Comments on: "Push Presents"

By: Babylune - Adventures in post-partum recovery.

Babylune - Adventures in post-partum recovery. — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:34:37 +0000

[...] Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Don’t complain that the festival is a creation of greeting card and gift companies. The fact is, if a woman has recently given you a child, you owe her. Big time. I am not talking push present, as appropriate as diamonds always are, but real expressions of love, kindness and appreciation. Don’t read this post just for gift ideas. Use it as a means of seeing how you are doing as a husband and father. Try not to be in the middle of the pack. Don’t try to “come in above average.” Try to be stellar. (more…) February 13th 2007 | Permalink | 1 Comment » [...]

By: kate baggott

kate baggott — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:56:49 +0000

I love that idea. You know, I treasure the idea of becoming an art collector.

By: Jill (far_gone)

Jill (far_gone) — Wed, 17 May 2006 11:04:10 +0000

We bought a piece of art to commemorate the birth of our first child – a funky alligator sculpture that’s part of the family now. Kid #2 is over three now and we haven’t gotten anything to commemorate him, yet…

By: kate baggott

kate baggott — Mon, 15 May 2006 15:26:55 +0000

The term does have “marketing dept” all over it, doesn’t it?

I hope you get one for the other hand for your next!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 15 May 2006 13:18:58 +0000

I had never heard the term before (and, to be honest, I find it a tad offensive). I did actually get a gift from my husband after the birth of our first child – a diamond eternity band. I love it, and wear it constantly.

I don’t think I’ll get anything even near as extravagant for the next baby.

By: kate baggott

kate baggott — Sat, 13 May 2006 05:15:17 +0000

Ah, yours is a message that needs spreading:

“Diamonds. No excuse necessary.”

Congratulations. I think getting a push-present from your mother is very sweet. Afterall, she knows what it’s like.

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 13 May 2006 04:32:38 +0000

I got a push present from my mom: one of the family diamonds. It may have been a guilt present too, though. She had given my brother another of the family diamonds earlier that year to give to his fiance when he proposed, so I think she was looking for an excuse to give me one too.