Money Moral Dilemma: Can I buy a cheaper baby-shower gift?

Pollycat

Your money, spend what you like.

But then again, I was brought up in an age before all this 'baby shower' nonsense and when women were having babies, other people knitted cardigans, booties and cot blankets.

happyinflorida

It seems very strange to have a baby shower in a theme park and to then expect guests to pay a £25 entrance seems really bizarre.


I wonder if the father to be thought this would be more fun for him and his mates?!! That's the impression I'm getting.


Is everyone going to this, also going to spend most of the day at the theme park enjoying the rides? If it's a place you like or want to go to, then fine, enjoy your day and I'd buy a nice gift as well, if you can afford to, if not, buy what you can afford.

Pollycat

Why not take an empty envelope with you and pop your entrance ticket in when you've paid.
Hand it to the parents-to-be and say 'here's little Jimmy's gift. I hope it will be useful'. :rotfl:

PasturesNew

MSE_Sarah wrote: »

I've been invited to a baby shower, being held in a function room at a theme park.

What a load of aspirational twaddle... probably chosen as it'll "look great on Instagram".

You used to pop round a pregnant friend's house at some point, with a pair of knitted bootees and a couple of bibs in wrapping paper. Job done.

If I were you .... I'd skip the "shower" ... buy a present, hand it over and get on with your life.

PasturesNew

gloriouslyhappy wrote: »

.... next we'll be having American style 'gender reveal' events! ....

And the fun of them uncovering white because "we don't want to label our child, who might choose to be gender fluid, gender neutral or trans-gender before they go to nursery school"...

Red-Squirrel_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

You used to pop round a pregnant friend's house at some point, with a pair of knitted bootees and a couple of bibs in wrapping paper. Job done.

And you did it after the baby was born, because we all realised that a healthy and safe pregnancy and birth was not something to be taken for granted. It still isn’t.

John_Gray

Perhaps we should abolish the baby-shower concept entirely, as yet another unwanted American import?

Compare Management-Speak, Trick-or-Treat, Black Friday...

Owain_Moneysaver

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

And you did it after the baby was born, because we all realised that a healthy and safe pregnancy and birth was not something to be taken for granted. It still isn’t.

Aye, if she's not actually pupped yet it's tempting fate.

Ianp2000

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

This moral dilemma should have been 'Is it ok to hold a baby shower in a venue that will charge my guests £25 to enter and then still expect a gift on top?' and the answer would have been a resounding no!

If the cost of the venue is £25 a head, the host is supposed to pay that, its their choice to hold it there.

I totally agree

minislim

baby shower is an american idea anyway. so no. save your money and give them your £25 present afterwards.

£25 just to go to a venue is pretty steep. and it sounds a bit of a stupid idea as the price probably grants access to the park. but the key person in question (the pregnant woman) wont be able to go on most rides probably due to her condition.