That's super cute, love it!

Ok, I might take issue with the general statement, but it's completely appropriate to send to expectant grandparents. 😉

Very cute--and that's a cool font!

Very cute.

Haha Foodonastump. I agree as I will most likely not become a grandparent.

" I might take issue with the general statement "

Indeed. Sometimes it's the exact opposite, especially as related to timing.

it is adorable!

If y'all mean promoted to Grandparents part, count me in. Unless I get to be my child's furbaby's Gigi? Daughter's unlikely to ever have children, biological or adopted.

That's adorable. I'm sure the wording could be tweaked but the knitting is just so precious.

I was hoping this would be a gift idea, because I want to send a nicer gift to a new baby boy.... I keep going back and forth between personalized embroidered quilt ( I did this for girls and it was beautiful.... for boys, it's cute but not as gorgeous in my opinion), and a personalized puzzle flip stool.....

It's really sweet. You could easily have the wording say "Congratulations on your promotion from Parents to Grandparents!"

Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything anout the wording. To be clear, I have NO issue with it for the card. Any more than I have an issue giving World’s Best Mom cards and gear on Mother’s Day, to moms who probably aren’t. It’s a sweet card, it just stood out at me that the words aren’t always necessarily true.

You obviously have to know your people. These are very good friends and will absolutely get a kick out of this card.

And some people who weren't stellar parents end up being the BEST grandparents! On the job learning and maturing benefits the next generation sometimes.

" some people who weren't stellar parents end up being the BEST grandparents"

I suspect that's unusual. except perhaps when it may happen out of guilt.

If people are into handmade cards this one should be a cinch. More thoughtful and much cheaper than buying. And you can compose your own non controversial message.

It's so cute eld. 😊

I like Oly's tweak on the wording. I know what FOAS is saying. However I also know I am weird so there's that too. Somehow the "world's best" stuff always feel like schtick to me.

It really is adorable. I love watching grandparents get all excited. It is more of that pure joy we all need in our lives.

Wow. As someone who doesn't have children and was raised by the best Mom I or my friends have ever met, this card feels like a dagger to the heart. I know a ton of crappy parents whose kids have had kids. Anyone can get pregnant. (Sometimes it is just people who didn't teach their children to cross their legs or keep it in their pants get promoted to grandparents!)

"some people who weren't stellar parents end up being the BEST grandparents"

I concur because it is 1000 times easier to be a grandparent than to be a parent. My dad wasn't a horrible parent but he was so preoccupied with figuring out how to make enough money to feed, house, and clothe us that he wasn't present physically or emotionally. He'd be a wonderful grandparent because he is more financially stable and less anxious.

I get that this card is only going to people you know but it feels like a poor excuse to say something kind of hurtful. I like my mom's theory that if you can't say something that sounds nice to everyone then maybe you shouldn't say it. Again, bingo, great mom, and yet... not a grandparent.

If my mom walked into a friend's home that had that on display, she might want to walk right out the door. She and her cousin (also a fantastic mom to two wonderful kids neither of whom have children) would have yet another topic of conversation about how well meaning people are so insensitive when it comes to grandparenthood.

All this aside, the knitting is adorable.

“Somehow the "world's best" stuff always feel like schtick to me.”

You mean I’m not #1?! But my mug says so!

Actually I’m not a dad. I’m a papa. And the CORRECT mug says Best Papa Ever.

So many ways this card could be more inclusive, less “iffy” on the insulting side and just sweeter. But I love the bootie….

I gave my Dad a best dad in the world bar of soap when I was 10 and he still has it on his dresser. I think he loves looking at it. It astounds me.

‘more inclusive’ ?

Then it would be so generic and not personal. As Eld said you have to know your people. If I give a card to someone dear to my heart I’d make it exclusive.

‘less “iffy” on the insulting side’ ?

