I want to shop | Imamother

amother

OP ↓

Sat, Sep 21 2024, 10:34 pm

I don’t have kids yet but I so want to shop for kids
We already have a box full of baby clothes that we bought over the years, but the excitement for that wore out already
I want to shop for a real live child

SuperWify

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 8:10 am

That’s really painful. Hug

I hope in a year from now you’ll be filling up your case with beautiful things for your beautiful child.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 10:37 am

SuperWify wrote:

That’s really painful. Hug

I hope in a year from now you’ll be filling up your case with beautiful things for your beautiful child.

Amein!!

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 10:39 am

Of course ideally I would love to shop for my own child but at this point I just so want to shop for a child even if it’s not mine! I want to ‘adopt shopping’ for a child

amother

Lightgreen

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 10:44 am

You could be a personal shopper

giftedmom ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 10:45 am

amother OP wrote:

Of course ideally I would love to shop for my own child but at this point I just so want to shop for a child even if it’s not mine! I want to ‘adopt shopping’ for a child

There are so many posters on here saying they can’t afford clothes for their children. Maybe pair up with someone like that.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 1:15 pm

giftedmom wrote:

There are so many posters on here saying they can’t afford clothes for their children. Maybe pair up with someone like that.

We can’t either cover it financially, life is expensive even when there is no kids. It’s quite often even more expensive.. unlike what the world thinks.

I need the shopping for the emotional part

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 1:16 pm

amother Navyblue wrote:

I give lots of baby gifts...

I used to but at this point I feel stupid giving baby gifts..

amother

Canary ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 1:23 pm

amother OP wrote:

More expensive might be a stretch.. but as a fellow emotional shopper I definitely understand

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 3:15 pm

amother Canary wrote:

More expensive might be a stretch.. but as a fellow emotional shopper I definitely understand

Yea it just annoys me terribly when people think that because we don’t have kids we must be filthy rich

It’s true filling an emotional need costs money, but I think shopping for a random kid that I never met and never will meet won’t fill that need.. it’s definitely a great tzedakah though

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 3:58 pm

giftedmom wrote:

There are so many posters on here saying they can’t afford clothes for their children. Maybe pair up with someone like that.

I wanted to apologize to you in case I came across rude how I responded about the money part.
It is not about you, you meant good and your suggestion is a great one. Its me Smile

Thanks for responding and trying to help

amother

Brickred

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 3:59 pm

amother Canary wrote:

More expensive might be a stretch.. but as a fellow emotional shopper I definitely understand

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Fertility treatments can be quite expensive

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 4:04 pm

amother Brickred wrote:

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Fertility treatments can be quite expensive

👌
I feel like I need the shopping not for the spending but rather to provide for a child

amother

↑ Canary

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 4:11 pm

amother Brickred wrote:

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Fertility treatments can be quite expensive

Yes but not typically more than the added expenses of being a parent. Also most people don’t do treatments for 18+ years (I hope!)

amother

↑ OP

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 4:14 pm

amother Canary wrote:

Yes but not typically more than the added expenses of being a parent. Also most people don’t do treatments for 18+ years (I hope!)

Are you saying this based on info you know or assuming?

↑ giftedmom

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 4:18 pm

amother OP wrote:

I wanted to apologize to you in case I came across rude how I responded about the money part.
It is not about you, you meant good and your suggestion is a great one. Its me Smile

Thanks for responding and trying to help

It’s okay I wasn’t offended

amother

Aubergine

Sun, Sep 22 2024, 4:22 pm

amother Canary wrote:

Yes but not typically more than the added expenses of being a parent. Also most people don’t do treatments for 18+ years (I hope!)

well they pay for treatments which is alot.
As well as raising the child iyh.