Alternatively, $300 would buy a really good car seat. I've heard some stories about Mamaroos. They're cool looking and an awesome idea but most people I know who bought one had it stop working after a couple of months.

And a car seat is better. I have a momaroo for my little one and she loves the thing, but they're also not worth the price.

It doesn't say that. I'd be pretty pissed if I got someone something quality and I got NOTHING in return. And while a baby might be very wanted and loved, a gift from the man to the woman? She's the one having to go through all the pregnancy and what it brings!

Right? Any idiot could supply the baby gravy. The real work is birthing that kid.

To be fair, you have no idea what their financial situation is like. They could be very well off and have plenty of money for the baby and all the costs that comes with it. For all we know, they could have so much money they don't know what to do with it. Plus, it's not the point of the FML at all.

#39 > do you have any idea of OP's income? Why are you so convinced that by spending $300 on a gift, she is going to put herself in financial trouble? Secondly, regarding your sister, you should know that pregnancy hormones can be quite hellish and turn you into a sniveling monster for the most trivial things. When I got pregnant, I remember crying for half an hour because I had forgotten a Skype appointment with a friend. It was a complete overreaction from me and definitely not how I usually am. One of my friends told me that she had a meltdown because her husband ate the last biscuits. We are laughing at these stories now but on the spot, nothing you're told can actually make sense to you.

#39 mothers don't have to stop caring about themselves to be good mothers! This myth irritates the shit out of me!! A mother is still the same person she was before and has the same needs. You may not have agreed with your sister's timing but she just push a human being out of her body on Valentine's Day, she may have been emotional and feeling forgotten because all the focus was on the baby. A gift may have brightened her mood a bit. When you say she should have been happy (less emotional) and not asked for a gift because she had a baby you are being no better than OP's boyfriend. You're effectively saying a baby is a gift from the father to the mother. When if fact they are not, gifts are gifts; babies are babies. Each special in their own way and not to be confused.

I'd also be miffed if my husband spent that much, but I've specifically told him I don't want him to spend anything because I prefer the things that can't be bought. Bake me something, write me a poem, take me on a walk somewhere beautiful, make me something. I want something from the heart, not the store.

I feel sorry for your sister for having a family that apparently doesn't understand the hormones going through her and the exhaustion and emotional overload of having a kid. Not acting like a mother for wanting a gift to show she's loved? What, is the child going to die if all the attention isn't on it for a few moments? It's a ******* baby, it wants food, sleep, and maybe some cuddles. I don't think a baby would care their mother wanted something for herself after pushing it out of her ****** as long as the needs are met.