My best friend is not my friend’s best friend. I think everything is relative in the context of ‘best’. Someone you think they’re the best may not agree with you, or other people may not agree with you. So the risk is there. On the receiving side, if I were to receive a card like this, I would appreciate the thoughtful gesture even though I know I’m very far from perfect, and don’t feel insulted at all.

IDK why some here are disecting this. It's cute. It's caring.

I presume you won't send it until Baby is here.

I don't see it as insulting, to anyone. Inaccurate, maybe. 😆 But certainly not meant to be insulting to anyone else. I am sticking with it's "schticky."

FOAS, ever watch Seinfeld? Morty in his World's #1 Dad tshirt and the fight with the other dad that followed? 🤣 That's probably where my association comes from....

Hmm, either there’s an episode I missed or I’ve forgotten that one. Will look it up.

Ally, Chisue and palisade thanks for having my back.

I still am in a bit of shock how a simple card could having me doubting my intentions.

I can’t wrap my head around this simple card being so analyzed and criticized.

It is going to two people that will get a kick out of it and understand the sentiment.p and humor. Tongue-in-cheek if you will.

Kendra, your mom would walk out after seeing this card? Really?

Red, I’m confused about your post as well.

At any rate, to each their own.

Eld, please don't sweat it. 😘

I could make a post that I am giving away free bags of money tomorrow morning on Broadway. I guarantee I'd get replies questioning my motives, my intelligence, the choice of city and street corner, reminders to not make the bags too heavy because some people have bad backs, and admonish me to make sure the bags are recyclable. 🤣

It is the nature of humanity on the internet. 🤷‍♀️🙃

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A cute card and it hardly qualifies for so much discussion.

But, this is knitted and it represents a tiny sweater. Beautifully depicted. Significant? Well it is good wishes and who couldn't use more of those. Just saying. I adore the tiny knitting needles with the pearl ends. I think you would consider the sentiment based on the grandparents. My parents sucked at being grandparents but then again they sucked at being parents. Still good wishes is a good thing.

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Eld as the one who started it, it was an off-hand comment that I probably shouldn’t have made, and never intended for it to steer the conversation this way. It’s a very cute card, you enjoy it as will they! Sorry.

" I could make a post that I am giving away free bags of money tomorrow morning on Broadway. I guarantee I'd get replies questioning my motives, my intelligence, the choice of city and street corner, reminders to not make the bags too heavy because some people have bad backs, and admonish me to make sure the bags are recyclable. "

You can do that and expect to hear no feedback from me. Would it be possible for you to do it somewhere within driving distance of where I am?

I can’t wrap my head around this simple card being so analyzed and criticized.

I mean this sincerely, not meanly at all. (It is hard to convey tone online, so know that I intend this in sense of total calm friendliness :))

Just try to put yourself in the shoes of a parent who for various reasons may never be able to become a grandparent. It doesn't seem a far stretch at all that any caring person would understand why this parent may feel criticized by the sentiment that only the best parents get to be grandparents.

There are so many instances of other people's life experiences that I will never come close to experiencing myself, but when I try to see things through their eyes, without judgement, it can help open my heart just a bit to why someone feels the way they do. It doesn't mean you have to agree with it or make it your reality. But it can help broaden the way we understand others. Maybe you already do this quite regularly, but in this instance have a pit fall around understanding the parent / grandparent issue at hand.

I have had so many friends who have had miscarriages, babies that have died, have had adoptions fall through, are single and don't feel they can handle parenthood alone, or for myriad other reasons have not made their parents grandparents. Of course you would never give this card to them. But just the idea that some people even believe this is true just feels so yucky.

Kendra, your mom would walk out after seeing this card? Really?

No way, she is way too polite to do that. But she would *want* to. It is hard to be around other people who are judging you as less than and this card does that even if unintentionally.

Kendra, this card will most likely not be displayed. Who else will be seeing it besides my friends? It will go the way of other cards right into the recycling bin! Or, in a drawer.

I just don’t get your reasoning.

This is from someone who has had a miscarriage and will 99 percent not be a grandparent.

Again, sorry you can’t see the humor or sillyness of it all.