taken a party bus which was parked across the street.

[Furtherman]

Sounds like my catholic grade school dances.

I don't understand the point of a co-ed shower if it's going to play out like a 1950's 5th grade dance where the men and women are separated..

I'm not that old!!

[Ritalin]

I don't understand the point of a co-ed shower if it's going to play out like a 1950's 5th grade dance where the men and women are separated.. what's the point then?

If you're going to have a co-ed shower, might as well just make it a party and not even call it a shower. Let the sex's mingle and have fun, we're all adults.

See, now if this really were the shower, I'd be sipping a cocktail and talking to RoseBlood about her Yoga Instructor class.

TripleSkeet and King Geno would be in the other room watching Green Bay/Arizona with wing sauce on their faces and their pants around their ankles.

[TripleSkeet]

This so true. Women are out to get us and ruin all fun. During my wifes shower I cut all the brake lines in the parking lot where it was being held. Sadly they had taken a party bus which was parked across the street.

Honestly, Im not saying all women are like that, but there are plenty that are. Ive got plenty of friends who, once they started getting serious with their girlfriends, were not allowed to go out drinking with their friends unless they could come along. It happens all the time.

I dont know if its a trust issue, jealousy or the simple fact that the girl has no friends of her own but in any case, its just fucking embarrassing for the guy. You can see it on their face when they walk in the bar and see all the guys sitting there drinking and looking at him like "Whats that about?"

[Don Stugots]

No, we're not throwing ourselves a shower. It was just an idea I had when Stugots brought up getting invited to a baby shower.

it was a lousy idea. i refused to go to that one as it is my right to! Only thing a man should do at these showers is drop off the woman and to pick her and the gifts up.

[sailor]

This so true. Women are out to get us and ruin all fun. During my wifes shower I cut all the brake lines in the parking lot where it was being held. Sadly they had taken a party bus which was parked across the street.

hey, you should be more careful mister! Someone could have got hurt or killed
or worse!

[opie's twisted balls]

That was being light.
Save the faux threats for someone else.

remember, bizarro matty would be in charge of our membership drives; you're not the decider of who stays/goes. it was a joke, i don't think he had any animosity towards you before now. otb, we're all familiar with the jokes, but making them in the thread of the expectant father is beyond the pale. this would be a stressful time for any guy and he doesn't need you to make a joke about his kid being killed.

thanks to both of you for dropping this, now.
You're undeniably correct. Yes my comments were in very poor taste and not what a father to be needs to hear and I probably could have exercised better judgement then posting them in this thread. I also appreciate the comments re membership. And no, I didn't have any animosity towards him before and still don't have any now.

[EliSnow]

I nominate Susan Smith for the baby shower

Not funny. And knock it off.

[opie's twisted balls]

And knock it off

Yes my comments were in very poor taste and not what a father to be needs to hear and I probably could have exercised better judgement then posting them in this thread.
░

[EliSnow]

░

Then think of it as a message for future threads.

[Contra]

Take everyone paintballing, guys vs girls.

[danlaroe]

showers are for girls. what kind of man would want to partake in all that nonsense. the food at showers sucks. the presents are all blue or pink bullshit. how about this, youre having a kid?, throw a funeral buddy. your life as you know it is over. last thing you want to do is waste some sunday morning listening to a bunch of hens ohhh and ahhh over baby stuff

[midwestjeff]

I think women should be able to have some things for themselves and traditionally a baby shower is one of them.

Housework and black eyes being the other two things.

Then think of it as a message for future threads.

Walking on egg shells blows.

[opie's twisted balls]

Then think of it as a message for future threads.
A preemptive spanking. How............................................dou chie