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Do anyone think that the bf should be at the baby shower???? My mother said no and that baby showers are a womans things.... what do y'all think????
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I had a traditional all women shower with the exception of a few gay male friends. And we threw a diaper darts and draft party for.my husband
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I'm going to have my hubby come for like the last hour to say hi and thanks and maybe open a few gifts
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My bridal shower was ladies only... my baby shower certainly wasn't. My husband was just as excited for our baby as I was, just as pleased to become a parent. Why would I want to leave him out? He and his friends are close to me and my friends and we all got together and ate a bunch of food and talked and had a good time and opened some cute baby stuff and didn't play any horribly boring or cheesy shower games. It was great! And we won't have a shower for baby #2, but if we have a 'sprinkle' or a 'meet the baby' party that'll include all of our friends as well, not just the ones with breasts :-)
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Mines will b there he was before nobody does that old crap aanymore its his child to y cnt he b there the celebrate.  Mine loved being there everyone was his brother and sisters. My husband actully did all the cooking so it was a very fun time
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Mine will be coed. the men bring diapers or wipes and go downstairs to play pool and hang out and the girls do the present thing upstairs. Also having it after shes here so everyone can meet her
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My hubby will be at both of ours. And we are having male friends come to em. But we don't do things the normal way anyhow. Lol. And there was no way he was leaving me alone with his family. Lol.
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Baby showers are for everyone not just woman I hate it when I hear that...its a celebration of a new life and its for everyone!!
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Mine was coed and I loved it :)
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Nowadays fathers are included in the shower if they want to be. Our shower will be a coed, so all his guy friends are coming, along with my girlfriends and our families. I'm giving the men a drinking game along with other couple games for everyone to enjoy but mainly geared toward the men to enjoy. So basically it's a baby boy themed party. So try making it in a way where it's not one gender sided. Cause baby showers are not just a girls thing anymore. I personally go to them for the food, games, prizes and food.  
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My baby shower was a girls only thing and on the same night my husband did a"daddy shower ". So he pretty much got to go out and shoot pool at the bar with his dad and his buddies while I had the  shower. It was something nice for both of us where we got to do our own thing.
But every other baby shower I've been to has been coed. So it really is whatever the expectant parents want to do.
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i had a coed, they were not seperated or anything we were all together in tthe back yard, all ate at the same time, all arrived at different times, all brought gifts whether they came with spouses or alone as friends, some of my friends came with their pair, and some of my bfs friends came also. They all co mingled and participated in the games, we had prizes for both men and women, it was soo much fun like that, and some also brought their kids which i did not mind at all... babyshowers used to be only women, no children and early in the afternoon to finish early.. now a days you can have it the way you want, mine was coed, all together, started later than normal and ended really really late but i loved it !! :) ...
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It's okay for be to be there, it's his baby that's being celebrated too.  
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We did a big family/friend shower and it was co-ed. Everyone really enjoyed it. To me, it was more about a celebration of a new family member and not just about an all girl gift giving party. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Less girly frilly, and more family oriented for us about our new baby girl. He also is having his own diaper party with just the guys that I wanted no part of lol.
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Mine was there and I wouldn't have had it any other way. This baby is just as much his as it is mine so I wanted him to enjoy everything that I enjoyed. We had a blast. It's your shower so don't let anyone tell you what should and shouldn't happen at your shower
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Mine was there out was a complete surprise made my his parents and bro so he helped out with guest and hot me there. It was great he took pic of gifts and he stayed away with his dad bro and a few other been that showed up
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We had a co-ed shower for our son. We had games for the guys to play and I even let my husband set up his video games so hr and the other guys could play. This baby shower will just be for the girls. :-)
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My husband would kill me if I made the shower Co ed.  But that's just us. In my opinion it's girl time!
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If he is there make sure he is given an out if he wants it unless you are inviting more guys. Its not traditional to have men there. Although in New Zealand they are starting to be a coed thing. Good luck
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You could have him do a diaper party.
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ook b/c he said he wasn't coming but he would pay for everything so I was cool with that...But my sister made it seem like he needed to be there.....
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Mine will come at the end to thank everyone for all the gifts and help us clean up
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That's how it was back in her day, but now they're usually coed...mine will be too. It's up to u tho.
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Ive never seen one at a shower or mine unless it was a coed b-que casual one
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