Husband refuses to buy his wife a push gift

Or, as Quarteraftermidnight put it: “Everyone here sucks. That’s why you’re wrong…”

“‘My wife, in our case, is not forced to be a mother or to be pregnant as she also wants to be a mother.’

I mean, yes, she’s not forced to be a mother or mother and it’s a decision you both made, but if you both want a biological child naturally, then she’s pretty much the one having a baby must get. So yeah, it’s up to her, and there’s kind of no choice. In the video she sent, asking for a tattoo is obviously way too much, and yes, it seems resentful, but also the mother’s body will never be the same after having a child. It’s a permanent change, like a tattoo. Why don’t you see that? It’s definitely cheesy to ask and I can’t even imagine what these women think the tattoo should look like, but in a way it makes perfect sense.

I think your wife is acting particularly entitled based on your initial reaction to the video. Not that the gifts are excessive, but that any gift is generally not worth it. I think if you had agreed that she was worthy of some sort of recognition/gift for the work involved in having the child, everything would have gone more smoothly.

Of course she’s asking way too much if she’s expecting a car, but I feel like even if she asked for a more reasonable, smaller gift, she still wouldn’t be considered worthy because that’s exactly what the woman wants does to have a baby ~. Your attitude here, “Your gift is the gift of parenthood,” is fucked up. What physical sacrifices is your body making to raise this baby??? It expresses the physical pain of pregnancy and labor, not to mention some permanent changes, some of which may involve scarring; What is your body sacrificing? Of course, she’s worth some kind of recognition, even if it’s a super low-budget gift, like giving her a massage, planning your first date without a baby, or letting her drink her favorite wine after the baby is born. “