During her second pregnancy, Kim Kardashian has been wearing a lot of unfortunate chokers. She had an affection for chokers before this pregnancy, of course, but these days, it does seem like Kim has been wearing at least one unfortunate choker a week, at least. What bugs me is that Kim – and women built like Kim – shouldn’t really wear chokers. She’s short and curvy and she does not have a long, swan-like neck (yeah, let’s say that). Chokers mess with her proportions, they make her look shorter, heavier and… well, they’re just not flattering. Still, Kim is publicly telling Kanye that she wants him to buy her a choker… as a push present.
Every woman deserves a gift for cooking up a baby, right? Kim Kardashian West surely thinks so! The pregnant reality star, who’s due in December but could welcome her son any day now, took to her website to share the idea of a “push present” and hint to husband Kanye West what exactly he should be looking for.
“I like the idea of a push present — after nine months of pregnancy it’s a sweet and well-deserved thank you,” Kardashian, 35, wrote. “We women go through an entire pregnancy carrying a baby … of course it only makes sense that we get something amazing to show how amazing we are! LOL!”
Mrs. West clarified that she hasn’t always been a fan of the idea, but has recently come around to is after having some of “the funniest e-mail chains” discussing it with friends.
“One fried got a special diamond ring she always wanted, and another friend got a new car!” Kardashian continued. So what does Keeping Up With the Kardashians Star have her eyes on?
“This pregnancy, I would love a Lorraine Schwartz diamond choker like the ones I’ve worn before to the Art + Film Gala,” she wrote, “Too much? LOL!”
Kardashian didn’t offer a price tag for the bling, but Schwartz jewelry is known to sell for millions. Understandably, the expectant mom offered some more economical options with price tags ranging from $78 to $2,600.
Some people are offended by the very idea of a “push present,” but I’ve always thought it’s a nice enough concept. Like, the husband buying his wife some memorable or sentimental piece of jewelry to celebrate the birth… I don’t know, I think that’s nice. But push presents shouldn’t be like Christmas presents or whatever. You can’t just say “this is what I want, a diamond choker with no real sentimental value.” Plus, you know Kanye is just going to give her leather jogging pants for a push present. (Just kidding: I actually think Kanye has decent taste in women’s jewelry, I’m still in awe of Kim’s beautiful engagement ring.)
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I have a long neck and I STILL don’t understand the allure of chokers. Maybe it’s because I don’t like having things up against my throat, IDK. I don’t even wear turtlenecks, lol.
You’re so lucky! I have a short neck and turtlenecks come up to my mouth. A choker would probably come up to my chin. Not a good look.
Same here!
I hate anything tight around my neck. Don’t know why – even regular shirts.
Me, too. I always assumed it was related to my overactive gag reflex that I always have to remind dentists about. “Just keep on going, I’m fine, running on empty so won’t be much besides mucus if I upchuck all over you.” They love me in the dentist’s chair.
But I also can’t stand any pressure against my skin in general. Heavy clothing is a problem, can’t wear wrist watches or any jewelry. Elastic has to be so loose that it’s rather pointless…
Tbh she can wear whatever the f*** she wants. But also, isn’t your push present the GD baby? Idk. I hate everyone.
Why , why was her hand on her crotch the whole time she wore the see thru black outfit?!? Who thought that was a good idea?
Maybe the baby was sitting really low and it felt better having her hand there for support.
I think she’s cupping her pregnant belly…but yeah, it doesn’t look good.
I think getting a present after giving birth is a lovely sentiment. I just hate the phrase “push present.” It’s gross to me.
Kylie does the same thing when she wears outfits like this. Maybe as someone suggested on Kylie’s outfit, trying to prevent an oops!
I hate the term “push present,” but I think the concept is kind of sweet IF it’s genuine, and the man thinks of it himself and wants to do it. It sort of takes away from the idea if you say “you’re getting me a present and this is what it is.”
Yes exactly. The term is horrid. It’s a nice idea to commemorate an important event in the family, but “institutionalising” it is just stupid. But then maybe I’m just a grumpy old bat.
I definitely hate Kim’s take on the “push present.”
She’s very detached from reality, most American couples expecting a baby start putting money aside for all the unanticipated expenses, or if they’re lucky start saving for college. Dropping a ton of cash on diamonds isn’t realistic for 99.99% of the country.
I think it bothers me that it is called a “push” present. What if a couple adopts? Would you not buy your wife/husband a nice gift to commemorate the occasion. It’s like saying if you “push” the baby out of your body, you’re a better person. Plus, not a present if you request it. I think a present is something someone gets you without you knowing about it (what it is or when you get it). That’s just me.
