I think it sounds hilarious, and if your friends have anything like a sense of humor, they'll be glad to help you celebrate your babylessness. :)
On the other hand, you might run up against a sanctimonious mommy who feels that anyone who doesn't have kids is somehow "selfish" or "self-absorbed" and doesn't deserve to have a party at all, much less a party that points out all the fun things she doesn't get to do any more now that she's a mommy. Those women will get their noses out of joint at this party and may stop speaking to you altogether. Then again, do you really want to be friends with a woman who believes that to be a mother, you have to trade in your status as an individual?
Probably not.
For what it's worth, my husband and I don't have kids either, and we're approaching the age at which having them won't be biologically possible any more. Never let anyone tell you that you'll regret not having kids when you're older; life can be full and happy without kids, too.
Am I jerk for wanting to throw myself a "I'm not pregnant shower"?
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I think it sounds hilarious, and if your friends have anything like a sense of humor, they'll be glad to help you celebrate your babylessness. :)
On the other hand, you might run up against a sanctimonious mommy who feels that anyone who doesn't have kids is somehow "selfish" or "self-absorbed" and doesn't deserve to have a party at all, much less a party that points out all the fun things she doesn't get to do any more now that she's a mommy. Those women will get their noses out of joint at this party and may stop speaking to you altogether. Then again, do you really want to be friends with a woman who believes that to be a mother, you have to trade in your status as an individual?
Probably not.
For what it's worth, my husband and I don't have kids either, and we're approaching the age at which having them won't be biologically possible any more. Never let anyone tell you that you'll regret not having kids when you're older; life can be full and happy without kids, too.