Alcohol at a baby shower???

mbuckley85

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Alcohol at a baby shower???:And if 2 or 3 hours at a baby shower is so bloody awful that you cannot stand the idea of being sober for it, as one poster suggested, why go at all?
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>LOL...I love baby showers.  Is that weird?

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futuremrsbruno

I've been to both kinds of showers. I think it depends on the mom-to-be, the group, and even the location (some groups wouldn't mind alcohol but the location would)

If I were pregnant, I'd be okay with it, but when we have a baby shower in the family, someone usually offers to host it at their house and we invite both men and women. We did that for my sisters. The women were upstairs having fun at the shower, and the men were in the finished basement having their own party. When the "shower" was over it became one big group.

I don't think there's a wrong answer to this question.

mica178

Every baby shower I have attended has served some form of alcohol.  The mom never seemed to mind, she was just thrilled to have her nearest and dearest there celebrating her pregnancy (and giving her gifts).

If you're worried, ask the mom-to-be.

[Deleted User]

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[QUOTE]Alcohol is the only way I can get through a baby shower.
Posted by casyme[/QUOTE]

Absolutely NO alcohol should be served....along with cake (gestational diabetes), caffeine, carbonated drinks, junk food.
No stairs, no heavy lifting either at the shower....
All guests should wear sympathy pregnancy bellies too!

Personally though I am with the above quoted poster!

OwningAHome1981

It Is rude to not serve alcohol... If ur going to a host a party, do it right don't halfass it. All baby showers I've been to had alcohol.

[Deleted User]

I remember my Mom telling me her sister had a stripper at her baby shower so the alcohol was the least of their problems.

Simply Fated

As with any party, the person of honor should have some sort of say in what gets served, whether it be food or drinks.

It's just alcohol. I mean, sure, it makes sitting through the present opening portion of the party a LOT easier (shot every time someone says "awww!"), but it wouldn't ruin a baby shower for it to be dry. That's my thinking on it, anyway.

OwningAHome1981

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re:Alcohol at a baby shower???: Really? So you consider dry weddings to be rude? You believe someone inviting you to dinner and not serving alcohol is rude?
Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

Metro NY weddings are usually not dry. I would be very uncomfortable at a dry wedding.