(April 12, 2018 at 11:38 am)mlmooney89 Wrote:

(April 12, 2018 at 11:27 am)Shell B Wrote: Eh, I don't feel that way about baby showers. It's nice for parents to A. celebrate and B. get a little help with the big initial expenses.

Oh if the party is thrown by a non family member and the mother to be is in no way helping create it (minus giving a list of friends and saying her favorite color) and it's their first child I'm all for baby showers. I had one when I was pregnant. My sister was infuriated with me because I said she wasn't allowed to throw me one but I didn't say no to my best friend doing it. I expect to have more kids but I will not be having more showers.

I don't understand why family members can't? I like throwing them for my siblings.

(April 12, 2018 at 2:12 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: Births: As you know, showers should never be given by relatives, although Miss Manners has heard of shocking cases where baby showers were actually given by the prospective parents or grandparents. What they can properly give are celebratory parties after a christening or bris.

Fuck that, Atheists don't do Christenings or Bris.

especially the BJ bris where the infant contracts herpes and dies . . . .

Funeral, I support Trump but I'm not THAT evil. I'm a very emotional guy and can't imagine missing my own family member's funeral for a party. Imagine when those random mourning depressive episodes hit, and you know you didn't even pay your last respects, the guilt would be too much.

The gender reveal party. Just because I think new life is more important than the end of life. It's a good thing to talk about how we cared for someone that's gone that we loved, but they don't exist to know anything about it. I would like to go to both, but it's not much of a choice.

Yeah, Miss Manners sounds like a right cunt.

(April 11, 2018 at 9:17 am)c172 Wrote: Your adopted son's funeral and your daughter's baby gender reveal party are on the same day, in different states. Which do you go to, if either, and why?

EDIT: Whoopsie daisy. No poll. Ahh, well. This is all about the convo.

Is it out of the question to combine the two?

Oh well, I suppose I'm old fashioned, I pick funeral.