When Men Try to Give Baby Gifts
A few weeks ago I was razzing Arrington about never giving us a baby gift, particularly given the rather thoughtful ones we recieved from his arch nemesis.
This isn't *technically* true-- Heather bought out half of our registry on behalf of TechCrunch and AOL and delivered them to our baby shower along with two trays of homemade baby-themed cupcakes and sent flowers on behalf of the team when he was born. But all this was news to Mike who didn't actually put any work into it.
He said it was "weird" for men to buy baby gifts. I listed all the other men I know who'd sent them and he assured me, their wives or assistants made all those decisions. In the case of Marc Andreessen, I'm positive that's not the case. No one else would send a crate of "Sarah 2.0" T-shirts in a variety of colors all about eight sizes to big.
At any rate, the email I just got below sort of made Mike's point and made me laugh:
Hey Sarah. I wanted to send you a belated congratulations on the birth of Eli and a timely congratulations on the pending launch of your new site. At least I'm on time for something!
[Redacted] would love to send you a belated baby gift. Don't worry, I managed to convince [him] that Eli did not need a [name of his startup] onsie. He gave me a onesie that said "All About the Tit" after the birth of my first child. For the second child, he went too far on the other end of the spectrum and gave me a tiny Italian suit, size 3 months--as if my newborn had business meetings and needed to look sharp. Needless to say, neither was every worn. If you're OK with us sending you a gift, which I promise is useful, can you provide your mailing address?
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