Baby Shower Candy Puns

We are making little goodie bags for kids coming to our baby shower. I thought it would be fun to add a few candies that are baby themed. All I can think of are Baby Bottle Pops and Sugar Babies. Anyone have any other ideas?

This Halloween I thought I would buy candy for the holiday. I don't ever have candy but this year I decided to do it. I gave candy to the kids and even the teens watching them if they were in costume.

There was one lady and her infant that I refused because it's obvious the candy would be for the mom. The baby obviously can't understand anything nor can he handle solids. I don't want to give free candy to a grown woman. That might make me the asshole with just that.

I don't know my neighbors but apparently she is on my street and she's very upset. I told some friends and they think I was being an ass. I'm told that it's normal for parents to bring their babies and considering I have a lot of candy left over it shouldn't be a big deal.

If this is true then my morals don't match with this holiday. I thought the point was giving kids free candy and seeing cute costumes.

Update-

Alright, reddit thinks this was an ass move. This was my first Halloween giving out candy so I had expectations of what I wanted Halloween to be. I participated in Halloween for selfish reasons so I'm not surprised I didn't plan for this. It was a gut reaction to what I believed was an odd situation. The baby was young (max 2months) and in a normal Disney onesie so not really a costume. I'm not meant to understand everything so I'll consider this a cultural thing. The night went great other than this situation. Days have passed and I heard nothing from other neighbors or the mother so that's how it ends. Can't wait for next year! 😊 🎃

I (16F) went to my boyfriend (M17) sister's(29F) babyshower

He invited me because I get along with a lot of his immediate family and thought it'd be a good way to introduce me to some of his extended family (Cousins, aunts and uncles)

I had a bad feeling that I'd get the question any time their out with their boyfriend to a family event

And I got it, one of his aunts who I didn't know too much came over while I was playing with the younger kids and took me over to where some of the other aunts and my BF's sister was for some 'girl talk'

What she meant was an interrogation about my future life choices

What university did I plan on going to? What did I want my career to be? My opinions on marriage?

This was more the aunts then the sister, she was pretty silent during it, I answered each one calmly, they seemed to not like the fact that I didn't want to ever be married, even though that's also my boyfriend's opinion

Then the question came

'Do you want kids?'

I said never because I don't want kids, for multiple reasons but I got interrogated about why don't I want kids, would I ever adobt, doesn't my boyfriend want kids

Then the aunt who pulled me away asked what would happen if I got pregnant by accident, I told them that's very unlikely but if it were I'd most likely abort, they looked like I said I'd kill it with my bare hands, telling me it'd be different if I was actually pregnant and that when I feel a life growing inside me it would be different

I told them I'm sure that's what they felt but at this moment I don't want a kid and never want a kid, so that is what I would do

When I went back outside I told my BF what happened and went to play hide and seek with the little kids and everything was fine but when we came back in to eat

My BF's aunt asked 'I thought you didn't want kids' I reinforced that I didn't and she brought up that I was really good with the kids at the party, I explained wanting kids and being good with kids are two different things

She then told my BF that I need to leave and I ruined the party because of my opinions and what I said while she was 'making conversation'

My BF said we'd both leave since his aunt was out of line

A couple days later his dad told us that his Aunt never wants to see me again and disapproves of me being with my BF

So AITA for stating my views on a topic I was asked about?

Edits: I just wanted to clear up and add in some things

It's very common to ask 16 year olds about Uni and c

THERE ARE SLIGHT SPOILERS BELOW. IF YOU HAVENT READ FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON DON’T YOU DARE READ THIS POST!

Lets me introduce myself first. I’m a pretty bland guy in his early 20s. I don't laugh that much, don't get worked up easily, seldom express my emotions and I can’t remember in the prior 2 years when last I actually cried. As I’ve become older, I’ve become more “desensitized” to everything. Nothing really seems to “move” me anymore, emotionally that is, so I thought why not pick up a book that reddit says will emotionally destroy me? It’s always recommended in the comments when you’re all talking about sad books. Maybe that would make me feel something for the first time in ages? Oh... I felt something alright.

Flowers for Algernon seemed like a story I would enjoy. It seemed like it would be something a guy in his 20s would read. The plot of a mentally handicapped man turned into a genius by science! Plus, a little mouse! I started reading Charlie’s progress reports and immediately liked the pace and style of the storytelling. Every day the small changes one could see in his intelligence kept the story interesting and enjoyable. Not only did I empathize with Charlie but it gave me insight to the life of a disabled person.

