Grandma Showers?

[Meenah]

That is just creepy. I can't believe someone would do that.

[MrsC]

Very weird.

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[MAPPLEBUM]

hahaahahaha

[medpedspouse]

Meh! At this point nothing surprises me anymore. People get showers for each kid they pop out, people host their own baby/wedding showers or their mother does, people put their wedding registry in their wedding invites. I figured it might be along the lines of registering for books, pack and play, baby proofing or whatev is necessary for the grandparent to babysit. Heck, it wold benefit the parents since they do not have to provide those extras.

[ladymoreta]

I agree, very strange. I don't mind showers for subsequent children; I think it's actually kind of sad not to get to celebrate with my friends when they have more babies. But yeah, I don't think a shower for grandma is appropriate. MrsK's idea of a lunch with her close friends sounds sweet as long as there's no expectation of gifts.

[moonlight]

Well, guess what?! My MIL had a grandmother shower with DD. I thought it was odd and stupid because my MIL isn't very grandmotherly. It's taken her over four years to really act like she is attached to DD. she's not the one to jump right in there and adore her like other grandmothers... Like how my grandmaw was with me.

At the shower she was given children books to read her at story time, a couple sets of nice PJ's for Christmas morning, etc (so she looks decent in family pictures, she told me), and grandparent brag photo album. I'm sure she got other random shit. Basically it was a excuse to eat, drink, and have a ladies get together. From what I gathered the mom to be has nothing to do with it at all. I wasn't invited or anything.

[OrionGrad]

Wow, for the mom-to-be to not even be invited makes it even stranger!

[Curegirl]

Bullshit. I'd rather bathe a geriatric (hell, I have the past few months) than deal with that nonsense.

[SuzySunshine]

Hitching it would be even more awkward to be present as the mom to be personally, I wouldn't be comfortable sitting there while someone else opened gifts that we're basically for my kid.


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[Deebs]

My MIL must have no clue about this trend. Her biggest problem with our estrangement is that she can no longer play the grandma contest with her friends. They ALL have cribs, highchairs, etc at their homes, and then compare notes on how frequently each one sees the grandkids. When DD was little (like six months old), her next door neighbor started FaceTiming a bedtime story to her grandkids (who were like 4 and 6) every night. MIL was freaking out that we wouldn't let her do the same because what would she say when her friends all talked about doing this? It's their form of keeping up with the Joneses.

[MrsK]

My MIL must have no clue about this trend. Her biggest problem with our estrangement is that she can no longer play the grandma contest with her friends. They ALL have cribs, highchairs, etc at their homes, and then compare notes on how frequently each one sees the grandkids. When DD was little (like six months old), her next door neighbor started FaceTiming a bedtime story to her grandkids (who were like 4 and 6) every night. MIL was freaking out that we wouldn't let her do the same because what would she say when her friends all talked about doing this? It's their form of keeping up with the Joneses.

I think this is happening with MILK too. She's totally irrational about it. She wants all the gear at her house and to babysit and whatnot because she has friends who live in the same town as their grandchildren and are primary caretakers for grandchildren. Her sister had 9 grandchildren, six of whom live nearby. MILK is very competitive with her sister and expects us to give her as much interactions as her sister gets even though her sister has three times as many kids/grandkids. Then our kids are supposed to have the same types of interactions even if MILK's sister's grandchildren are 5 years older than the K Bros. I get so tired of the ridiculous comparisons.

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