I am frequently reminded, intentionally or unintentionally, that I am not as up to date with the way things are done these days as I would like to be, but I am learning.
The most recent example of how things have changed since I was a young woman is the invitation we received to my grandson and granddaughter-in-law's baby shower. Their baby is due in March and the shower will be on January 10.
The first obvious difference from "the olden days" is that men are invited to the shower. My spouse isn't wildly excited about this.
The second difference is that the invitation, which did arrive by snail mail - very traditional - has a QR code attached which we can scan to get to the gift registry. When we scanned it my spouse and I were taken to my.babylist.com, a collection of many things I had never even heard of. I figured if my wonder spouse is going with me to the shower, he should have some say in the gift choice. I did recognize the item labeled baby bottles, although these were evidently 'new and improved.'
The one thing I did understand is the diaper raffle. If we bring a pack of diapers we are entered in the raffle. Not sure what we will win if we win, but traditionally it would have been a baby gift that would then be handed over to the mother-to-be.
Maybe that's how it will be, maybe not. We shall see.
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