Agree that the name is gross on many levels.
Isn’t Kim going to have a Caesarian rather than pushing the little heir out? Maybe it should be called a “surviving major surgery” present.
If you have to ask for it, it’s not a present really. God forbid she got a charm of the baby’s initial or something. Cripes, these people. I hope she gets it. Then we can laugh at how much it cost and how krappy it looks.
Shouldn’t the push present be her baby?!?!
+1.
Yup. My parents were poor when they had my older brother. He was born on Mom’s 19th birthday. Dad’s joke was “well, there’s your present!” Having a healthy baby was gift enough for them.
+10000
+1 The concept is bothersome. There are far easier ways to get jewelry ..every Kar-stashian should know that.
There is something about the idea of a “push present” that I find tacky AF. Especially something so ostentatious, although I expect little else from a Kardashian.
Isn’t the present your new child?
It’s horrid. It suggests that the women is bearing the baby for the man in exchange for a nice little bauble. Besides, anyone who has had a baby knows that what a woman wants post-baby is a partner who gets that she at minimal has some discomfort all the way up to some real pain, isn’t getting sleep, may feel both thrilled and sad, may only feel sad, may want everyone out of her house, may want her mom, may want her mom 8 states away, want her to be as babied as the baby, etc… In other words, a real present is just someone who is paying attention and gets that mom needs some real help and attention for many weeks post-baby. Any partner who plops down a little gift and thinks that does it is not a good partner.
Well, a man buying the present doesn’t mean they aren’t a good partner and aren’t going to do all of those things anyway…Its not one thing or the other in all cases.
@Josephine, I’d like the diamonds in addition to all the things you mentioned.
@Josephine ITA with you. I had my first child 25 yrs ago and knew of no one who did it. When did this become a thing?
Bravo Josephine!
Chokers, strappy sandals, super tight clothes… everything she should NOT to wear.
I didn’t know Kim had a neck.
I hate the term push present.
I do think it’s a nice idea as a token, and I suppose why shouldn’t a woman get some say in it, not everyone likes jewelery and it should have some meaning personally, but there’s having a say and then there’s sending him the link to exactly what you want and therefore you’re dictating the cost etc., which I think is odd but then again I always felt I wanted no say in Mr Lindy picking my engagement ring, I figure he knows me so I trust him when the time comes. I have a friend whose done that to her partner, sent him the ring she wants, exact link and shop…they are not engaged and this was about a year/18 months ago.
Push presents are nice, but not practical. Just imagine if you took the money for a push present and invested it in a fund for the child’s college education. If someone got me a ring I would think about the 4 years of college I have to pay for every time I’d look at it!
For every day people without the money Kim and Kanye have, that would be a great idea. But we know they both don’t value education and if by chance North goes to college, they have more than enough money to pay for it.
But a push present doesn’t have to break the bank either. You could get a pretty, but relatively simple engraved piece of jewelry as a keepsake – that’s what I think of when I think push present. I don’t think along the lines of Kim – I think something sentimental.
Push presents don’t have to be impractical exorbitant gifts (I do hate the term, tho). I got a “push present” for each of my kids, and it was always more about sentimental and thoughtful thankyous from my husband. When I found out I was pregnant my husband gave me an engraved silver locket, and then he gave me a birthstone charm for each of my babies. I wear it all the time and I love it more than anything. I certainly never expected a gift or thought I ‘deserved’ one for carrying our children, but it was so touching and thoughtful. My husband isn’t always great with words, so this necklace was a way for him to show his gratitude for me being a mama.
What a beautiful item to get as a gift! Your husband did a great job!
@Scarlet Vixen, I think stuff like that is beautiful. I love jewelry with a story behind it. My grandfather gave my grandmother a similar gift when my dad and uncle got a bit older because push presents weren’t really a thing back then. If the gift is meaningful, it can be really beautiful. Something like a car or a diamond choker is just gross in my personal opinion.
I for one loved that look in the blue dress. It may be her best look like ever
I agree. That color is great on her.
Demanding a present is tacky. If your hubby surprises you with one, that’s sweet. I hate the concept of a push present. Seems so entitled and tacky. If you hate being pregnant so much and cant make that sacrifice, don’t have a baby. What’s next, a monthly present for having your period? I hate her being famous, she has influence on the youth of America and not in a good way.
After my first baby, I was pretty darn happy with the burger from Eastern Standard, change of clothes, makeup, magazines and mini eggs that my husband brought me. She was early and didn’t get the chance to pack a bag. 🙂
I’m digging the choker she’s wearing with the frightening black lace maternity monstrosity she apparently calls an outfit. Not great on the Kimster, but I’d rock the hell out of that awesome sparkle neck rope. Her crotch area must feel so warm and fuzzy with her hand “cupping” it on the carpet. WTH?? Who does that? Couldn’t she stop for 5 minutes? Meh…nevermind…don’t care. Just gimme the choker.
