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Baby shower frustration!
By KenpoMommy » Posted Nov. 14, 2013 6:18pm - 201 views - 0 comments
How hard is it to plan a baby shower? Seriously, I'm starting to really regret allowing the women who offered to plan mine do it. If i could call the whole thing off now, i would, but it's on Sunday so too late now. One of them is totally down for everything i want to do, decorations, food, etc. The other one has some idea set in her head of how a baby shower should be and refuses to deviate from it. She's preparing food i don't like, doesn't want to go along with how i wanted to do the cupcakes, (which we are doing instead of cake) so guess who's doing the cupcakes, yes, me, and in general, is planning my shower like it's a 1950's tea party. Not my style! Every time i make a suggestion, i get responses like, "oh that's going to be alot of work" or "well, i think it will look nicer like this". I'm getting very frustrated and i feel like im just along for the ride and really have no say in how my own shower is going to go.
To top it off, i discovered that when they sent out the invitations, they did not say where we were registered either. So no one knows anything about my registries, unless i tell them myself, which makes me feel like i'm begging for gifts. I mean, we all know a baby shower is basically a shameless request for gifts anyway, thats how we get the stuff we need for the baby, right? But to have to tell them myself irritates me. And i've been getting reports back from some of the guests that when they've called to RSVP, they were treated rudely, were not told about registries, or if they left a message, were never called back. Even my own mom called me to ask if they knew she was coming because no one called her back. I never had to deal with any of this crap with my last baby. I had two showers thrown for me then, and i never had to do a thing. And i got everything i needed because the women hosting were really good about telling everyone where to shop. Every time i check my registries online, I can see that none of the stuff i really need has been purchased yet. I can't afford to get that stuff myself if no on buys it, so i'm really stressing out about it. I think i should just start decorating a cardboard box because that's what the baby will be sleeping in if some of this stuff doesn't get bought...
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Baby shower frustration!
By KenpoMommy » Posted Nov. 14, 2013 6:18pm - 201 views - 0 comments
How hard is it to plan a baby shower? Seriously, I'm starting to really regret allowing the women who offered to plan mine do it. If i could call the whole thing off now, i would, but it's on Sunday so too late now. One of them is totally down for everything i want to do, decorations, food, etc. The other one has some idea set in her head of how a baby shower should be and refuses to deviate from it. She's preparing food i don't like, doesn't want to go along with how i wanted to do the cupcakes, (which we are doing instead of cake) so guess who's doing the cupcakes, yes, me, and in general, is planning my shower like it's a 1950's tea party. Not my style! Every time i make a suggestion, i get responses like, "oh that's going to be alot of work" or "well, i think it will look nicer like this". I'm getting very frustrated and i feel like im just along for the ride and really have no say in how my own shower is going to go.
To top it off, i discovered that when they sent out the invitations, they did not say where we were registered either. So no one knows anything about my registries, unless i tell them myself, which makes me feel like i'm begging for gifts. I mean, we all know a baby shower is basically a shameless request for gifts anyway, thats how we get the stuff we need for the baby, right? But to have to tell them myself irritates me. And i've been getting reports back from some of the guests that when they've called to RSVP, they were treated rudely, were not told about registries, or if they left a message, were never called back. Even my own mom called me to ask if they knew she was coming because no one called her back. I never had to deal with any of this crap with my last baby. I had two showers thrown for me then, and i never had to do a thing. And i got everything i needed because the women hosting were really good about telling everyone where to shop. Every time i check my registries online, I can see that none of the stuff i really need has been purchased yet. I can't afford to get that stuff myself if no on buys it, so i'm really stressing out about it. I think i should just start decorating a cardboard box because that's what the baby will be sleeping in if some of this stuff doesn't get bought...
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