"Dad-chelor" parties; is this a thing??

[eatsleephockeyrepeat]

DPs about to ship out with the requisite jingly toy to an afternoon dad-chelor party for a friend expecting a baby with his DW. I mean, a DAD-CHELOR party... WTF? Is this a thing??

To be fair I find baby showers a bit bleugh, but this is just an excuse for a piss up, right? I don't mind that - any excuse to sit in a beer garden on a lovely day - but I do like to call a duck a duck. And this walks like one. And quacks like one. So AIBU to call this a duck? A beer laden, boozy duck?

Not sure how I'd feel if dp had done this while I was expecting either; probably jealous; I wanted beer. I don't actually have a grievance just interested if I missed some sort of memo that this was the done thing now.

Over to you!

[Floggingmolly]

Never heard of this... But just because some halfwit does something ridiculous it doesn't make it a "thing", unless another load of halfwits are so entranced by it that they decide to copy.
That's certainly not unheard of.

[SaucyJack]

It's just what used to be called "Wetting the baby's head", non?

Meh. I like any excuse for a piss-up meself.

Whose pregnant on here? I've got a bottle of chocolate Bailey's I've been saving for a special occasion. I'll drink it in service to your cervix.

[SaucyJack]

Your typos read like you've started already Derek.

Good work.

[TheFuckersBitingMe]

What's happened to just saying "I'm out out tonight love"?

[eatsleephockeyrepeat]

Wetting the babies head is after the baby's born, no? I'm sure they'll do that too.

I think the fact this was presented to me as "I'm going to a dadchelor party, you know, obviously..." has caused my confusion. Although I think dp just didn't want to look behind-the-times in case I had a clue what he was talking about

[ItsyBitsyBikini]

saucyjack due on Tuesday - drink the godawful baileys for me!
This is just a piss up dressed up as something fancy!

[BYOSnowman]

Oh just googled. They can also be called man showers. That just sounds wrong.

It's things like this that make me think of the last days of the Romans.

[eatsleephockeyrepeat]

Man showers!! Actually that sounds like something I might enjoy...

[TheFuckersBitingMe]

I want Jon Snow to man shower me please.

[eatsleephockeyrepeat]

Hahaha, if the "man shower" is how the baby's made I'm not sure dp knows what he's letting himself in for going along to celebrate this; I think he thought just a couple of beers maybe

[BYOSnowman]

Well it's certainly a way to maximise gifts

It's interesting because for women it is a baby shower - emphasis on welcoming a new baby

For men it is a dadchelor party or man shower. Emphasis on the man/dad.

[BadLad]

Never heard of this.

If I ever get invited one I suppose I'll turn up with a small gift and drink more than the gift's value in booze.

Or, to put it another way, I hope they don't catch on. I suspect they won't.