That whole outfit is all kinds of NO but the choker is beautiful, just not on her. It cuts her off even more than the one with the blue dress & makes it look like she has a floating head.
I’m sorry but there really is an anger building inside me towards her and her ridiculous family. Their over the top, let’s shove our wealth in everyone’s face is beyond obnoxious. A million dollar choker for a woman who has spent her entire pregnancy complaining and moaning and constantly expressing how much she hates it. Add to it that she and her husband have built a 20 million dollar 9,000 sq.foot home and want to turn around and sell it without having ever lived in it? What’s the matter? Not enough room for her ego and enormous balloon a**? Most of us don’t have the lifestyle they do and live paycheck to paycheck while we balance our own budgets. We don’t have nannies raising our kids, we do it. We don’t have hours upon hours out of our day to get made up so we can take selfies, or prance around in hideous outfits for paparazzi to photograph. We’re too busy doing other things like laundry, cooking and cleaning. Giving birth to a baby, a wonderful new life, is our “push present”. I can’t stand that term especially coming out of her mouth. And the most insane part is the fact that the Kardashian empire began with her having a man urinate on her. It truly boggles the mind.
Sorry guys, needed to rant. It’s been one of those mornings and I just can’t with this vapid idiot.
I know. She’s dumber than. A box of rocks and has the nerve to go around giving everyone advice. Can’t stand her either
No need to apologize! Almost everyone here will agree with you. I’m offended by their overall greedy materialism. It often looks to me like the K sisters are in competition with each other in their obnoxious displays of spending money.
It’s okay. I feel the same way.
Oh gawd, yes, THIS! She and the rest of the K-clan/Jenners are loathsome.
She used to be very pretty and now she looks like a budget Amber Rose (!). WTF is happening to her face? It’s somehow getting longer and broader as her nose gets smaller. Soon it will destroy us all…
Back not too long ago the baby was the push present. But then, I have never heard her say anything about the baby in her endless commments, it’s always about her and what the pregnancy is doing to her. Poor vapid Kimmy! She’s probably more excited about the diamond push present than the baby.
Kim has learned to tack on something about how it’s all worth it etc. but it always seems like an afterthought from her PR person rather than genuine. She forgot to say such things in her first pregnancy and got negative reactions as a result. I don’t think she ever really wanted to be pregnant to have a baby, it’s all about keeping Kanye interested and liable for child support if they divorce and getting attention for herself. She really has never seemed truly interested in her sister’s kids either. Kourtney complained once that Kim was just using Mason for posting pics of herself…. Mason is a very affectionate little guy, but he seems to keep his distance from Auntie Kim when she drags him out for pap pics and he’s at a bribable age. Penelope reacted to Kim the same way we’ve seen Nori do so often when Kim was carrying her for a ballet class pap stroll – tight little fist, pulling away from Kim. Kids pick up on her coldness, she really has buried any real emotion down deep (I suspect part of the damage done to her by Demon Mother). All the kids react wonderfully well to Kourtney and Khloe, however. Even now, Nori still seems more comfortable with Kanye than Kim. Despite his mania, I think Kanye has a normal range of emotions close to the surface. Kim just poses and tries to simulate emotions for the camera.
I’m just 100% against ‘push presents’. Your healthy baby is your gift.
False equivalence though it may be, I will say it anyway: $1 million could go a long way towards helping some of the millions of displaced Syrians. Reading about this kind of tone deaf extravagance right before Thanksgiving, which commemorates the survival of religious refugees in the U.S, just makes me feel ill.
I have three kids – a singleton and a set of twins. My oldest the push present was a pair of earrings. The twins I got a pavé ring. However, during fertility I set aside $100 a month that it failed, and when I got pregnant I bought diamond solitaire earrings. I figure each girl gets one of the three sets for her wedding (or later gift if she doesn’t marry).
Meh, just another example of their opulent lifestyle and detachment from normal society. I guess to each their own.
“Push present” sounds ridiculous–is a baby really a gift exclusively for your husband, so much so that he has to reward you with a car or diamond necklace? Seems really archaic to me. Like “Here’s your son. Now buy me a gift for my troubles.” I’m not into it.
My grandfather bought my grandmother a bracelet that had diamonds and her’s and my grandfather’s birthstones as well as my dad’s and uncle’s birthstones. I love that idea. It wasn’t a push present, but it was symbolic and meaningful jewelry. I personally like jewelry that stands for something.
