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Post by Rusty Red on Apr 19, 2018 7:38:17 GMT -6
So I saw something I had never seen before posted on FB last night in regards to a baby shower. I honestly don't have an opinion either way, but I'm curious what others think of this. The mom to be and her wife had their shower last weekend or maybe the weekend before, and they started a pool on the date and time the baby would be born for a monetary buy in. Whoever gets closest without going over gets half of the pot, and the other half goes into the baby's savings account.
What say ye?
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brux
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Post by brux on Apr 19, 2018 7:39:48 GMT -6
meh, kind of money grubby, but also kind of fun because I like betting and hoping to win.
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Apr 19, 2018 7:40:41 GMT -6
I vote tacky.
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Post by joy on Apr 19, 2018 7:42:29 GMT -6
My coworkers did this. Winner got the whole pot, though.
I wanted to win, man.
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Tlex
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Post by Tlex on Apr 19, 2018 7:43:54 GMT -6
We did this at work (with the mom to be's blessing) and gave her the other half. It was fun. Obviously tacky that the mom's themselves are running it but what else is new.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 7:44:55 GMT -6
NMS and not my shower.
I’m very much you do you about this.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 7:45:03 GMT -6
I don't hate it.
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Post by imapenguin on Apr 19, 2018 7:47:03 GMT -6
There is a pool for these babies at MHs office, but the winner gets everything. They did let MH pick 3 dates for free though. So I have 3 options for a scheduled c section. 😉
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Post by lucilleaustero on Apr 19, 2018 7:47:42 GMT -6
I am going to a shower this weekend and the host is doing this.
I am not bothered, nobody is forced to participate. I will participate this weekend since the shower is for my best friend, but I really don't feel strongly one way or the other. In the world of showers, the only thing I find truly tacky is not writing 'thank yous' or having the guests address the envelopes for said 'thank yous'.
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Apr 19, 2018 7:48:26 GMT -6
1. I have seen this multiple times.
2. It reminds me of the dollar dance at weddings. Neither bother me, and I would participate depending on who it is. I mean, you don't have to do it, so I'm very meh about it.
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Post by angelashly on Apr 19, 2018 7:53:26 GMT -6
Meh
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Post by Pizzaslut on Apr 19, 2018 7:53:43 GMT -6
ripper, I need you here. Starts with a T I like the pool idea, but I would give the winner a basket or some small prize. I wouldn't make people buy in.
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Post by angelashly on Apr 19, 2018 7:53:44 GMT -6
We didn't do money, but we had a when is the baby going to be born game
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Post by lucilleaustero on Apr 19, 2018 7:56:08 GMT -6
I didn't want games. But, my hosts did two anyway. Shower bingo and a how big will the baby be game. Nobody won, she was 10lbs 9ozs, haha. Nobody guessed that big.
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Post by reginaphalange8 on Apr 19, 2018 7:56:11 GMT -6
Meh, unless it's mandatory Im not bothered. At my friend's baby shower we could vote for free and then won a jar of candy. Would have preferred money lol
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Post by reginaphalange8 on Apr 19, 2018 7:57:31 GMT -6
There is a pool for these babies at MHs office, but the winner gets everything. They did let MH pick 3 dates for free though. So I have 3 options for a scheduled c section. 😉 Do they know it's fixed?
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Post by imapenguin on Apr 19, 2018 8:01:33 GMT -6
There is a pool for these babies at MHs office, but the winner gets everything. They did let MH pick 3 dates for free though. So I have 3 options for a scheduled c section. 😉 Do they know it's fixed? I don’t know what they know. They know I’m having twins. There are other parents of twins in his office. It was one of them who made the rules.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 8:06:58 GMT -6
Big nope for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 8:07:11 GMT -6
I wouldn't participate but I wouldn't be offended either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 8:08:00 GMT -6
I’ve seen the game but without money. I don’t like the money aspect.
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Post by sheilathetank on Apr 19, 2018 8:09:24 GMT -6
I'd rather this than that nasty candy bar diaper guessing game.
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ripper
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Post by ripper on Apr 19, 2018 9:04:04 GMT -6
ripper , I need you here. Starts with a T I like the pool idea, but I would give the winner a basket or some small prize. I wouldn't make people buy in. In theory it's tacky, but in practice, I assume that most people at a function of this type are close friends and family and would likely be receptive to the idea. It's all about the crowd. Now, those massive showers that people have at banquet halls, where they invite everyone and their uncle, obviously super tacky to have this sort of game/activity but that's really the least of their worries b/c a 100 person shower in a banquet hall is fucking tacky AF anyway.
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Post by notblanche on Apr 19, 2018 9:06:06 GMT -6
People are going to do this anyway. I've been to several baby showers where everyone is expected to guess the baby's birthday. I don't hate the idea of sweetening the deal.
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Post by flippinchica on Apr 19, 2018 9:06:25 GMT -6
I'm ok with it as long as it is truly optional and people don't feel pressured to participate in some way.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 9:16:45 GMT -6
We have been known to do this in my circle, but we all really enjoy betting and so we think it is fun.
We do it with a dart board, so you buy three throws and then there is a dart board with pounds and one with ounces. You get whatever guess your darts land on unless it’s already been recorded.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 9:21:08 GMT -6
This sounds like the only baby shower game I would want to partake in.
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Post by gussie on Apr 19, 2018 9:49:39 GMT -6
I did a pool for money with my family for my first, but it was like $5, and the winner got all the money. My dad won but gave me the money for DS’s savings account.
That said, I don’t mind the pool aspect, I think that’s fun. Or doing it for money. Keeping half of the money is tacky imo.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2018 9:56:02 GMT -6
Talk about tacky. I had a friend tell me a game where it’s photos of women’s faces. You guess if it’s a face of a woman in labor...or in a porno.
I clutched my pearls.
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Post by Emmentaler on Apr 19, 2018 9:57:06 GMT -6
We didn't do money, but we had a when is the baby going to be born game our family does this with each kid, but no buy-in. Bragging rights only but we still want to “win.”
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Post by ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ on Apr 19, 2018 9:58:44 GMT -6
Talk about tacky. I had a friend tell me a game where it’s photos of women’s faces. You guess if it’s a face of a woman in labor...or in a porno. I clutched my pearls. OMG, in the right group setting, this would be hilarious to me.
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