[ WP ] `` For Sale : Baby shoes , never worn '' by Ernest Hemingway . Write a backstory for this that is happy , not depressing .

`` Our baby is not wearing those, Michael.'' 
 
 Michael knew that when Angela was set on something, you could n't change her mind. 
 
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 The baby shower went off without a hitch, all the guests played infant-themed party games like guess which baby picture belonged to which guest, pregnant twister, and some game involving diapers and chocolate pudding that made Michael gag as he watched from the doorway. He was n't a guest, this was Angela's party, her consolation of having another human growing inside of her for close to nine months. Michael would just bring out food for his wife and her guests and clean up for them. 
 
 There was just one thing Michael asked of Angela. His mother desperately wanted Michael's sister Judy to be invited. 
 
 And she was. Angela hesitantly agreed. It was n't that Judy was an unpleasant person or a rude guest. She was just different, and excelled at being so. 
 
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 `` These shoes are hideous, Michael, can you imagine our baby wearing them?'' 
 
 Angela was of course referring to Judy's baby shower gift. When Judy walked through the door earlier that day, wearing a cut up Bad Brains t-shirt and safety pins adorning her ear, Michael could n't help but speculate what she brought for a gift. A onesie with a Misfits fiend skull you see at Hot Topic? A CD with lullaby versions of NOFX songs? He cringed at the idea and prayed to God that Judy just brought a gift that their mother picked out for her. 
 
 She did n't though. 
 
 What she did bring was a shoe box with a pair of shiny black baby sized Dr.Marten ankle boots. Angela thanked her with as much faux sincerity she could muster and waited until all the guests, including Judy, to leave until she deemed it appropriate to unleash her true feelings to Michael. 
 
 `` Our baby is going to look like a lesbian, Michael.'' 
 
 `` What's wrong with lesbians? I mean, if our baby wants to be a lesbian, is n't it up to us as parents to support her?'' 
 
 `` Yes, but I want that to be her decision, not your sister's.'' 
 
 `` Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that footwear does n't determine sexuality, Angela. Speaking of which, we do n't even know if our baby is going to be a girl. You're the one who wanted it to be a surprise. Judy got a gender neutral gift.'' 
 
 `` Oh, sorry. It's only if our baby is a girl that she'll look like a lesbian. If it's a boy he'll look like a skinhead.'' 
 
 Angela sat down with her hands over her face and started to cry. 
 
 `` Our baby's a white supremacist, Michael.'' 
 
 `` Oh come on! He could just be going to a little baby Black Flag concert. Would n't that be cute? A little baby Black Flag with a little shirtless baby Henry Rollins thrashing around in a little baby mosh pit? Is n't that cute, Angela?'' 
 
 Angela just sobbed more.