I don’t think anyone deserves a reward for giving birth. It’s a choice you make, no one owes you anything. How about looking at your baby as the gift since that is typically the reward of pregnancy–the fact that you get a baby to hold in your arms and love and care for. If your significant other wants to surprise you with something meaningful, I think that’s great, but to ask for something is tacky to me.
Push present is a terrible term in my mind. The idea of wanting a luxe gift for carrying and delivering a baby just creeps me out, adds a level of something self-serving and dark to what should be beautiful.
I tried to comment earlier–it disappeared. The baby is a gift from God, its appalling that Kim wants, expects a ‘push present (hate that terminology) she is selfish and greedy. When our daughter-in-law was expecting, we put a gorgeous ring on lay-away and gave it to her the day after birth. We told her it was her first mother’s day gift, although she wears other jewelry, she has never worn it.
I’m sorry but pregnancy and labor seem like pure hell. I can understand why a woman would want some sort of nice gift from her partner after delivery. I mean one person had to do all the work but you both get to enjoy the child ! I think this is a way for the woman to not feel animosity towards her partner lol.
@word: “I’m sorry but pregnancy and labor seem like pure hell.”
Lol, the final month certainly can be (or earlier if you’ve had medical issues throughout the pregnancy), but if you have a considerate partner it makes ALL the difference in the world. The really hard part begins AFTER the pregnancy and lasts at least 18 years.
Bringing a child into this world is a decision not to be taken lightly, and both parents must be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to accomplish a successful upbringing. Even then, nothing is guaranteed in this life. Kim’s world will be rocked in ways she never expected as her children grow, and she’d better pay attention.
Push present or not, I believe most women feel it truly is a miracle when they birth a healthy baby and that is the greatest gift of all.
Yes if we are talking about a normal woman lol Kim is anything but. She’ll hold on to that diamond choker before holding her newborn son ! I think the hardest part of having children for Kim is physically carrying them for 9 months. After that it’s easy breazy for her as the nannies will do the rest. As soon as her kids are 18 they will be forced out of her home (depending if Kim is still married to Kanye or not by then).
@ Crimson
I’ve don’t have kids, never been pregnant but it really seems like hell to me. Of course there is a big reward at the end, and that’s a healthy baby ( hopefully). We are talking about Kim here, so her priorities are different than most average/sane women.
Pregnancy isn’t fun, especially a high-risk pregnancy like mine, and the years of IUI and then IVF to get us here were pretty horrible, too. I think it’s sweet that my husband wants to recognize how much I’ve sacrificed my body and peace of mind to have a child by giving me a gift, but I’m not demanding one. When we were dating, I mentioned to my husband that my dream engagement ring was a two-carat Tiffany Novo in platinum, and he saved like a maniac to buy it for me (again, I didn’t demand it, but I was extremely touched that he bent over backwards to buy my “pipe dream” engagement ring seven years ago, when his career was just taking off and his income was still pretty modest, though he wasn’t being reckless because he knew he was professionally on the cusp of being very successful). When we got married, as a wedding band I wanted two matching eternity bands to flank either side of the engagement ring, but I settled for one because we were paying for our wedding and honeymoon ourselves, without our parents’ help, and the added expense of a second band was silly. Now that I’m pregnant, my husband is purchasing a diamond and platinum Tiffany celebration ring as a “push present” (ugh, I loathe that term) in order to complete the set that I had wanted five years ago when we were married. It’s a sweet thought with a story and meaning behind it, and we can afford it because he’s so established in his career (we have a lot of savings and both have good careers, so our child isn’t going to go without because Daddy bought Mommy a ring when baby was born). It’s unfortunate if it’s something she’s demanding, but if he has told her that he’s willing to shower her with something special as a token of his appreciation for her giving him such an amazing gift, then it’s fine. I think that Kim herself, and the gift she wants, are so tacky that one’s first impulse is to be turned off.
@Kate Since it’s a Tiffany celebration ring, why not just call it a birth celebration, or “family celebration”, which is what it is. Maybe get your husband a celebratory token of some kind.
As mentioned above, what about adoptions, surrogacy, etc. – if you were starting your family via adoption, I imagine your husband would still buy the same celebration ring! Congratulations & remember the sweet sentiment behind it…don’t cave and call it a “push present” and don’t let others do it either.
I don’t have children but I always assumed the child itself was the ‘push present’
am I cray?
Yes. I answered @word, just above, that this is my take as well. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose. I think for the majority of women throughout the world, however, the idea of a push present is non-existent.
Is a push present an American thing? I’ve never heard of it before do other countries have this as a tradition?
