Saturday, September 19, 2009

picture not so perfect.

reading a pregnancy blog this morning, i found this to be rather humorous:

My friend—let's call her Karen—just sent me a picture of her newborn, and all I can say is, "Wow! That kid is hideous!" With his cone-shaped head, baby acne and puffy eyelids, he isn't winning any Gap baby model contests.

And yet, for some reason, parents everywhere insist on sending out photos of their splotchy bundles of joy to everyone in their Yahoo address book within hours of delivery. Come on, wait a few weeks! I mean, does anyone really think newborns are cute? Or do we all know they are U-G-L-Y and etiquette simply requires us to gush and keep our real opinions to ourselves?

I know I have to reply to Karen's email with an overly emotive "OH MY GOD! He's sooooo adorable! :)" or I will seem like a terrible person. But what if I were brutally honest? What if I just said, "Yuck! He's really fugly looking right now. I'm sure he'll be cute in a few months. Why don't you send me a picture then?"

2 comments:

hollie marie said...

That's hilarious!!!

Sara @ Life With the Two said...

Too funny, and too true!

Except with the exception of family, formal "hey we had a kid" pictures can wait a few days!


(Except I am an exeption! I can't wait to see your baby girl, cone head and acne do not deter me!)