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  • Babble Talk: Expecting Presents for Being Preggers

    Think women choose to get pregnant because they want to raise children? Oh, hell no. Turns out they do it for the gifts!

    In this Bad Parent essay -- although technically, I suppose it should be a Bad Expectant Parent essay -- Jennifer Blaise Kramer writes about women who are obsessed with "push presents," the jewelry, handbags and other assorted luxury items that husbands are "supposed" to give their wives after they give births. Over the years, Kramer observed scornfully as more and more of her pregnant friends got swept up in the trend, flashing their diamonds with as much excitement as they showed off their newborns. But after a while, she suddenly had a change of heart.

    "I started to think that such gorgeous gifts were not ridiculous, but fitting markers for a new phase in life," she writes. "Much like the wedding band is a symbol of marriage, the push present is a tangible way to document another major milestone."

    I think she's right, but only partially.

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  • Never Ever Enough, Baby

    If we aren't the best example of a culture obsessed with filling the gaping maw of materialism and greed, then I'll be a monkey's uncle (or aunt).  What better example of all this than the push present -- that little something (hopefully diamond something) given to the person who pushes the baby out (fills out the adoption paperwork? worries the most?)

    Personally, I received an incredibly touching card more beautiful than any diamond the day after my third daughter was born, so I'm inclined to believe expensive jewels aren't necessary (I was high on hormones and sitting on an ice pack. What can I say?)... but obviously not everyone agrees with me. Notably Tiffany's and Blue Nile...

     

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  • How Many Carats is YOUR Labor Worth?

    Push Presents -- the trend of giving a woman a gift for "pushing" out her baby, seems asinine in the extreme.  Far be it from me to denigrate another woman's desire for diamonds, but the trend of showering a woman with jewelry for giving birth to a child begs so many questions, I fear for the manhood of this generation.  For instance, is 30 hours of labor worth more than only 20? If the labor is all natural is that more valuable than one requiring an epidural or c-section?

     

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  • Congratulations...it's a Diamond Ring!

     

    Having a baby in New York City is already a competitive sport, if you buy into all that crap, but it seems push presents are the new Bugaboo. Now the rest of the country can gasp in horror (or envy) since the Today Show made push presents go national with their segment this morning giving helpful advice on how to find the perfect gift for your lady friend, with one special item going for close to $3,000. Maybe it’s because I didn’t get anything but unpaid time off after the birth of my daughter, but that’s another topic. While you’re waddling down the aisle of Tiffany’s or Fortunoff, you can now register for what you think your kid is worth. Or am I missing the point?

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  • Mother's Day Jewelry: The Worst Bling Ever

    grew heart charm for mothersEarlier I showed you some ways you could go terribly, horribly wrong in the jewelry department for Mother's Day. But of course, things can only get worse. Here's jewelry that borders on punishment. Drum roll...

    The "Grew in My Heart" Charm. Aaaaargh!

    Where to start? Well, first of all, I'm pretty sure my baby grew in my uterus, not my heart. I mean, they are both body parts, but still, anatomically incorrect.

    Second, this baby is creepy. It has a scary gold face. Its legs look like tentacles. And the heart looks too fat.

    Third, this little beauty is advertised as "The perfect push prize for new mothers". I hate that term. As I have said before, the only push prize I ever wanted was a brand new hoo hoo. But now that I'm thinking about it, the heart just looks about as stretched out and misshapen as certain important body parts did following all that pushing.

    As a side note, I am equally creeped out by the "baby's headband to bridal garter" gift advertised on the same site. Thank god I didn't get one of these at my shower. "Oh honey, just think, this headband fits around her head now, but someday her husband will lift up her skirt, pull it off her thigh, and throw it at his drunk friends!" Can you believe it is out of stock?

    Have fun shopping.  

     

     



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