Purple before Pink

[nellila]

We found out we're having a girl and I have never been a pink person. I know pink is inevitable but is it ok to tell people we prefer purple instead of pink? My MIL is acting like we are being ungrateful by telling people anything is appreciated but we would prefer purple. I plan to also mention the preference on the shower invites. Thoughts?

[Sass508]

I'm giving into the pink lol

[LaurenC86]

I feel the same way, I tell everyone I prefer purple(it'd my favorite color). Unfortunately purple little girl stuff can be hard to come by as far as bassinets and swings and whatnot (I settled for a pink bassinet and luckily I.love it) which I think is totally weird. So I know I'm gonna have a lot of pink stuff too and ever since I've had my first little girl it has really grown on me.

[SamanthaGutierrez]

#TeamPurple I also HATE pink, I say go for it, why not(:

[MinaMoore]

We won't know the gender until next Friday for 20 week US, but I hate pink AND gender stereotypes, so we're NOT telling anyone the results. Getting gender neutral gifts for the baby shower, I really don't want to end up with a mountain of pink or baby blue.

[lousie_1986]

My little girl'a wardrobe is nearly all whites, beiges, mint and navy with some apricot or peachy pinks... I much prefer neutrals! There's way more out there than just pink or purplr

[Shaynaruth]

Oh, and a friend of mine had a purple themed baby shower because she really does not like pink.  Every outfit she got for the baby was purple.  :-)

[Shaynaruth]

All of my friends and family KNOW I'm a purple person, so I think if I have a girl, they will indulge my love of purple.  Geez... I hope it's a girl.  We find out next week (if baby cooperates)... Lol

[mommyguillory]

Ok, I might be biased when I say this because my mil doesn't seem concerned in my pregnancy AT ALL, but you should definitely voice your preferences in what you receive. I know that if I had a friend or relative and I was buying something for their baby, I would absolutely want to buy it in purple rather than pink information they prefer purple. I want them to fall in love with what I buy!

[julybaby1587]

Im right there with you! I'm having a girl and totally prefer purple. I told my mom and sister, who are planning my shower. You're not ungrateful. Dont be shy, tell them.

[organicmama]

We told everyone we didn't like pink and preferred green, blues and purples. We still ended up with about 85% pink stuff. One person who knows us well even flat out said they didn't care if we didn't like pink they were still buying pink. And she did. She handed it to me and said "I know you hate pink but too bad. Take it back if you really don't like it. "(Wow) that being said I still think it's OK to let people know you prefer purple. They just might not listen. Our little girls room is mainly lavendar with other accents. Son even though we have mostly pink gifts at least the stuff we personally bought isn't pink.

[ohmitout]

That's totally fair I'd just think of a fun and quirky way to mention it on the invites so it's not like we hate pink so don't waste your money haha kidding but you know what I mean

[smichellec]

Mention the color is purple on the shower invites.  Use the color purple on the invites.  Worst case, do what my MIL did and dye all the pink stuff purple. She used beets:)

[Farah_Remo]

My brother in law and his wife didnt want pink everywhere for their baby girl. Everyone respected that because it can be overwhelming at times seeing pink all the time. So they told family and friends to buy neutral colors for her with bits of pink or purple if theyd like, just not an all pink outfit or all pink bouncy chair for example. I thought it was a reasonable request

[na_mya2015]

I HATE PINK!!!!! LOL Sorry I had to get that out my system...
But I requested only purple and yellow things for my princess.... it's a struggle cuz everything is pink or has pink in it but idc...

[MrsLLofton]

When I had my little girl I ask for only purple,I'm not a fan of pink either,so no it's nothing wrong with that,I'm sure people would like to get you what you want.I didn't have any problems.

[3bgirls15]

Totally! I think lots of people are sympathetic to the pink aversion. After three girls I have finally given in a bit because you can only do so much purple and yellow too lol.

[TNatbby]

I am not a pink person either. I made this clear on the baby shower invites, and gave other color suggestions like purple, pastel greens, red, yellow, etc. It's your chid so they should understand.

[Tavie615]

I'm the same way. I did pink with my oldest daughter and I want to do purple with this one. I told my family that we will be doing purple with this baby and they understood my reason why. So they have been getting purple or lavender things. Just tell them. Everyone has things they like or don't like.

[fifi24]

I told everyone green lol we love green my hubby and I so ppl understood. I get what u are saying my mil said buy pink is for girls and so we said but we like green but a few things could be pink I guess.

[KaitlynHill]

Go for it! It couldn't hurt. That way people would have an idea of what you guys are wanting. With my first daughter we did pink but this one I am requesting more purple stuff lol.

[ctberalmu]

Pink is not inevitable! I'm having a girl and I have 0 pink things for her. No pink clothes, no pink toiletries, no pink pacifiers, crib clothing.. Nothing :)

When I got pregnant I told everybody I didn't want pink and family and friends had respected my wishes!

[Mommytobabyboy15]

my fav colour is purple. I would go with purple.

[bec_jae_martin]

I would. My best mate just verbally told everyone she saw before the shower but ended up with heaps of pink from ppl who didnt know her well that her daughter has now 9 months old, never worn.

[mzdanglez]

Go for it! I as well am not a pink person i prefer purple!!!!