One of the moms (Amy) told us that Joanna was having a really hard time since she was turning 40, her DH doesn't help with the 1st kid at all, and she had gestational diabetes for the 2nd kid and it would be really nice of everyone to give Joanna a party and show her that she is loved and we are ALL there for her, and this may be the last time we can all get together for a long time, blah, blah, blah.
So we were guilted into it. In retrospect, we should have just said no but Amy made us all feel like we HAD to do this for a friend.
Now remember we meet every Wednesday anyway, so it's not like we don't see her every week ...
Sigh...