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what do you think about "mommy cards"?
Apparently Minted is giving away 25 "mommy cards," which I guess are like business cards (or calling cards) but targeted to moms. On the one hand, I like the idea of a more personal card than the ones I have for work, but on the other hand, it seems a little . . . well, lame isn't quite the right word. Cheesy, maybe?
They are cute, though. And free! I can't decide.
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Re: what do you think about "mommy cards"?
My Mom's neighbor gave one to my Mom so my Mom could have her ph # and email and I saw it and exclaimed "OMG, it's a Mommy card!"
Honestly, I thought it was a little weird
maybe if you are a SAHM and trying to meet other parents and set up playdates but as a WM, I have no use for them. I can just have someone enter my ph # into their cell ph if I need them to have it!
honestly, I think they are really dumb, I don't get it at all. with cell phones these days, trading numbers/email is not that hard.
Yeah, I think this articulated it pretty well. I think the other issue I don't really like . . . talking to people and stuff, so I can't really see myself ever handing these out.
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I think these are silly.
This.
I orderd the minted free 25 cards. Now am I going to invest and buy five more sets probably not, but I think it will be kinda nice to have some really cute cards to be able to hand out when a new Mommy at Gymoboree or daycare asks for our info. I think it is a little more memorable and I don't really like whipping out my phone and putting peoples info in right then and there.
I agree with this, but I'm a working mom and usually just hand someone my business card or put their number in my phone. If I stayed home I might feel differently because I think it's kind of nice - like an old fashioned calling card. I think it allows you to discreetly share your info without being pushy, i.e. forcing someone to put your info in to their phone. If they want to get in touch with you they can add it to their phone, if they don't, they can toss it.
I have some (but, I don't remember where I put them!)
They aren't really "mommy" cards though... there's no mention of DD on there. It's more like a personal business card with contact info on it. I don't like giving out my real business card.
I think they are cute, and could be useful.
I use my regular business card to give my contact info to other parents at the girls' preschool, but if I didn't have a regular business card I could see using these.
And not for nothing, but I'm usually not handing out my business card because I'm setting up a play date. Often I'm handing someone my info because I want to share info of some other kind - for instance I recommend my cleaning lady to just about everyone who mentions wanting to hire a cleaning lady. Ditto my in-home daycare lady - I hand my card out so they can email me and I'll send my DCP's info and describe why I like her. Most recently I handed my card to someone because they were talking about how much they loved their kid's swim instructor.
I've also handed my business card to other parents to make a play date - and we have one set of friends now because I gave my business card to the mom - the four of us joke now how we were all nervous giving our contact info, like we were dating or something.