Ask Dr. Helen: Do Husbands Owe Wives Post-Childbirth ‘Push Presents?’
In the months preceding my son’s birth nine years ago I was completely convinced (mistakenly) that we were going to have another daughter. We didn’t let our doctor tell us the baby’s sex, we only asked that he tell us that it was healthy. I think that I had some vestigal fear that asking God for both a healthy baby and one that was a boy was way over the line especially given how much I loved my daughter.
My wife asked me if I’d give her a Mercedes in return for a son I told her that it was a deal. She gave me a son and she got an E430.
I’d have been happy with another daughter but what the heck, we both got a healthy dearly loved boy and she got a lavish gift. I’m sure it’s deeply superficial but I just couldn’t welsh. But I’m still not certain that she didn’t have the doctor whisper the baby’s sex into her ear when I wasn’t around.
It’s still the best deal I’ve ever made in my life.
