Hmm, baby shower at the office today

[krunchykrome]

This is a little unheard of, but it should be interesting to watch his face when he finds out.

 

[Chryso]

My office had one for me when my wife was pregnant.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Wow...

Give him some tampons for after the baby is born.

 

[rasczak]

i had one. hated every second of it.

 

[krunchykrome]

I thought this type of thing was typically for women

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: rasczak
i had one. hated every second of it.

They tried to give me one... I just pointed them to the gift registry...

 

[JJ650]

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: rasczak
i had one. hated every second of it.

They tried to give me one... I just pointed them to the gift registry...

Same.
My office is/was dominated by women entering menopause. The slightest hint of something baby'esque sends tears, 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' cascading.
It worked out to our favor really. When I got back to the office, several of them had bought the baby clothes or other supplies. Never can have enough burp cloths or diapers!!

 

[geno]

Was his husband / life partner invited?

 

[Jeeebus]

I found out after my baby was born that my office was planning a surprise baby shower for me. Thankfully, due to baby coming early and various scheduling conflicts with the planners, it never happened and I just got a bucket of gifts given to me in my office. I nearly choked my wife when she told me she knew about it and didn't tell me.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I thought this type of thing was typically for women

It is and is yet another example of how you kids are destroying the world. :shocked:

 

[Chryso]

What a bunch of weenies. Let your coworkers have the party and make sure your wife is there. It costs you nothing and pregnant women love the attention and gifts.

 

[zeruty]

Give him a 36 pack of condoms

 

[StageLeft]

Holy hot hell that's gay. I would feel really embarrassed if somebody threw one for me. Make sure to compare tips on shaving legs and mascara if you're invited.

 

[lokiju]

My co-worker told me that my dept is planning one for me and my wife.

I was surprised to say the least.

But the baby is born (as of 10 days ago) and it never happened.

Maybe when I get back from my 3 weeks off...

I'd not be cool with it if it were just for me, but really it's for my wife and new child more than anything, and we can really use any extra stuff we can at this point.

 

[krunchykrome]

Just got back....WOW

one of the gifts was a childrens book, and everybody started chanting "Read, Read, Read!"

He actually went up in front of everyone and read the book

this is madness

 

[coldmeat]

WTF Get out of there. Quit your job.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Just got back....WOW

one of the gifts was a childrens book, and everybody started chanting "Read, Read, Read!"

He actually went up in front of everyone and read the book

this is madness

Sounds like you've got some experts at wasting time!

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I thought this type of thing was typically for women

It is and is yet another example of how you kids are destroying the world. :shocked:

Hey, it's actually the next generation. Trying to double up by getting parties out of mom and dad before their born, essh - talk about entitlement.

In my office we found out a couple of guys were having kids around the same time with the respective wives, so we had a beer and some smokes and joked at how they did it wrong.

 

[Gothgar]

loss of man card inevitable

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Crusty

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Just got back....WOW

one of the gifts was a childrens book, and everybody started chanting "Read, Read, Read!"

He actually went up in front of everyone and read the book

this is madness

Sounds like you've got some experts at wasting time!

It's pure genius!

 

[mikej007]

Originally posted by: rasczak
i had one. hated every second of it.

x2. So fucking awkward. I would have preferred nothing over people pretending like they cared.

 

[Dumac]

Stuff like this should be banned with an iron fist from above!

 

[Unheard]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
This is a little unheard of, but it should be interesting to watch his face when he finds out.

You rang?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: JJ650

Originally posted by: iFX

Originally posted by: rasczak
i had one. hated every second of it.

They tried to give me one... I just pointed them to the gift registry...

Same.
My office is/was dominated by women entering menopause. The slightest hint of something baby'esque sends tears, 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' cascading.
It worked out to our favor really. When I got back to the office, several of them had bought the baby clothes or other supplies. Never can have enough burp cloths or diapers!!

Oh god, this is the case in my office as well. I remember looking at the phone directory a couple weeks after I started early last year, and out of about 70 employees, less than 20 of them were men. In my department, there are exactly two men and ten women, and the other guy works late hours and never makes it to our department meetings. So in many cases our meetings consist of one of the women passing around pictures of her latest nephew/niece/grandson/granddaughter while the others swoon.