Oh hell no.

[kyburg]

windintrees poked me in the mind this morning. In the region where I store thoughts on routine family rituals.

Like baby showers.

It has been many years since I have had to do the baby shower thing. There's probably a reason for this somewhere in the higher scheme of things. I will refrain from forcing my husband and his best friend to pay for the fact I had to play "The Diaper Game" in which 10 numbered diapers have a small amount of candy bar deposited into them and then are melted... so it looks like poo. This is a nasty, nasty game. There were women at this thing sniffing and *licking* the 'poo.' It was our job, as players in this game - to identify the candy bar.

Oh hell no.

I was actually pretty good at "hanging the safety pins on the clothesline" game - but since you don't use the silly things anymore, what's the point.

Don't get me started on the "string cut to measure" game. Just. Don't.

Are there any legitimate games left that aren't demeaning or disgusting at such events anymore? Don't spend a lot of time answering that one.

It's very likely we'll want a shower once we've gotten a placement; we're due, we qualify, never had any children and I'd like to have some memories to pass along with the furniture and stuff.

There will be beer. And anime. And games. Like Muchkin, Flux and Burnout. Maybe I'll figure out a task-driven version for Civ III and Sims2.

But the chocolate will stay in the wrappers and in the candy dish until consumption -

And the adults will act like adults. And yes, I expect both genders to attend. You need both genders to have children, after all. I think a lot of the reason this kind of party ends up such a train wreck is that it *has* to be attended only by women.

Since when were only women responsible for babies, after all?

Sheesh.