tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post113364444427138558..comments2023-11-05T05:42:01.187-06:00Comments on karlababble: 9 our of 10 polled say they'd rather remove their own spleen with a corkscrew than attend a baby showerkarlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02179619912129198718noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1137118875429612092006-01-12T20:21:00.000-06:002006-01-12T20:21:00.000-06:00My showers always sucked. I liked having them so ...My showers always sucked. I liked having them so I could get free stuff, but I'm pretty sure I dreaded going to them more than any other person there. I'm kinda slow when I open gifts (just the way I am), and my mom would yell at me every time to hurry the hell up. That was the highlight of every one of them...<BR/><BR/>I have to throw a friend a bridal shower next month. Any tips for me?Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369978641581682398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136903913830859232006-01-10T08:38:00.000-06:002006-01-10T08:38:00.000-06:00What I have to say has nothing to do with showers,...What I have to say has nothing to do with showers, though I have been told I should go into the party planning business because I adore putting together parties and baby showers are the best. <BR/>Anyway what I was writing about was I had oral surgary on Friday and was in a haze of Vicodin all weekend and then when I came to discovered my children had destroyed my computer so I had to restore and reboot and lost everything! When I finally got it all together I started frantically trying remember where all my drugs,err, blogs werwe, So obviously I found you and I am so happy from this texs girl in missouri to that missouri girl in texas you make howl kaykayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136853723297616502006-01-09T18:42:00.000-06:002006-01-09T18:42:00.000-06:00Maybe next time you'll be lucky like me. I was 1 o...Maybe next time you'll be lucky like me. I was 1 of 3 hostesses and one of the hostesses just took over everything! And what did I do? I let her. I think I had to bring balloons. Yeah, baby, yeah!StaceyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065591964164283545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136853628779847522006-01-09T18:40:00.000-06:002006-01-09T18:40:00.000-06:00Amen. Especially the part about the requisite exch...Amen. <BR/><BR/>Especially the part about the requisite exchanging of labor and delivery stories, as if there is a mother-of-the-year trophy up for grabs. Not to mention that this small talk is inconsiderately exclusionary and terrifying to those of us who don't yet have children, but have attended 153 baby showers this year for all of our mother-to-be friends.<BR/><BR/>And I am with you on the part about the games. I love games. But not at baby or wedding showers. If there must be games, at least make it Boggle or Balderdash or Yahtzee. Or anything besides smelling the diaper containing something that looks like poo, in an effort to decipher the brand of candy bar.<BR/><BR/>One more thing, though. I may be alone here, but I think it is just wrong to have a baby shower for your second, third, fourth, etc. child. I mean, really, doesn't that seem just a little greedy and unnecessary?Nicole Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07708988817308041146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136853109770753702006-01-09T18:31:00.000-06:002006-01-09T18:31:00.000-06:00I was WITH you until the "invite guys"-part...You ...I was WITH you until the "invite guys"-part...<BR/><BR/>You ruined my schadenfreude with the possibility that I might have to GO to a baby shower someday...Zen Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932736559039078183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136852367373298962006-01-09T18:19:00.000-06:002006-01-09T18:19:00.000-06:00Amen, girl. Amen.Amen, girl. Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136851856188886172006-01-09T18:10:00.000-06:002006-01-09T18:10:00.000-06:00Karla~ I LOVED this!!! You have really covered th...Karla~ I LOVED this!!! You have really covered the subject of baby showers well. I despise playing games. I really like the booze factor. Another reason to have tha damn shower at your house is you do not have to worry about transporting all the shit home. It will be there for you to put away!! And the guys should absolutely be included!!Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401667744228083776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136838213677232872006-01-09T14:23:00.000-06:002006-01-09T14:23:00.000-06:00Finally! Thank God I'm not the only one who feels ...Finally! Thank God I'm not the only one who feels this way! Everyone thinks I'm a raving bitch for rebelling against the asinine games. OY! I've stopped attending baby showers anyway. On top of that? I have NO IDEA how to shop for a shower. Get crap off the registry? It is SO much fun to buy a baby monitor. Make it stop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136836046626780512006-01-09T13:47:00.000-06:002006-01-09T13:47:00.000-06:00I don't really remember your baby shower, because ...I don't really remember your baby shower, because I was drunk. Was that that time there were a bunch of middle-aged women and a cake at your house? I thought it was kind of wierd that I had to thread my way through stacks of diapers to get to the booze.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136834625169361072006-01-09T13:23:00.000-06:002006-01-09T13:23:00.000-06:00Brighton jewelry... ha ha. You so hit the nail on ...Brighton jewelry... ha ha. You so hit the nail on the head with that one.Bearcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01837658618369584260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136832093398044062006-01-09T12:41:00.000-06:002006-01-09T12:41:00.000-06:00omg, i totally wrote about this last year! but yo...omg, i totally wrote about this last year! but yours was way funnier.<BR/>http://www.littlefluffycloud.com/2005/03/my-clock-is-broken.htmlfchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856209039217972960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136829181978021532006-01-09T11:53:00.000-06:002006-01-09T11:53:00.000-06:00Man, I hear you. We pretty much ended the wedding...Man, I hear you. We pretty much ended the wedding shower business last year. I thew 3 and there is only one "game'. I video tape your betrothed answering questions I made up and you are to guess whether the bride will know the answer. I mean, what better way to celebrate you soon to be wedding day then hearing your finance answer things like<BR/>-boxers or briefs<BR/>-missonary position, ole standbye or only if I throw my back out from the swing.