August 25, 2025 • 5 mins
Laura was thrown a surprise Baby Shower over the weekend but it didn't quite go the way we thought it would
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Heart podcasts, hear more Kiss podcast playlist, and listen live
on the Free iHeart app. Okay, so this weekend I
had a baby shower. So if you're like, yay, if
you're not across this, I am about four and a
half weeks of having a baby. I currently have a
foot sticking into my lung. I'm pretty sure I'm very
(00:32):
close to having a baby. And it's my number three,
so like, it's not my first rodeo. I've got a
couple of kids already.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Old news. It's just a bit old and boring, Like,
does anyone care? Probably not. So. My sister in law.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Who I absolutely adore, Kate, she came to me the
other about two months ago and.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
She was like, we're gonna have a baby shower. Right.
I don't know if other.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
People feel differently than this, but I don't think you
have a baby shower when you've got that many kids.
I think baby showers exclusively for like.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
One, maybe two. I don't know. I don't even think
i'd have a baby shower for my first one. But
I'm a weirdo like that.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, I'm not a partier for myself, no, but for myself.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Like I don't put Yeah, I don't know. I feel
weird about parties.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Well, I think usually other people organize baby showers for you.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
It's kind of like organizing your own hens, you know,
like I did that. I did that as well, But
they asked.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Me what I wanted to do, and I was like, no,
I don't want to do anything.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We've got all this stuff. I've already had.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Two of them, Like, no one cares. It's just like
and also would anyone even show up?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Why would they?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
They're like, oh, Laura's done that again. It just felt
like a lot of effort at this late in the pregnancy.
And Kate, so Matt's sister, was like, no, like you
need to do something. You need to have a girl's lunch. Now.
The thing is Kate has three kids, and she was like,
your life is over. It's not a celebration, it's a commiseration.
You just need to enjoy yourself one last time. It's
like a what's it called awake yes for my former self.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
So that was the last time we spoke about it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I said absolutely not anyway, hadn't thought about it again
since that was months ago. On the weekend just passed
my husband Matt, he had said to me that he
was going to take me up for a nice lunch
to just the two of us, because he was you know,
the way he said this up was that he was like,
I really want us to just spend some quality time
together before the baby comes. We're just gonna go out
for lunch together. Now, preceding this, we just had a great,
(02:17):
big old argument. So I was like, okay, good time.
I'm very hormonal, I'm very reactive. It was my fault. Okay,
make up for it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Take me to lunch.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I was like, let's go for lunch. Let's have cute
time as a couple.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
So we had been out all day and he, you know,
we got home just before we was supposed to leave
to get ready for this lunch, so we didn't have
much time. And I said to him like, okay, well,
how dressy do I need to be? And he was like, nuts,
where whatever you want to? Where what you feel comfortable in?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So I did.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I feel very comfortable. And we got to the restaurant
and we walked in.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I looked to where our table was and I could
see one of our friends sitting on the floor like so,
I thought it was a very long table, so I
spotted her from quite a while, and my brain was like,
why is Sarah on the ground anyway, as we need closer,
the room exploded and all these people jumped out and
screamed surprise, and it took me wet yourself, birth child,
(03:09):
and my words broke no.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
But it took me so long to realize what was
going on. Firstly, but it's the first time I've ever
had a surprise anything.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I don't know if I responded in the way that
you're supposed to respond, unless you ran out of it.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Okay, hang on, how did you respond that you don't
think is appropriate?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, pretty much everyone was like, you looked really angry
because you didn't want us, you didn't want a baby shower.
To be fair, I wasn't angry. I was just confused.
I just had a really prolonged moment of confusion.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I think you see these idyllic like.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Surprise birthday parties and stuff, and the people just seem
so overwhelmed and happy. Instantly, I took a little bit
longer in the processing time. Once I had processed it
and realized what was going on, and I was so
happy to see everyone.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I love in the one room together.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I then kind of felt a bit dirty to my
husband that he told me just to dress casual.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Everyone was dressed up, everyone had their faked hands on
and they'd done their hair, and everyone was wearing like
cute little summer dresses. And I wrote up and I literally.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Said to Matt before I left, I was like, it's fine,
It's not like I'm gonna see anyone. And then I
saw every single person I loved so overall.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Do you think you're a surprise person or no? Put
it in the bin. I had the best time.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I'm so glad we did it, but I'm not sure
if I'm a surprise person. I think I'm gonna let
me know and prepare me. But if you're like organized
things on my behalf, I'm so cool with that. Like
it was so nice to just show up and everything
be done.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I think I would love a surprise, would you anyone's listening.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I wants a surprise.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
I've never had a surprise anything, but when we talk
about it, if you're a surprise person, I'm that kind
of person that like if.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's Christmas or whatever, right you know you're gonna get
a gift from you partner or whatever, You're like, just
tell me what it is, and they'll fight you want
it because you really want to know.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Then when they say fine, i'll tell you, I'm like, Nope, no,
I don't want to know. I don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
So it's almost like I can't tell if I want
the surprise or not, or if I just want to
know something.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Because I'm not available to it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, Okay, I feel like there's definitely two types of
people in this world.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Surprise people are not surprise people, but do it for
me anyway?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
All right, Well, producer Grace is telling us a shut
up
Heart podcasts, hear more Kiss podcast playlist, and listen live
on the Free iHeart app. Okay, so this weekend I
had a baby shower. So if you're like, yay, if
you're not across this, I am about four and a
half weeks of having a baby. I currently have a
foot sticking into my lung. I'm pretty sure I'm very
(00:32):
close to having a baby. And it's my number three,
so like, it's not my first rodeo. I've got a
couple of kids already.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Old news. It's just a bit old and boring, Like,
does anyone care? Probably not. So. My sister in law.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
Who I absolutely adore, Kate, she came to me the
other about two months ago and.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
She was like, we're gonna have a baby shower. Right.