No, it’s a moron thing.
My 20-something friends say that in some circles, this IS feminism now. Grab yourself a wealthy man, and if you imperil the hotness of your body by bearing his children, then he needs to make it up to you with $$ jewelry.
Because if you’re an empowered woman, you’re worth a diamond choker. Because women are amazing.
SMDH.
eh, sounds like they are using ‘feminism’ as an excuse to get diamonds. but thats just IMO.
Did my comment sound like my friends behave this way? Oops, no.
I meant that, as feminists themselves, they’re saying, “[To some people] this Princess Feminism is the new feminism, isn’t it dreadful?”
I do know that Kim has, at times, embraced the F word and generally considers herself a smart, empowered businesswoman rather than the sparkly surgeried-up subject of her mother’s Machiavellian pimp mastery and her crazy husband’s control freakery.
Personally I don’t get the idea of a push present. Like most others on this thread, I think a healthy baby is the gift itself, but if that works for the couple, it’s not really my business.
I do think, however, that it’s part of a wider trend of justifying extravagant presents, much like weddings where people spend insane amounts of money because it’s “your day” etc. it just becomes an excuse for people to be shamelessly greedy and demand expensive gifts from others by tying it into an important life event.. With the rise of social media (and people like the Kardashians), it’s easier than ever to see the opulent lifestyle only the rich and famous can afford which I’m sure has been financially ruinous to some people convincing themselves they can emulate it.
Just attended a wedding and reception that was just the opposite of opulent. The couple used many local small merchants to supply food and drink for the reception. One of her friends makes gelato as a business and she had that for dessert instead of a cake along with Dad’s Cookies (which is a local business) and pretzels from the best pretzel maker in the city. Her mom and dad have a farm that produces wine and she served that as a beverage. Instead of a DJ, they had a live band. No tuxes for the guys, the bridesmaids looked very nice in very simple (probably inexpensive) dresses and her dress looked like it may have been gotten from a vintage clothing store. I love simple and this was really great. And I agree with you all this is a justification to spend a wild amount of money when in the long run will be forgotten fairly quickly.
Now THAT is my kind of wedding!
+1
Sounds like they know what matters.
Push presents were invented when giving birth was dangerous. So actually back then it was a way to give a bonus to the wife for giving birth. I think push presents for a baby boy were bigger than for a baby girl, too. So if you did do your “duty” as a wife and gave birth to a healthy child … . It is essentially a patriachal concept. Because you don’t get anything if you don’t give birth. And that giving birth is important because … family tree … paternal authority … .
I find the thought of a push present rather atrocious.
Whereas the idea to give some jewelry to commemorate the birth is nice.
I think Kim is being honest here. She never wanted another pregnancy, so she expects to be rewarded for her trouble. Poor, poor kids.
I so agree. Baby number 1 was insurance that he would stay with her while she got her divorce from Kris H. and baby number 2 is to give him a male heir. I am sure she will get a couple of million for having him and the million is just to be greedy to add to her bank account. I give this business relationship a year after the boy is born and that’s it. Unless there is no interest in Kim and if that happens she might try to stay with him longer.
Her perception of her body is just so different from what it really is. She thinks she’s this long drink of water, tall and willowy. In reality, she’s short, squat and square. Everything she wears is so so wrong. Especially these chokers. They look best on women with long, elegant swan necks. Kim just has a average neck. SMFH. All that money and spending it on the wrong things.
She probably gets a push present everytime she takes a crap. So a million dollar choker isnt to far out of line for her. But come on! Does anyone really believe shes going to actually go through labor, including pushing a baby out of her vagina? She has to choose..c section/tummytuck…or tummytuck plus vaginal reconstruction. Her “agony” of pregnancy is what a normal pregnant woman goes through. Its not tragic or horrific of pains.
Labor is though. Kim would most certainly be shocked what agony really is.
Geez, what a vapid, materialistic b*tch. In my world, a push present is the baby! THAT’S the gift you get for all that hard work you put into creating a life. Ugh! Ho!
We’ll see if she ends up with the choker she wants. She (or more precisely, her paid writer) is trying to make it sound like just a joke, but I remember her obscene bridal registry for her lavish wedding (the one where she wore three separate wedding gowns and then filed for divorce in 72 days, never returning the gifts). I think she really does want expensive jewelry as her reward for this pregnancy and these are instructions for Kanye. Kim doesn’t have too much going on inside her head but is very interested in money and shiny things (that someone else buys for her). She even brought a camera crew on her honeymoon with husband #2, so E! would pay for it all.
This has been the most boring vapid 9 months for Kim. The quotes from her only highlight and emphasise why she is so despised.