<BR/><BR/>Baby showers have just started. I almost poked my eye out with one of those baby pins during the "steal the baby pin from the person who says baby" game. <BR/><BR/>You are saving lives here, Karla!Ritmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232701386645302612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136819663794295782006-01-09T09:14:00.000-06:002006-01-09T09:14:00.000-06:00Girrrrl try going as a single childless woman! I'd...Girrrrl try going as a single childless woman! I'd rather push a head through my hoo-ha....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136817691733714742006-01-09T08:41:00.000-06:002006-01-09T08:41:00.000-06:00Ha! "...pummel her about the head and neck with th...Ha! "...pummel her about the head and neck with their handbags..." Laughed out loud at that part!<BR/><BR/>As a non-mother who has attended way too many of these functions, I thank you. I swear that since all of the older women have been mothers that they secretly enjoy torturing us younger ones with the games their elders forced them to play. It's a conspiracy, you know.<BR/><BR/>I personally refuse to taste baby food. That "game" is just sadistic.melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336573215390862467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136817084785642992006-01-09T08:31:00.000-06:002006-01-09T08:31:00.000-06:00Karla my dear, if you were my woman, you'd be cons...Karla my dear, if you were my woman, you'd be constantly going to baby showers as the guest of honor...because I'd be impregnating your hoo-ha every chance I got!Mighty Dyckersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567545779834406431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136798838808015872006-01-09T03:27:00.000-06:002006-01-09T03:27:00.000-06:00I've never been to a baby shower, and did not have...I've never been to a baby shower, and did not have one for myself. I find such things so greedy - here is my list of everything I need for my baby - now go buy me some of it! I have herad of women getting mad because no one bought them the $100 car seat on their registry... <BR/><BR/>From your description I am not looking forward to the first time I get an invite... Think it would be bad to bring my own booze?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182259415495423946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136781163655132852006-01-08T22:32:00.000-06:002006-01-08T22:32:00.000-06:00"2. Provide booze, I beg you."The perfect solution..."2. Provide booze, I beg you."<BR/><BR/>The perfect solution KB.<BR/><BR/>Those gigs sound scary just from the outside looking in.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459501987072758875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136780926217976612006-01-08T22:28:00.000-06:002006-01-08T22:28:00.000-06:00OY VEY! I have one to go to on the 21st! I had hop...OY VEY! I have one to go to on the 21st! I had hoped that it would be a traditional Indian one (hubby's side of the family); however, the shower itself will be held at an ITALIAN resto. AND CO-ED!<BR/><BR/>I have no idea what I am in store for.Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159539883712835177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136776024531960672006-01-08T21:07:00.000-06:002006-01-08T21:07:00.000-06:00The baby shower we had for our second baby was at ...The baby shower we had for our second baby was at a park with moms, dads, and kids, with plenty of booze. Didn't you get the invite?Sadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473509247286208737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136773005286360752006-01-08T20:16:00.000-06:002006-01-08T20:16:00.000-06:00I love this and I will have to link this to miss k...I love this and I will have to link this to miss kendra so she can take notes! <BR/><BR/>As usual, you nailed it right on the head.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426124542516355968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136769680954306162006-01-08T19:21:00.000-06:002006-01-08T19:21:00.000-06:00Well this sucks! I'm having a "meet my new daughte...Well this sucks! I'm having a "meet my new daughter day" in a few weeks. By the way, I have a new pic up now too!Clinton P. Desveauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195987948727420803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136769601211417912006-01-08T19:20:00.000-06:002006-01-08T19:20:00.000-06:00I know that you would like your b**g to be funny. ...I know that you would like your b**g to be funny. But when it is so helpful and true and honest and pithy and down-to-earth as this one, well..... It's funny.<BR/><BR/>Serious-wise, the best recommendations you make are:<BR/>1. Have booze<BR/>2. Invite the husbands/boyfriends.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you're really sharp.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136768469857240852006-01-08T19:01:00.000-06:002006-01-08T19:01:00.000-06:00my mother would shit in on your cocaine line if sh...my mother would shit in on your cocaine line if she read the number one rule. she loves games. i think she pushes people to have sex just so they can get pregnant, she can throw a baby shower, and she can have everyone play games. i just like when people get pregnant because youre allowed to throw the word 'preggo' around, and no one can get upset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136764559619090612006-01-08T17:55:00.000-06:002006-01-08T17:55:00.000-06:00Wow. Yet another reason for me to be thankful that...Wow. Yet another reason for me to be thankful that I am hoo-haless. I'll add it to the list right under: If I had a hoo-ha, I'd never leave the house.tfghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791116307693444845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13503809.post-1136758314936270852006-01-08T16:11:00.000-06:002006-01-08T16:11:00.000-06:00I think the key bit of advice in that whole three-...I think the key bit of advice in that whole three-mile parade of funny was "invite men." Having men there will take care of just about all the other problems. <BR/><BR/>First, we will immediately go into the other room and put a football game on, leaving you women to talk about something other than labor stories... namely how stupid and inconsiderate your men are. And I know that you women LOVE talking about your stupid men.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, if you don't have booze at your shower, you KNOW at least one of the guys is showing up with an emergency case of beer.<BR/><BR/>Third, you don't have to worry about the games, because the minute the baby dolls and diapers come out the men will start complaining, looking uncomfortable and going outside to start the cars. And who can play a game with 50 cars idling loudly outside? Also there will be some honking of the horns.<BR/><BR/>All that being said, do not invite me, because I'm the exception to the rule. I'd rather sit around and talk than watch football, I don't drink, and I love games. Even the stupid ones. Yeah, I'm a real testosterone-fest.CommonWombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641027892608666495noreply@blogger.com