Instead of baby showers, couples now invite friends for 'car showers' or 'boat showers' in honor of the toys they'll buy with the money they save

Vasectomies, once a source of shame, are now being celebrated openly by couples adamant about living childless lives

Call it a sign of the times.

More couples these days want to avoid parenthood and embrace life without children.

So some are marking the start of their childless families with 'vasectomy parties.'

'Vasectomy cakes' like the one above are becoming abundantly visible on social media as couples celebrate living together without children

One couple posted a Reddit bulletin announcing that they were inviting friends to revel in the fun of being sterilized.

The invitation calls on attendees to live it up in 'a house filled with sharp furniture and exposed outlets,' the Sun reported.

Instead of the traditional baby shower, couples also invite friends to 'car showers' where guests help them name their new car.

They also play board games like The Price Is Right, where they talk about what they can buy now that they've saved money by not having kids.

'Absolutely brilliant!,' one Reddit user replied.

'Made me LOL, especially the wording on the invitation, the clever cake, and the advent calendar! Congratulations, by the way and have a happy childfree life!'

'All a baby shower is a party to celebrate that you had sex,' wrote another user. 'That a sperm managed to hit a fertile egg. A vasectomy shower is a party to celebrate soon to be sex.'

Some are even getting creative with their cakes as they hold the less traditional gatherings

Couples now invite friends over to decide what to name their cars, boats or other items that they buy with the money they save on account of not having children

The trend has become so pronounced that one couple posted a blog that they proudly named 'WereNotHavingABaby.com.'

'After six years of having looked forward to becoming a caring and all-out stimulating and dynamic mother at some indeterminate point in the near future, I suddenly realised that this wasn't the only possible narrative for my life,' one woman known as Stefani posted on the blog.

'I had swallowed the motherhood mandate hook, line, and sinker and I had never given myself the space and time to question whether I really, really want children.'

'Our society is all about celebrating traditional milestones,' Amy Blackstone, one of the blog's authors, told the New York Post.

'You graduate, you get married, you have a child. But that's a very narrow path and isn't indicative of many people's experiences.'

'So why not decide to celebrate your choice to not have a child?'