Human beings perplex me. Tell me why someone would buy a book on a computer program and then be surprised that they have to read the book to figure out how to use the lesson files disc that came with it? Did they think the book was included just to jack up the shipping charges from Amazon?

Timelies all!

Sigh...so my friend comes up to me at dance practice and tells me we need to do something about a baby shower for our other friend who is due in two months. This was news to me, since I didn't know we were the ones to throw the shower.(for some reason I thought that family did that, but I guess it's like bridal showers in that friends do it)Furthermore, I'm the one who has to host it, since I'm the only one who can.(Of the attendants at our friend's wedding, one lives in CA, one's her sister, one's a guy, one lives with her parents, one is in the midst of home remodeling, and then there's me.) I'm really not happy with this, as I've never even been to a baby shower before, nevermind hosting one.

There's also the whole ambivalence about kids in general, which isn't helping matters any. If this were to be held elsewhere, I could politely excuse myself when I got tired of WBBY, all-baby all the time conversation. Can't do that when you're the host. So basically I'm stuck. If I say I can't host, the shower doesn't happen, and I feel like the crappiest friend in the world. Aargh...

Sheryl, how big's the shower going to be? If it's over, say, 15 people, maybe you can use the basement of a local church instead.

Involuntary showers not cool. Why can't the sister host? I think mine was at my house with my MIL and SIL doing most of the work.

Icky operation to remove a 16lb tumor from a kid's face today in Miami. Gross picture ahead. [link]

Involuntary showers not cool. Why can't the sister host? I think mine was at my house with my MIL and SIL doing most of the work.

I don't think baby shower etiquette is as strict as bridal shower etiquette regarding family hosting. My sisters hosted a shower for me.

I don't know how many people will be at the shower, as we haven't gotten that far in the process. I wouldn't presume to ask the sister, as she's living in an apartment, which is no doubt smaller than my house.

You shouldn't so much ask the sister as discuss it with her. She may want to have it at her place. It's hard to know though until you get an idea of how many people. I think it would have been great fun if one of my guy friends had given me the baby shower. Probably wouldn't have had any toilet tissue games.

Sheryl, you could do the passive-agressive thing and call the sister and ask, "Hey, I was wondering if you knew of a shower in the owrks for friend?" See what she says.

Sheryl, I know nothing of shower etiquette, but I empathize.

I read that operation story this morning but no pic then. Oh, that poor poor girl.

Sheryl, you could do the passive-agressive thing and call the sister and ask, "Hey, I was wondering if you knew of a shower in the owrks for friend?" See what she says.

Er, I don't have the sister's number. Plus, I barely know her.(Met her a few times at things associated with my friend's wedding)