# Baby shower for guys?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-for-guys/208710>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-for-guys/208710 "2003-10-21T15:11:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-for-guys/208710/21 "2003-10-23T15:51:17Z")

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My hubby was our shower. I dont remember if it was a girly girl event. I doubt it considering I am about as girly as a barn door.😃 I remeber cake with frosting booties on each piece _shudder_ I (_&^%^$%&_()&^$$ HATE frosting!

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-for-guys/208710/22 "2003-10-23T19:17:06Z")

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If you look upon a baby shower as simply a social event, then most guys will be delighted to forego it. In my case, however, it was more than that. My wife and I were extremely poor, and couldn’t afford many of the little things that ease a parents’ burden. Bottle warmers, diaper genie, endless stocks of disposable diapers and wipies, etc. When our friends got together and threw us a shower, it was a real blessing that we both deeply appreciated.

At my office, where my wife was not well liked, my supervisors discussed with one another and decided not to throw us a shower, despite the fact that baby showers were being held for other employees on a routine basis. “Oh,” they said, “he’s a _man_. It’s up to his wife’s office to arrange something.” They knew full well, of course, that my wife was unemployed. One of my other co-workers, fortunately, told them that we were just as entitled to a leg up as anyone else, and that she would organize and present it herself – at her own expense – if the bosses didn’t change their minds. Reluctantly, knowing they’d look like the heartless slugs that they were, they went ahead with it. Even though I didn’t find that part out until much later, it’s just one more good reason why that particular co-worker is my daughter’s godmother.

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**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-shower-for-guys/208710/23 "2003-10-23T21:07:11Z")

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I’ve only been to one baby shower for a guy–in this case, a co-worker. It was a small office, with only 4 employees, so we all went out to lunch and gave him presents for the young’un. Very low-key, no stupid games or cooing over booties.

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