Official February Shit List Thread

[Luna]

On the plus side, being chaste means that I can't catch the pregnant that's been going around.

This.  Seriously.

[Jenne]

Ha.  I've just been told, about a half hour ago, that I'm such a shitty wife that I'm getting nothing for V Day.

First one in 16, 17 years?

LOL

[Suu]

On the plus side, being chaste means that I can't catch the pregnant that's been going around.

This.  Seriously.

I'm going to be crocheting my ass off in the next couple of months. It makes me look like I actually care.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Ha.  I've just been told, about a half hour ago, that I'm such a shitty wife that I'm getting nothing for V Day.

First one in 16, 17 years?

LOL

 

Awww Jenne.  I'm sorry.  

I think that would require a trip to Tiffany's on my own....  

[Suu]

Ha.  I've just been told, about a half hour ago, that I'm such a shitty wife that I'm getting nothing for V Day.

First one in 16, 17 years?

LOL

EW WAH?

That's grounds for castration.

[Luna]

On the plus side, being chaste means that I can't catch the pregnant that's been going around.

This.  Seriously.

I'm going to be crocheting my ass off in the next couple of months. It makes me look like I actually care.

Well, hell, there goes my plan A.

I could fall back on the mom "standard baby gift," I guess.  (Buy small laundry basket.  Fill with all the little shit you need for the brat but nobody buys because it's, well, little shit.  Pacifiers.  Diapers.  Burp rags.  Goofy little toys.  Bibs.  That kinda shit.)

[Suu]

On the plus side, being chaste means that I can't catch the pregnant that's been going around.

This.  Seriously.

I'm going to be crocheting my ass off in the next couple of months. It makes me look like I actually care.

Well, hell, there goes my plan A.

I could fall back on the mom "standard baby gift," I guess.  (Buy small laundry basket.  Fill with all the little shit you need for the brat but nobody buys because it's, well, little shit.  Pacifiers.  Diapers.  Burp rags.  Goofy little toys.  Bibs.  That kinda shit.)

That stuff is waaaay more useful then people will admit. I need to make one for Leviathan's little boy soon. IVAN THE TERRIBLE!

[AFK]

Speaking as a father of little kids...

The single best gift you can give to new parents is diapers.  Seriously, we got like 5 cases of diapers from my father-in-law for the boy.  When you are sleep deprived and cranky, you really don't want to have to go out to the store every couple of weeks to get diapers.  

Skip the cute toys unless someone specifically asks for them.  Practical is the way to go.  

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I always do diapers, wipes, multiple types of pacifiers (trying to get the right binky at 3 am sucks ass) and leave it at that.  My gift is usually not appreciated at the shower, but the best gift ever a month after the baby has come home and the "newness" and oh isn't sleeping and hour a night fun has passed.....

[AFK]

I would wager all parents who don't appreciate those gifts are first time parents.  The second go-around, you realize that stuff is gold. 

[Suu]

Oh, and those packs of onesies you can get, like 10 of them for $20. They aren't cute or fancy, but when that sprog spits up on their clothes 3x a day they're indispensable.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I would wager all parents who don't appreciate those gifts are first time parents.  The second go-around, you realize that stuff is gold.  

Very true!!!

Oh, and those packs of onesies you can get, like 10 of them for $20. They aren't cute or fancy, but when that sprog spits up on their clothes 3x a day they're indispensable.

Oh hell yes.  I used to hit every yard sale I could find with baby clothes.  My thinking was if I only paid a quarter for it, if it was too nasty I could just throw it away and still have gotten my money's worth  

[Luna]

Speaking as a father of little kids...

The single best gift you can give to new parents is diapers.  Seriously, we got like 5 cases of diapers from my father-in-law for the boy.  When you are sleep deprived and cranky, you really don't want to have to go out to the store every couple of weeks to get diapers.  

Skip the cute toys unless someone specifically asks for them.  Practical is the way to go.  

Yeah, I usually use a couple of goofy toys just as decoration, really.  (When they're opening all those cute toys, the basket full of practical stuff looks boring, unless you realize that the pile of diapers is going to be what they really NEED.)  

Also well received was the baby first aid kit from (of all places) Toys 'R Us.  

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3029064

[Richter]

Last kid I was on the line to buy gifts for got Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss.  Not very practical short term, but long term didn't want to risk a kid growing up w/o those.

[Luna]

Last kid I was on the line to buy gifts for got Shel Silverstein and Dr. Seuss.  Not very practical short term, but long term didn't want to risk a kid growing up w/o those.

My niece got a whole bloody library in her first year.  Lot of the classics, including Narnia, lot of my favorites.  (Why?  My idiot brother does not read, never has.)  It took, she reads like her aunt.