PJ Media

Blame WalMart. Several years ago they ran an ad where a woman is gushing about the gift she received from her husband (a birthstone ring) on the birth of their first child and how he got her birthstone wrong.. but no it was right it was the baby’s birthstone.

This isn’t driven by greedy women trying to dig everything they are entitled to from their poor beat upon men. There is clever marketing behind this. We live in a very materialistic culture and often important life events are celebrated with gifts. It seems a bit much to fault the receiver of a gift for liking the idea of getting a gift. It can just as easily be looked at as a sweet thoughtful thing, though I abhor the name “push present”.