I kept on thinking when is the part going to come when I get sad? I was convinced the book didn’t resonate with me because nothing "emotionally devastating" was happening. Charlie also predicts the ending of the book and I couldn’t envision how his prediction would "destroy" me?

But oh boy. As I started turning the last 5 pages of that book…I started feeling funny. My throat deep down started aching. Last time I felt that aching pain was when I was a kid. I carried on reading until I got to the last page. I could feel a single tear trying to escape but my toxic masculinity wouldn't let it.

I slowly read the last words and shut the book. Blankly starring at my wall I knew it was the calm before the storm. All I could think of was “Fuck…Here comes the waterworks”. I quickly ran and jumped into the shower to hide the fact to my roommate I was crying over a book. I thought the tears would stop after a few seconds but they just kept on coming. Sobbing some of my most manliest tears in the shower over fictional characters :') If anyone were to ask why my eyes were so red I could always just say it was the shampoo :')

I don't think I will read anything for at least a few days. I feel like I need to savor the feeling. I'm in my "mourni

At work, we have the candy drawer, for when you need a sugary midafternoon pick-me-up. Everyone takes it in turns to bring stuff in - there's no official schedule or roster, you just dump whatever you bring in the drawer, and everyone raids it as they need a snack.

Out shopping the other day, I found a bag of individually wrapped chocolates, so I grabbed it to add to the candy drawer. I was honestly pretty excited about them - they were a European brand I didn't recognize, but they were all really good flavors like raspberry, pistachio, hazelnut, and dark chocolate orange, they were a really high percentage of cocoa, and I tend to prefer European chocolates to American - less likely to have butyric acid.

Well, I tossed them in the candy drawer and thought nothing of it...until I went to make myself tea around mid-day, and overheard a couple of my coworkers talking.

"Ugh, who brought in the generic shit chocolate?"

"Right? Name-brand or nothing, don't fob your cheap crap off on us."

When I checked at the end of the day, maybe two had been taken.

The kicker? Before I tossed in the chocolates, the candy drawer contained nothing but a handful of Smarties and half-melted Tootsie rolls. Enjoy your stale name-brand gunk, assholes. My chocolates will be accompanying me to board game night, where they will be more appreciated.

Just got an activity book for 7-11 year olds from my sister. She reserved an age appropriate activity mat from my registry, but it was out of stock so she got me the book. 😂🤦🏼‍♀️💀

Unfortunately both a family member and a co-worker are reproducing now and I have been invited to their respective showers.

Cringe.

EDIT: Thank you all for helping me to decide. Your input was most helpful!

I am going to attend both showers. The co-worker's shower is via Zoom and I will donate $10 to a group gift. The games are quizzes that sound fun to me.

I am also going to attend my relative's shower, but I will decline to cater all of the food and will cut back on the gift. I'll bring an appetizer, a modest gift NOT from the registry and politely skip the silly, over-the-top games.

EDIT 2: I'm not buying from the registry because I bought the relative's crib for her first. This time I'm buying consumables that I know she uses such as wipes, diapers and breast pads (thank you nurse who suggested the pads LOL).

Today I stole about 5 bucks worth of candy. Nerds rope, my favourite. It’s my birthday today and I can’t afford anything else, and today while buying the same bread and eggs I have been eating for weeks I just snapped, and lifted a bag of gummies from a stroller up ahead.I am now back at home, and feel terrible. The candy doesn’t taste right . I just wanted to treat myself on the one day of the year that’s mine.In all my 20 years of existence I never thought I’d sink so low but I guess I’m starting the new year off with a bang. Just a rant I needed to get off my chest. Happy birthday to me I guess.

To preface, I and my entire side of the family are vaccinated and boosted for covid. Although my partner (not yet married but for the sake of this post i’ll be referring to his mother as MIL) was hesitant at first, he is now getting fully vaxxed and we have agreed to require vaccination, TDAP, and the flu shot in order to meet the baby while he’s still little.

