Is there a good store in the area to buy baby stuff

[i am gay and i like cats]

[atomic]

So we need to create a registry for the Baby Shower.  I wonder if I can just do Amazon or do I need a real store as well? Baby R Us sucks balls.  I don't want to go there but that seems to be the only real store in Baltimore area. 

[grateful]

Amazon. They also have a "new moms" discount program that anyone can sign up for. Even walky and atomic's cat.

[Yada]

So we need to create a registry for the Baby Shower.  I wonder if I can just do Amazon or do I need a real store as well? Baby R Us sucks balls.  I don't want to go there but that seems to be the only real store in Baltimore area. 

Internet and shipping, how does it work?

[James Ford]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

But what's even more obnoxious is when people have registries for pregnancy #2 and beyond.

[vansmack]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

[stevewizzle]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

because they don't need it (i.e., they could afford it themselves), or because the baby doesn't need it (i.e., they register a bunch of overpriced bullshit), or is there another reason i'm missing?

i have no opinion, i've only bought something on a baby registry once (it was for my sister), but i imagine i'm going to hate these things in a few years.

[atomic]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

But what's even more obnoxious is when people have registries for pregnancy #2 and beyond.

Who are these rich people having registries.  I suppose rich people have rich friends and family. 

[atomic]

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

because they don't need it (i.e., they could afford it themselves), or because the baby doesn't need it (i.e., they register a bunch of overpriced bullshit), or is there another reason i'm missing?

i have no opinion, i've only bought something on a baby registry once (it was for my sister), but i imagine i'm going to hate these things in a few years.

Baby showers are a chick thing.  You don't attend and thus don't need to get anything from a registry.  We'll unless it is your sister.

[James Ford]

I just have problems when there's an expectation of gifts by anyone. Especially when it's by people who can afford it themselves. Something cheesy about specifying what you want your gifts to be.

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

because they don't need it (i.e., they could afford it themselves), or because the baby doesn't need it (i.e., they register a bunch of overpriced bullshit), or is there another reason i'm missing?

i have no opinion, i've only bought something on a baby registry once (it was for my sister), but i imagine i'm going to hate these things in a few years.

[vansmack]

I just have problems when there's an expectation of gifts by anyone. Especially when it's by people who can afford it themselves. Something cheesy about specifying what you want your gifts to be.

There's a couple trains of thoughts here.

(1) Have you ever not registered?  I didn't register for my first wedding and took so much grief from friends and family that we broke down and registered.  People wantto buy you shit whether you want it or not.

(2) I've been buying so much shit for friends and family for so many years for their stupid kids that if I do ever stick around long enough in a relationship to actually meet my child this time, there's no way I'm letting all my friends and family off the hook of returning the favor simply because I was the responsible one and waited until I was comfortable in life to have a child.  That's some straight up bull shit thinking right there.

[atomic]

I just have problems when there's an expectation of gifts by anyone. Especially when it's by people who can afford it themselves. Something cheesy about specifying what you want your gifts to be.

I think it's obnoxious when rich people have baby registries.

I agree, actually.

because they don't need it (i.e., they could afford it themselves), or because the baby doesn't need it (i.e., they register a bunch of overpriced bullshit), or is there another reason i'm missing?

i have no opinion, i've only bought something on a baby registry once (it was for my sister), but i imagine i'm going to hate these things in a few years.

You don't have to buy the gifts on the registry.  It is supposed to make easier for the gift giver.  Most of my friends gave me cash for my wedding.  As did my sister and mother.

[i am gay and i like cats]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/02/this-device-created-by-a-buenos-aires-car-mechanic-could-revolutionize-childbirth/

have your baby . . . and then get your oil changed.

[ggw]

Most of my friends gave me cash for my wedding.  As did my sister and mother.

Atomic's wedding?