Who's up for a good old C&P?

[redheadbaker]

Subject: Diaper parties for men pandce.proboards.com/thread/428906/diaper-parties-men

My favorite quote? "Lol @ "shaking down your friends." It like, $10 for a small thing of diapers. I'm guessing not many people feel shaken down over that.
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I'm guessing she's going to come back with, "Well, then they don't have to come/don't have to bring a gift, then!" 

[abachesta]

We had a diaper party for my husband. It wasn't thrown by us my H friend threw it for him and it was all his friends and his friends who came to that didn't have a wife or GF that came to my baby shower. It was at a house where they all brought there own drinks and snacks were provided. And if they brought diapers great if not NBD it was more so one last Big Bang for H before baby comes. I've projected the amount of diapers given will last us 8 months.

[somerandomchick]

Mar 15, 2015 9:59:51 GMT -5 @mommapizano said:

The last shower I went to had a diaper raffle, so I guess it is similar. I was surprised but didn't say anything to my friend because it wasn't worth an argument.

That's how it usually goes. People will say 'everybody thought it was great!' when their friends are like 'it wasn't worth an argument' or 'I didn't want to be rude and say it was awful'

[nutmeg8484]

Mar 15, 2015 9:59:51 GMT -5 @mommapizano said:

The last shower I went to had a diaper raffle, so I guess it is similar. I was surprised but didn't say anything to my friend because it wasn't worth an argument.

My mom and MIL insist on the diaper raffle... Fortunately I was able to talk them out of both the book as a card thing and having the shower be co-ed. I wish they would run all ideas by me first, but what can you do.

[ECB]

Mar 15, 2015 9:13:35 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

I'm guessing she's going to come back with, "Well, then they don't have to come/don't have to bring a gift, then!" 

And she basically did! It makes me LOL.  How much angst do we see about "the invitation said not to bring a gift.  What do I do?  I don't want to be the only person who doesn't bring a gift"?  And that's over being told NOT to bring a gift.  How many people really feel comfortable showing up at a GIFT GIVING party empty handed?? 

I had ONE shower of about 25 women.  That was uncomfortable enough.  Even though it was good friends throwing it for  me, *I* felt uncomfortable basically asking these people to buy me stuff.  I just can't imagine actively wanting to ask MORE of our friends to buy stuff for us.  $10 pack of diapers or not.  It's just SO uncomfortable. 

[saltyfins]

The person who threw my shower had a diaper raffle. I tried to talk her out of it because I thought people might think it was tacky, but she insisted on it. I have no idea why, but she really wanted to do it. Ugh.

[ombradellarosa]

redheadbaker I kept wanting to love-tit your posts and remembering I could because it was GBCN. Wow, sounds like you were lonely over there as far as posters with common sense and decency.

A friend of my mother's told me, "You have to get your mom to do a diaper raffle! We didn't have to buy diapers at all." I was invited to her shower (for her third child) and Mum and I debated over whether to give in to peer pressure and bring diapers for the raffle. We decided not to after all because diapers are expensive! And of course it's ridiculous to be asked for multiple gifts. I felt bad for her at the time because I thought it might have been awkward, but now I know she wanted it and I was just so disappointed. I managed to dodge that whole sticky situation by saying, "We plan to cloth diaper!" which was close enough to on topic but still managed to change the subject.