Lots of my friends have had baby showers over the years and I’ll happily attend/make a fuss of other people. I’m the same with parties/hen do’s etc but when it comes to something for me I just hate it. I hate the idea of the whole thing and it would be my worst nightmare. I hate the thought of people ‘having’ to buy me a gift when they’ll most likely bring something when the baby arrives too.
I’m an anxious person and just really struggle with being the centre of attention. My friends are well aware of this but we’re going for lunch next weekend when I’ll be 37 weeks and I’m now really fearing it’s actually a surprise baby shower. I have read between the lines of something a friend said and my husband has asked about it which makes me think they’ve contacted him 🤦🏻♀️ Obviously it’s lovely I have nice friends who want to make the effort but I just can’t cope with the fact I don’t want one and I’ll be expected to walk in and act surprised when I’ve literally asked not to have one 🙈 I’m being so ungrateful but I know lots of you on here aren’t a fan of them! 😩