I am co-hosting a baby shower for my sister and we are making arrangements to have all of our children and husbands occupied elsewhere for the event. Traditionally baby showers are a women only event, but we were quite annoyed two years ago when she threw my baby shower and many guests showed up with their children and a husband…. How can we word our wishes to leave significant others and kiddies home, without offending anyone?
You could say something like "Just the ladies, or girls" somewhere in the invitation. Ladies only night…
I don’t want to go to my wife’s baby shower, and that’s my baby, so I doubt you’ll have a problem with the guys coming. No real guy wants to go to a baby shower. It’s just not done where I came from.
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August 30th, 2009 at 7:32 am
"ladies only"
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August 30th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Say something at the bottom like "We’ve got some ladies business to do, so please, guys and kids, stay at home"
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August 30th, 2009 at 8:03 am
PUT PLEASE DO NOT BRING CHILDREN THIS IS AN ADULT PARTY ONLEY AND IF THE MEN MUST COME THEY MUST DRESS AS WOMEN AND TAKE PART IN GIRLY ACTIVITIES
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August 30th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Write "ladies only" on the invitation card
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August 30th, 2009 at 9:37 am
"No animals allowed."
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August 30th, 2009 at 9:56 am
It’s your party and you can invite who you want. It is actually rude to show up to a party with an uninvited guest.
Be clear on your invitation that you are inviting the person you are inviting by saying something like "An invitation for 1: Mrs Sally Ride for a ladies only baby shower. We are all leaving the kids home with the men so we can have some grown up fun!"
If anyone is insulted, let them be.
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August 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I am a man, and totally with you on this issue, men should not go to baby showers, and children should be left behind as well. In fact, I believe it is the De facto state, and you should only bring men and children if the invite SPECIFICALLY states men and children are invited. the default would be the woman listed only. I would put "ladies only" but it is previous examples of boorish behaviour that have resulted in a need for this.
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August 30th, 2009 at 10:39 am
I would put a small note on the bottom of the invitation…something along the lines of "please, ladies only".
I would advise against explicitly saying "no men or kids". Putting it in the positive tense instead of negative makes it sound a little less excluding.
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August 30th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I’m at a loss to understand why you’d want to exclude the men and children from the shower itself, as children are kind of the point of the whole pregnancy thing and men kind of help make them.
Especially in this day and age where men are expected to, and do play a much larger roll in raising the children.
So I’m not really sure there is a way to exclude the husband’s without sounding rude. As for the kids though you can put "Adults only please".
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August 30th, 2009 at 11:00 am
You could say something like "Just the ladies, or girls" somewhere in the invitation. Ladies only night…
I don’t want to go to my wife’s baby shower, and that’s my baby, so I doubt you’ll have a problem with the guys coming. No real guy wants to go to a baby shower. It’s just not done where I came from.
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