I'm trapped in a zoom baby shower

[mamaduckbone]

Please help...!

That sounds beyond dull. I definitely think your Internet is playing up. They're a naff idea at the best of times but via zoom, why?!

Now is not the time for a baby shower. The poor pregnant woman. She should be in bed! (Or is that just pregnant me?)

Sit with a bottle of wine and a box of chocolates. Can you slyly go on mumsnet whilst smiling at your camera and nodding along.

Stick your cardboard cutout in front of the camera and walk away

@Duggeehugs82

I would just think how crappy it is for the pregnant person who i would assume u like, im sure they would have prefered not doing it this way

It's not like baby showers are in any way obligatory. (Rather than, say, grabby, self-indulgent exercises in narcissism...)

Change your user name to reconnecting like that school kid did. They'll assume Internet issues and you can wander off and do whatever

At least you are not a cat.

A Zoom baby shower... What fresh hell is this??! 😱

Can you not just put on a cat filter on and have a snooze on the sofa?

Oh just leave but send a message in chat with an urgent excuse before you click the button.
I was in a zoom 40th birthday party last weekend. Was awful. The host asked if everyone wanted to go into breakout rooms to share funny stories about her! Luckily someone just said no.

Battery is about to go flat

Genuinely dodged every baby shower I’ve ever been invited too . I think they are a loads of bollocks. You need to stay very still pretend it’s frozen and leave!

Is 'I don't want to do this, bye' too difficult? Are these things compulsory?

Why did you ever accept the invitation? Sorry no sympathy for the OP. No is a complete sentence.

Oh god. Throw yourself down the stairs op, it'd be less painful and the trip to a&e would provide the perfect excuse.

@TinySongstress

I knew Zoom would end up being used for evil.

That made me laugh, quite a lot.

I threw a Zoom baby shower last year. I thought it was rather good

Well there's nothing stopping you doing a sudoku or jigsaw off screen. Add a kitten filter to your face too.

Nunodtheother
To be fair i agreeand i had one with first baby but insisted on no gifts which everyone thankfully agreed and they came round for afternoon tea and it was like last get together of closest friends before craziness of motherhood, which i forgot thats not always case.

@Indiaplain

Oh just leave but send a message in chat with an urgent excuse before you click the button. I was in a zoom 40th birthday party last weekend. Was awful. The host asked if everyone wanted to go into breakout rooms to share funny stories about her! Luckily someone just said no.

Oh my god 😂

I would also say u dont have to accept the invitation if they r that terrible u politely say no thank u

@hansgrueber

Is 'I don't want to do this, bye' too difficult? Are these things compulsory?

You serious or just playing naive? Would you honestly just say "I don't want to do this, bye" to your friend who was having a baby shower / birthday celebration etc?

You need to start talking then go silent but keep your lips moving. A few jerky movements followed by switching your video off then “disappearing” before sending an apologetic Emil to the host/mum be saying your broadband connection keeps cutting out.

Put the cat on.... they'll think it's an ironic filter.

@Helloandhelloagain

Genuinely dodged every baby shower I’ve ever been invited too . I think they are a loads of bollocks. You need to stay very still pretend it’s frozen and leave!

This.