Am I the only one? I can't keep up and feel so out of touch. A push present?

[Anonymous]

I think the name “push present” goes back about 25-30 years, but I’m 50 and my dad gave my mom a dozen roses when I was born, so the partner giving some type of gift to mom is not a new concept. (I only know about the roses because my mom mentioned them in an entry in my baby album. 🙂)

[Anonymous]

Wait till OP learns about gender reveals!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Started the day with the enlightenment that women get "push presents" these days for pushing out a baby. Those who have Caesarians get nada??

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dad-surprises-mom-gucci-purse-194750262.html

I feel so out of touch.

There is no way this post is real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Debating push presents was a whole thing on Urban Baby in about 2005.

Lily??? Is that you??

[Anonymous]

It's a low-class term. I wouldn't respect anyone who used it.

[Anonymous]

I got a push present from my mother-in-law. Diamond earrings! She was super excited about me having her only grandchild!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Push present" is a cringe term, but it's not unusual to get a gift from your partner to commemorate the birth of a baby.

Your husband

[Anonymous]

When my kids were born 17 and 15 years ago, we called it a “baby bauble,” which I find much more tasteful than a “push present.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Push present" is a cringe term, but it's not unusual to get a gift from your partner to commemorate the birth of a baby.

Your husband

DP. What if you have a wife, not a husband?

[Anonymous]

My mother received gifts from my father when my sibling and I were born. And I’m nearly 40 years old! This has been around for a long, long time. I also don’t see how it’s any different than a graduation present, an engagement ring, a wedding ring, or an anniversary gift. They’re all gifts to commemorate a major life event.

Also, there are at least half a dozen threads on this here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isnt the baby the present?? Wtf lol

No!! This response makes me irrationally angry. I get that the term "push present" is gross but you both get a baby. That's wonderful. But there is absolutely nothing wrong - and in fact a lot right - with the husband or non-birthing partner getting a gift to acknowledge the incredible amount of work and sacrifice his/their partner made to carry a baby for 9 months, birth it, and then (in many cases) nourish it from their own body for another few months to few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait till OP learns about gender reveals!

Ha, I hated those too when I started seeing those on my news feeds.

Op

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Started the day with the enlightenment that women get "push presents" these days for pushing out a baby. Those who have Caesarians get nada??

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dad-surprises-mom-gucci-purse-194750262.html

I feel so out of touch.

There is no way this post is real.

Real, not trolling. Never heard this term until now. It sounds awful.

I did get gifts after the birth of my kids, from family, just not a "push present" from husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isnt the baby the present?? Wtf lol

No!! This response makes me irrationally angry. I get that the term "push present" is gross but you both get a baby. That's wonderful. But there is absolutely nothing wrong - and in fact a lot right - with the husband or non-birthing partner getting a gift to acknowledge the incredible amount of work and sacrifice his/their partner made to carry a baby for 9 months, birth it, and then (in many cases) nourish it from their own body for another few months to few years.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Debating push presents was a whole thing on Urban Baby in about 2005.

Lily??? Is that you??

omg lily!
I miss urbanbaby so much. dcum is great but so full of pearl clutchers and takes that seem as if from 1983.