Babies are expensive.

 Like big-name bands headlining a festival, babies require a whole slew of gear, equipment, and workhorse roadies (their parents) to manage their lives. Behind their adorableness and bald heads, babies are extremely needy, and soon-to-be parents are faced with a mountain of purchases to prepare their home for its latest addition. 

That’s why we invented baby showers.

To lighten the load of early motherhood, baby showers allow friends and family to crowdsource the initial baby expenses. To help out a new mom and dad, these gifts can range from a $10 baby shirt to a $2000 crib, and it’s the family members who usually sacrifice the most. A single mom wanted to help her pregnant cousin by gifting her all of her old baby equipment. With $2000 worth of baby stuff packed up in bags, she reluctantly handed over the sentimental items, hoping she would be helpful to her family member. Except, 3 hours later, all of it was posted on Marketplace for sale, and the cousin’s betrayal snowballed from there. 

After selling off her cousin’s baby gear for scraps, this entitled pregnant mom had the audacity to demand a baby shower gift. Sorry, sweetie, you already squandered a priceless present.