Baby Shower on Valentines Day?

coasterqueen wrote: Ok, now why on earth would someone schedule a baby shower on Valentines Day????? My cousin did! Argghhh! I know it's not a big deal, really, since Valentine's Day is on Saturday and we won't do much of anything anyways, but STILL!!!

Just needed to get that out.

MommyToAshley replied: You think that is bad, Ashley was invited to a birthday party on Valentine's Day and it's Thinking Day for Girl Scouts (where they get together with other troops and each troop represents a different country). So, I will be spending my Valentine's Day running Ashley around.

coasterqueen replied:
UGH!!!! Ok, so mine is not that bad. I know it's not a real holiday or anything like that, but come one there are 3 other weekends in February, so why do they schedule activities on that one?

Kaitlin'smom replied: Well then I guess I am part of that bad groug as we planed a birthday lunch for DH on Valentines day, we talked about doing it on sunday but we decided to go ahead with saturday, we flet it got people out and spouces can at least got to eat out and not have to cook 1 meal and if they do it right they can have left overs later.

coasterqueen replied:
BUT you are together with your spouse, as will others right?

There won't be any men at the baby shower. I just wanted to be with my hubby that day no matter what it was. Again, I know it's a silly holiday and we can celebrate it any day of the year. I guess i just thought it was strange my cousin would pick THAT day, kwim?

Again, it was just a silly rant, not really an angry one.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
yes I will be with him as well as others unless they have to work, or are not able to come, like gandma who is recovering in a nursing home.

I wish babyshowers were more a couple thing than just the woman, that has always buggeg me, but I guess thats another topic

coasterqueen replied:
Yeah, I guess I don't care either way. Dh would probably prefer not to go anyways. He doesn't know my cousin that well and it will be at my aunt's house (ex aunt) whom he really doesn't know at all with a bunch of people he definitely doesn't know and really I don't either. I'm going because I haven't seen the baby yet.

A&A'smommy replied: yeah we are invited to a birthday party that day also BUT this baby was born on valentines day!!

coasterqueen replied:
AHHH!!! Well that's understandable then.

Calimama replied:
I'm with you.. it doesn't make sense. I'd rather be with my hubby too! She should have planned it for that Sunday.

Kaitlin'smom replied:
so she has already had the baby? then ya why then?

coasterqueen replied:
For her hubby's family and some of hers they had a shower for her before the baby was born. She was just born in December. For the rest of us (extended family and friends) they waited until after she was born to do something. So yeah, that's why I have no clue why they had to pick that day. Although, I'm SURE there really is a good reason. It could have been the only time they could get all of us (extended family) together since some have to travel. Not really sure.

moped replied: Us canadians always have a baby shower after the baby is born!

CantWait replied: That's odd indeed. I would wonder how anyone would expect anyone to show up scheduled on a holiday, no matter how mediocore it is.