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hunnybunnysmama (965 days ago)
My MIL offered to throw mine, then started asking me when I was sending out the invites and where we are having it. I guess I threw my own and I was quite annoyed. It`s hard when you don`t live around family and old friends. Hopefully your mom gets it together!

BethSilva (965.3 days ago)
go with butterblocks idea!!!!good one.... if you do it please tell us all how it worked!!!!

aprilraine (965.4 days ago)
there`s no harm in asking someone to throw you one... I think it`s tacky if you throw yourself one though

harimaudahan (965.4 days ago)
LOL you are so sweet butterblocksmom! My mom wouldn`t fall for it, we talk on a daily basis and knows every friend I`ve ever had. I`m going to try to hint to my friend once I can get her on the phone..if that doesn`t work then I might just take you up on that offer ;) I really wish you ladies lived near me because I could use a few more good friends!

butterblocksmom (965.4 days ago)
OK...here`s the master plan...Give me your mom`s and your best friends`s email address....I`ll say we were close a few years back but then got married to a Canadian and had to move to the snowy North. We`ve kept in touch over the years and I`d be interested in attending your baby shower....I`ll drop the hints for you...I`ll seriously get the ball rolling!!!! Just don`t be disappointed when I can`t `unexpectedly` make it on the big day, lol!!! Seriously, if you want me to help, I will! I think you deserve a baby shower...don`t be disappointed with anyone back home...some people are all about baby showers and others are like, Oh Yeah, guess we SHOULD do something now that you mention it (I, for example am one of those clueless ones. I am a lousy bridesmaid and a lousy shower planner...not on purpose, just how my brain works.)

harimaudahan (965.4 days ago)
Hehe I sure wish you were here goldenmama, I did exactly as you suggested and said everyone I know (from here) is having their baby showers now or in July and I sure wish I was having one, but my mom just got kinda quiet and said `We`ll see` which is not very promising. I don`t even need or want much..I`d just like to know some people thought of me enough to do something special.

ermsmom (965.4 days ago)
I`d do what goldenmama suggested, hint, hint, hint. It stinks that you never had a shower but I don`t know if I`d ask outright. Military life and all the moves associated with it can really stink. You have to give up a lot.

athenaB1984 (965.4 days ago)
I was so depressed during my pregnancy because my husband and I are military (I am no longer)so my nearest family was 7 hours away. I wanted a baby shower so bad but thought there was no way this was going to happen. My aunt said that I needed to come to my cousins birthday bash...so I decided to make the drive and go. Sure enough my whole family had been planning this surprise baby shower for months. I went to the mall with my hubby and cousins, when I came back everything was set up beautifully. My mom flew in from across the country and was sleeping in the garage the entire time I was there just to surprise me on my shower day. I couldn`t believe it. But since I really didn`t think I was having a baby shower..I had bought all the big items already. I wouldn`t ask for one..I would drop hints maybe, you never know what people have in store for you. =)

netters (965.4 days ago)
I don`t think it`s selfish because think about how baby showers work... you end up going to how many baby showers in your lifetime and give gifts? It all comes back to you when it`s your turn to have a baby. It evens out!

harimaudahan (965.4 days ago)
This is my second pregnancy (29 weeks) and I`ve never had a shower with my first due to the military and not living near family or close friends. The same is true this time around. No family or friends in state. In a few weeks I`ll be heading home though and I was thinking it would be the perfect time for a shower, but nobody as far as I know has thought to plan one. And though it may sound selfish, I`m a bit sad that nobody has thought enough to do this for me. Would it be wrong to ask for one?



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