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Push Gifts?

While I was at work this week, a co-worker asked me what I had asked for as my "push gift" from Ryan. I had never even heard of a push gift before, and well, it turns out that a push gift is something a husband buys for his wife for her hard efforts when it comes to labor and delivery! When I got home from work, I Googled it, and it turns out that there are tons of websites that sell push gifts! I couldn't believe it! You can get everything from diamonds to designer purses, to vacations! (these are just a few of the bigger things...there were smaller, cheaper things as well)

For those of you wondering, NO, I will not be asking for a push gift. If anything, I should be buying Ryan something for having to put up with ME! And by the way, isn't the child you bring into the world gift enough? I can understand some women wanting something, but this is not for me. I think the money spent on a push gift could be much better spent somewhere else!

Any comments on this?

Comments

Dawn said…
Seriously - a PUSH GIFT?!?!? I have never heard of this in my 25 years of mothererhood....hmmmmm
Seems wierd to me. I agree with you Ash....a healthy baby will be the best gift in the world!!!
July 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Rocio Bozarth said…
OMG! I have never heard of such a thing. Seems to me that this is something thought up by some selfish woman because a normal decent woman would just be happy with the healthy child she was bringing into the world. Geeeeez! What next?
July 21, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Rachel Berdo said…
My push gift was the epidural. Ahhhh...So nice!
July 27, 2009 at 10:01 PM
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