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I am currently 35 weeks pregnant, due the second week of February. Our pregnancy has been kept pretty quiet since I don’t want to be bothered constantly by random people I hardly know, but everyone important to us is aware. For a bit more background info, my boyfriends mom has been pushy and entitled my entire pregnancy complaining about how she’s “so sick and tired of us not allowing her to be excited about her grand baby.”

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I told her right off the bat that she’s not allowed to post an announcement before we do (which will be after our sons birth), but that she can feel free to talk to people in private if it means so much to her. She again and again has thrown a tantrum over this like a child and we’ve had to ask her to take down several posts and comments, the most recent of which she is refusing to delete.

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Anyway, my grievances with her begin with how she treats my partner. She has never been a mother to him, and while she’s always been kind to me Ive never much liked her. Even so, she was invited to be a part of the baby shower planning so she can feel included. This planning group includes my mom, MIL, my best friend, my boyfriends aunt and my grandma. According to everyone, MIL has helped with absolutely nothing at all pertaining to the shower.

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Today my mom sent out a text explaining how we will be requiring a negative test result for the baby shower, as we don’t want to risk anyone getting sick and my hospital has a rule that if I or my guests are symptomatic at all, they won’t be allowed in. Immediately following this text, my MIL stated that none of my boyfriends side of the family would be attending the baby shower if they had to take a test. Not even a vaccination, just a TEST.

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She then attempted to start a spat with my mother in the baby shower planning groupchat, which was honestly hilarious and she simply got a “oh, bummer. i’ll make sure to make a new groupchat so we don’t spam you with texts” from my angel mama.

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My partner received a text after stating that none of his family members would be coming, so he could forget about seeing them

With the variant and living in frigid cold temps I just made the decision to pull the plug. I’m heartbroken as I was truly looking forward to it. I’m fully boosted so struggling if we’re being too cautious. I’m also selfishly bummed as we’ll need to buy a lot more from our registry than initially planned.

I’m so awkward and am not ready to have everyone watching my reactions 😭

Unddit / rareddit

The debate we were having in the comments was so interesting to me that since OP's deleted the post now, I figured I'd keep the conversation going in this community just to see what people here think.

Short version: OP and DH decide to have a "non-traditional" mail-in baby shower that is essentially an invite on their social media for friends and family to participate by sending them gifts from their registry in the mail in exchange for a nice thank-you card and/or a video of them opening the gift in question. There is no in-person gathering because OP's pregnancy is high-risk and duh, covid, and there's no virtual gathering either because OP has some social anxiety and doesn't like being the center of attention. MIL is informed of said plan, freaks out about the lack of a gathering, throws a tantrum, and tries to persuade OP otherwise. OP defends her decision and stands her ground, winky-faces galore.

The debate is this: does MIL have a point? Is it appropriate to host a shower that boils down to a solicitation for mail-in gifts on social media, without even a virtual component where people can get together on zoom or some such? Isn't OP entitled to celebrate her own baby in whatever way she's most comfortable with? And isn't the nature of a baby shower just to solicit gifts for the new parents anyway? Or is it tacky and kind of gift-grabby to do so? How would you respond to this kind of invitation?

I've already stated my opinion in the comments which amounts to "a little from column A, a little from column B." But this isn't the first time I've clashed with others about the nature of baby showers, so I'm curious where other people land.

And naturally you can't have a civilized debate on that sub without someone accusing you of being a jnmil yourself. Par for the course.

I’m 20yo and new to Reddit.

My SIL and I got pregnant within a few months of each other. She was excited and me well I got there eventually.

She is now at 28 weeks and I had my baby on Jan 3rd at 22w plus 1 day. It has been so hard. And I get really emotional about everything right now. I even burst into tears when my neighbors baby cries.

Next week is her baby shower. Before my daughter was born I said I would be there. I even bought her a gift which I have since given to my brother to have at the shower. I changed my mind about going though simply because I don’t think my emotions can handle it.

Rather than announcing it over the phone I announced it durring a brunch on Saturday with my mom, SIL, SILs mom, and my older sister and all hell broke loose. They are all calling me selfish because I can’t put the fact I have a preemie out of my mind for one day. SIL wants me there because we have been through almost every part of pregnancy.

I finally just told them that selfish or not I don’t think anyone would have an enjoyable time if I cried the entire time.

Then I left and went home in an Uber. All have tried to call and are leaving messages to change my mind and that I made SIL cry because it seems like I don’t care.

Am I being the ass here?