I don't know if other.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
People feel differently than this, but I don't think you
have a baby shower when you've got that many kids.
I think baby showers exclusively for like.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
One, maybe two. I don't know. I don't even think
i'd have a baby shower for my first one. But
I'm a weirdo like that.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Yeah, I'm not a partier for myself, no, but for myself.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Like I don't put Yeah, I don't know. I feel
weird about parties.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Well, I think usually other people organize baby showers for you.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
It's kind of like organizing your own hens, you know,
like I did that. I did that as well, But
they asked.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Me what I wanted to do, and I was like, no,
I don't want to do anything.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We've got all this stuff. I've already had.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Two of them, Like, no one cares. It's just like
and also would anyone even show up?
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Why would they?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
They're like, oh, Laura's done that again. It just felt
like a lot of effort at this late in the pregnancy.
And Kate, so Matt's sister, was like, no, like you
need to do something. You need to have a girl's lunch. Now.
The thing is Kate has three kids, and she was like,
your life is over. It's not a celebration, it's a commiseration.
You just need to enjoy yourself one last time. It's
like a what's it called awake yes for my former self.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
So that was the last time we spoke about it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I said absolutely not anyway, hadn't thought about it again
since that was months ago. On the weekend just passed
my husband Matt, he had said to me that he
was going to take me up for a nice lunch
to just the two of us, because he was you know,
the way he said this up was that he was like,
I really want us to just spend some quality time
together before the baby comes. We're just gonna go out
for lunch together. Now, preceding this, we just had a great,
(02:17):
big old argument. So I was like, okay, good time.
I'm very hormonal, I'm very reactive. It was my fault. Okay,
make up for it.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Take me to lunch.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
I was like, let's go for lunch. Let's have cute
time as a couple.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
So we had been out all day and he, you know,
we got home just before we was supposed to leave
to get ready for this lunch, so we didn't have
much time. And I said to him like, okay, well,
how dressy do I need to be? And he was like, nuts,
where whatever you want to? Where what you feel comfortable in?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So I did.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
I feel very comfortable. And we got to the restaurant
and we walked in.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
I looked to where our table was and I could
see one of our friends sitting on the floor like so,
I thought it was a very long table, so I
spotted her from quite a while, and my brain was like,
why is Sarah on the ground anyway, as we need closer,
the room exploded and all these people jumped out and
screamed surprise, and it took me wet yourself, birth child,
(03:09):
and my words broke no.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
But it took me so long to realize what was
going on. Firstly, but it's the first time I've ever
had a surprise anything.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
I don't know if I responded in the way that
you're supposed to respond, unless you ran out of it.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Okay, hang on, how did you respond that you don't
think is appropriate?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, pretty much everyone was like, you looked really angry
because you didn't want us, you didn't want a baby shower.
To be fair, I wasn't angry. I was just confused.
I just had a really prolonged moment of confusion.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
I think you see these idyllic like.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Surprise birthday parties and stuff, and the people just seem
so overwhelmed and happy. Instantly, I took a little bit
longer in the processing time. Once I had processed it
and realized what was going on, and I was so
happy to see everyone.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I love in the one room together.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I then kind of felt a bit dirty to my
husband that he told me just to dress casual.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Everyone was dressed up, everyone had their faked hands on
and they'd done their hair, and everyone was wearing like
cute little summer dresses. And I wrote up and I literally.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Said to Matt before I left, I was like, it's fine,
It's not like I'm gonna see anyone. And then I
saw every single person I loved so overall.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Do you think you're a surprise person or no? Put
it in the bin. I had the best time.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
I'm so glad we did it, but I'm not sure
if I'm a surprise person. I think I'm gonna let
me know and prepare me. But if you're like organized
things on my behalf, I'm so cool with that. Like
it was so nice to just show up and everything
be done.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
I think I would love a surprise, would you anyone's listening.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I wants a surprise.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
I've never had a surprise anything, but when we talk
about it, if you're a surprise person, I'm that kind
of person that like if.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
It's Christmas or whatever, right you know you're gonna get
a gift from you partner or whatever, You're like, just
tell me what it is, and they'll fight you want
it because you really want to know.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Then when they say fine, i'll tell you, I'm like, Nope, no,
I don't want to know. I don't want to know.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
So it's almost like I can't tell if I want
the surprise or not, or if I just want to
know something.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Because I'm not available to it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Yeah, Okay, I feel like there's definitely two types of
people in this world.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Surprise people are not surprise people, but do it for
me anyway?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
All right, Well, producer Grace is telling us a shut
up
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