J Lo's Push Gift

[cheese_diva]

I never heard of "push gift" but my girlfriend shannon has gotten jewelry for each of her three kids. It wasn't expected, just something her husband did as a thank you and became tradition as each new kid arrived. I think it's really sweet. I guess it's like anything else, the more money you have, the less outrageous the price tag is to you.

I wouldn't pay $100 for a t-shirt but lots of women wouldn't think twice. :)

[JessicaLovesBrian]

Originally Posted by Alyssa

i've heard of a "push gift" - i don't think a husband buying his wife a gift for giving birth is weird but it the weird 'expectation' around it - like i just had your baby, you better buy me some jewels or something that weirds me out. i would rather my DH write me a letter expressing how he feels or us make a time capsule for our child but to each his own

ditto. i'm just not really a material present type of girl though. and honestly, i buy myself my own presents! i much rather he buy the baby something than me.

[Nrvsbride]

Celebrities don't always donate the proceeds from their pics. Actually all of them use to keep it. But then Angelina and Brad donated their money to charity so it kind of set a precendent and now makes other celebrities look bad if they don't do it as well. Christina and Nicole did not donate to charity. However, when the rumors were spreading that Jlo was getting a 6 million dollar payday her rep said that "jennifer and marc will be probably donating some portion to charity". Clearly if they had any intention of donating it to charity they would have said do. Instead they kept it for themselves.

[Lizz]

All of my friends and my sisters have gotten "push presents", but I think it's a relatively new concept b/c my mom had no idea what it was. I look at the Tiffany catalog and jokingly point out to Mike possible push presents...lol!

[TA Maureen]

I never heard of a push gift, but I kinda like the idea. I told my husband about it and told him to file that in the back of his head.

[Chiquita]

I've never heard of a "push" present either.. interesting.

I don't like JLo very much, or Marc Anthony for that matter, and it doesn't surprise me they kept that money.

[azhuskergirl]

Originally Posted by starchild

Seriously! I don't have kids and I certainly don't keep up with what presents I should be expecting at various stages of life. Do you have kids and got your gift already, or do you just know you should get a gift when you do?

miss Manners needs a book to let us know what's the "standard" for these gifts. It just seems silly......especially if she had a C Section!

[Christine]

Originally Posted by Lizz

All of my friends and my sisters have gotten "push presents", but I think it's a relatively new concept b/c my mom had no idea what it was. I look at the Tiffany catalog and jokingly point out to Mike possible push presents...lol!

I actually think its an old tradition that went away for a while, because if you watch old movies or movies set a long time ago the men always come in the room once everything is all cleaned up and give their wife a gift (oh and she always looks perfectly put together)

[Lizz]

Originally Posted by Christine

I actually think its an old tradition that went away for a while, because if you watch old movies or movies set a long time ago the men always come in the room once everything is all cleaned up and give their wife a gift (oh and she always looks perfectly put together)

That's interesting, I guess I just never noticed it before.

[Christine]

I have no idea why I ever noticed it, but I think it was always something more for rich people. I kinda think that my DH should at least get me some flowers for my room, but don't expect anything else.