Baby Shower

Depends on how you do it. There isn’t typically a separate men’s event- or I’ve never heard of one. If you want guys then usually it’ll be a coed affair

yeah I just find it weird like why would he want that at all if his reasoning is “we should change it up and do it this way bc it’s traditionally just women”

I’ve seen a lot of coed baby showers where guys and girls are together, but I’ve never seen just a guys baby shower! Hey that sounds fun though and I would love to see what that would look like!

Lol there is not traditionally a guys-only event. This isn’t a bachelor party. I think that’s so cringe. I’ve heard of joint showers and women’s-only events.

What I've seen is that women attend the baby shower, and the spouses and other men do a diaper party and go to a shooting range. 😂

I’ve been to both and I like joint ones bc it’s easier for taking care of a little one and you already know someone going 🤣

Do a coed baby shower that’s what we did and had a great time!

He’s the weird one for doing men’s only LOL I did a family co-ed one coz I wanted my besties partners and his besties there too etc so we did one big day co-ed party and a girls only night time karaoke bash the next week hosted by my friends lol, that’s more common than an all-men’s one hahaha but whatever you can break the norm if you want I’m just saying he’s wrong

Mens games at baby showers are fucken hilarious that’s all I will say we were on the floor cackling it was SO good

It is cool, I just think I maybe misunderstood. Our friends group is soooo close knit we’re always together. It just seems like an unintentional dig like whyyyy be separated at all lol. Could be my emotions being crazy haha

I'm not keen on the traditional baby shower with the games etc but wanted to do something before the baby is due so have decided that both sides of the family I'm just doing immediate family are coming to our house for food and a few drinks to get together. I think this is your baby do the baby shower how you want there are no rules 😏

We almost did a joint one then decided it was to many people and we had already had them all together at the gender reveal😅

I loved having the women only but do whatever you guys want🩷🩷

I had a female shower with select invited men who had their own table. My husband, dad, grandpa, pastor, and 2 husbands of friends all got to hangout and eat but weren’t a part of games and could still talk without distracting from games or opening gifts

If you want to have one together definitely have one together! This is supposed to be a fun special day so if being separated would make it less special to you don’t do that. Mine was family and friends coed, everyone came and had a great time there’s no reason to do separate genders if you don’t want to.

We had the whole family and friends together for it. My family is super close, and I found it moreso to be a gathering for celebration/welcoming of our daughter rather than a women's event 🤷‍♀️ and it turned out awesome

My MIL is hosting one for women only and my mother is hosting one that coed. I prefer coed in this situation because I know mostly everyone is going. The one my MIL is hosting is a bunch of wealthy women I’ve never met before so it’ll be awkward. I’ve also just never been to one that wasn’t coed so those are more familiar to me.

My bf says the same thing

love this. My thoughts exactly. Don’t get me wrong I cherish my woman space above all, but we are constantly surrounded by love I want it all the time lol. Now seeing some different perspectives on what it means to have the diaper party and the women’s only, it does make sense. Just not for me I think.

what are your thoughts?

I had dads/husbands/bfs of my friends join our baby shower, and we had such a great fun time

A guys party is called a diaper party. Everyone brings a box of diapers and the guys goof off and drink. Well that's what my hubby says happened at the 3 he went to

Baby showers from what I’ve seen and heard are traditionally a women’s thing and men go do their own thing but I wouldn’t want to do it that way

I had a mixed baby shower. Baby is mine and my husbands so seems odd to me to just have women. We had a big party with couples, children etc we did some games and had food and drinks

I invited everybody to mine it was my friends and their bfs

It’s called a baby stag. And it’s literally just to celebrate the man becoming a dad. (A piss up)

I think traditionally yes. But if I was having a baby shower and my friends wanted to bring their partners I would be more than cool with that. More the merrier!

I don't like traditional baby showers so we had an evening party. We called it a Launch Party. It was metal/music themed 🤘🏼. We encouraged our guests to wear their favorite band tee. I didn't do any games, but for the diaper raffle I did it white elephant style where the winners could steal someone else's prize. I also had a table with white bibs, tees, and onesies for people to draw on. My son has outgrown most of them now. It was a ton of fun! A friend's boyfriend asked her if all baby showers were like that. 😆 Do whatever you and your fiancé want. He could do a joint one and, if he really wants to do a guy shower, he could still do that on a different day. My boss threw me a work shower. I know someone that had a family shower and a friend shower.

Traditionally baby showers are women only,but its 2023 nothing is traditional anymore! Lol We personally did all woman and had 10 guys also attend. Both Grandpas and my fiancé’s closest friends and cousins. It was great to have everyone involved. When it was time to pack up the car we had all those helpers. I feel like do whatever you want, your pregnant and you should never piss off the pregnant lady. Good luck mama!😘💕

Where I’m from the women have a baby shower and when the baby is born the guys have a wet the baby’s head where they will go have a drink and usually everyone will buy the dad a drink.

I'm having a mixed one. Lots of people are coming but I wouldn't change it, the men in my life are equally as important. But yes traditionally its a women's event. Google the reason I can't remember

Traditionally, yes. But you can do it however you want. My husband and I are doing a joint one thrown by his best man’s mom (she’s the sweetest lady and all of us in the friend group consider her a mother figure to us) and we’ll probably do another joint one with my family (his family and most of our friends are local, mine is not). My husband is my best friend & baby is his too, so I don’t see the point in doing separate showers. Plus, we share a lot of the same friends anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We had a baby shower , but like a huge party! 🥹 men and women and it was a blast. I don’t see why it had to be separated.

They are typically women's events but I've never heard of a men's baby shower I think it would make more sense for him to just come to yours if that's something you want to do it's about celebrating the mother

I think it’s down to the couple but personally I’d rather have my own as a last opportunity to see all the girls in my family and my friends before baby comes. You do what you want !! Xx

I think traditionally it is a girl thing, but who cares? You do it the way it's best for you! It's your baby shower! Make it into what you want it to be. After all the point is to have a moment before baby to celebrate. Do it your way! :-)

me & my partner are doing a baby shower where everyone is invited rather then is just being a ‘woman’s event’ I think it’s a special time so I want my partner with me at the shower💗

No lol they are for both parties to attend that’s just doing too much separating you can do the games and stuff for the guys to participate..he’s just over thinking when he just need to do the one event and that would also be a waste of money doing more than one for what so he can have an excuse to hang out it’s his bros

The guy version of a baby shower is a diaper party

I think it used to be a woman’s only thing but times have changed. I’m having one Saturday but men are still invited if he wants to throw one he can. We also live in different cities right now I’m not sure if he was saying that to get out of planning but either way I’m doing what I want he’s invited of course but he may be working. He wants to plan one for guys he can. His mom is the one who reminded him that it was a woman’s thing so

I've never ever seen a male baby shower lol

Traditionally baby showers are just for women but it’s becoming more common to have coed showers. They’re called “Jack and Jill showers.”

Mine was a Jack and Jill. Not uncommon to have them together

I’ve been to one where the dad to be was there and not the mom to be so things cease to shock me