‘Baby Spritz’ what fresh hell is this?!

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I’ve declined, politely, as it’s a colleague I hardly know having this event anyway.

Baby Spritz? How is this different to a shower? More pretentious maybe?!

Just when I think the world can’t get any crazier, I am reminded that I have had that thought before.

Any ideas on the difference though?

What is it? I thought it was going to be a non alcoholic Aperol spritz!

I googled and it just comes up with scenty spray stuff.

I think it might be for subsequent babies, as per this explanation of a baby sprinkle, a toned down version of a baby shower. It would be a no thank you from me!

I googled and apparently there are 'baby sprinkles' for second/third/fourth babies which are for 'replenishing the nursery' so you get smaller consumables rather than the big ticket things. Does she mean a sprinkle rather than a spritz (and my opinion on all of these events shall not be divulged).

Baby Spritz is what’s on the very elegant invite!

’Come to Megan’s Baby Spritz!’
Then the details of the event.
Very pretty pastel colours, it looks nicer than my wedding invites were.

I could understand the second/third baby thing, I think this is her first though. Will have to feign interest and find out!

I think where baby showers have gone wrong, is that they seem to be an opportunity to give someone lots of gifts. Which… well, just why.

If it was a ‘let’s have a knees up before youre focused on the baby for the next x months’ I think it would irk people less.

The Americans are nuts when talking about them - with pre-prepared gift lists like a wedding, which they’re then upset about when people don’t follow to the letter.

I thought this was going to be about a spray that smells of babies. I wondered what fresh hell this was 🤣

I thought it was a colourful, non alcoholic drink for kids' parties.

I thought it was something you squirted on your nethers after birth. Although I wouldn't send invitations for that....

Is it not just a baby shower but without gifts? Sounds like a good plan.

Get the friends together for a celebration before you are a sleep deprived husk of a human and have to breastfeed every twelve minutes, but tell people no need for gifts because you prefer to choose your own, want to reduce consumption, are going to get hand me downs from family or whatever.

That said I actually love baby showers - mine are in school now but I love choosing baby stuff and baby showers are my only outlet….

I had visions of a baby version of a puppachino!

Yet another grabby, unpleasant way to pressure people into spending money. Baby Showers are batshit enough as it is…

We don't need baby showers let alone spritzes of sprinkles.
What a load of old nonsense.

I’ve never been to a baby shower or had a baby shower, but then I’m quite ancient, mid fifties.
Have I missed out?!!

😂😂😂 me too!

I was in a cafe last week and the boxer next to me was brought a puppachino! He went head first into it, ended up all over his mouth and chops so he decided the best thing was to wipe his head on my leg and then lick off from there!

Owner was very sorry and brought me my lunch! I thought it was hilarious but had my scruffs on so OK

Definitely not. I'm in my 60s and goodness knows how we got through pregnancy without rubbish like baby showers and gender reveals.

A gift grab by any other name... 🙄

Baby Showers should get in the bin and parents that hold them are greedy fuckwits.

I thought it was a perfume too

I honestly thought from the title someone had invited a perfume type spray for babies!

I thought it was a type of perfume spray actually for babies - glad to hear it isn’t!

Or been spared 👍😁

Laughing so much at this.

I'm wondering if there is a party you can have when you become a menopausal mardy arse.

I want people to come to my house, bring me gifts and immediately fuck off leaving me to drink 🍸 and eat snacks while I whinge at the dog.

I would go if there is alcohol because I'm nosy and like to know the gender (yes, yes, I know) of friends' and aquaintances' babies.

Please report back, OP.