Green Blankets Swaddle Better, Duh
My husband and I are expecting our second child. We are waiting until birth to find out baby’s sex. I’m thrifty and am trying to find some of the baby items we want secondhand. I find some really good deals and am sharing my excitement with my mother-in-law.
Me: “I ended up finding someone just giving away the baby carrier I was looking for and two of the swaddles for under $10 total at a consignment store.”
Mother-In-Law: “Nice. Are they a gender-neutral color?”
Me: “The carrier’s an Oxford blue and the swaddles are a baby blue.”
She makes a tutting sound.
Me: “What?”
Mother-In-Law: “What are you going to do if you have a girl?”
Me: “What do you mean? I’m going to use them.”
Mother-In-Law: “Blue is a boy’s color. You can’t use those if you have a girl.”
Me: “I don’t care if they were all pink and we had a boy. I’d still use them. The carrier was free and the swaddles were 85% off the cost they normally are. It’s just a color. Baby won’t care.”
Mother-In-Law: *Looking annoyed* “You need a gender-neutral color, instead.”
Me: “Tell you what. If we have a girl, you are more than welcome to spend the $150 dollars to buy everything in the color you deem fit.”
She dropped it after that and I stopped sharing information with her.
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