Let us never forget the stronghold Anne Geddes had on all of our moms in the 90s.

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ThePrincessOfMonaco@reddit

HAHAHAHAHAHA I was just like, "YEAH our MOMS. Our moms sure did like that Anne, heh heh. Is this why I sat alone at lunch?"

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aqua_vida@reddit

I would have sat with you and brought my Anne Geddes calendar and birthday card set for us to go through and pick out our favorites.

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forcedintothis-@reddit (OP)

My mom tried to pull me into the cult but I don’t like babies 😂

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aqua_vida@reddit

But how could you not like those babies?!😂

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forcedintothis-@reddit (OP)

Meh. They’re just not my thing. Puppies on the other hand…

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aqua_vida@reddit

SO many puppy posters in grade school. Anne Geddes was the natural middle school (or high school?🤔) transition for me...😂

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chellybeanery@reddit

Right? My mom couldn't give two shits about this, but I, on the other hand, was obsessed with these woodland babies.

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aqua_vida@reddit

Hahaha, oh man you remember the themes! 👏👏🔥

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beautifulbroomstick@reddit

Me too! I thought they were so cute. My mom and all my friends thought they were creepy.

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aqua_vida@reddit

Haha agreed! They were so adorable! Until...they weren't😆 The wrapping of the babes just started to get a little intense eventually...😅😂

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anon848484839393@reddit

Anne Geddes and Ansel Adams were EVERYWHERE

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MihalysRevenge@reddit

Im from New Mexico Andel Adams is still everywhere lol

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loptopandbingo@reddit

"Welcome to New Mexico, choose your free decor: moody Ansel Adams landscape, or moody Georgia O'Keefe vagina flower."

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MihalysRevenge@reddit

Yep and also is pared with a kokopelli and a saguaro cactus (that doesn't grow here)

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Eightinchnails@reddit

People hear “desert” and stick a saguaro on it. Las Vegas themed things often have one too. So weird.

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ObviousExit9@reddit

And MC Escher and those color dot paintings you stare at long enough to see an image.

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achieve_my_goals@reddit

Was a bookseller then.

Those books sold like hotcakes and they weren't cheap.

But, why?

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rapscallion_pizza@reddit

Yes, why?!? Who is going to sit down and look through it again?

Similar to you, at the time I worked part time at a card and gift shop, and we had her books, cards, box sets of cards, etc. They were so popular but I always found them rather creepy. I think we were split about 50/50 in the shop as to who liked them and who didn’t. Very polarizing.

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forcedintothis-@reddit (OP)

Good question.

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AudienceProper2131@reddit

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PeanutNSFWandJelly@reddit

Meh, suburban middle class moms. The poors like me were creeped out when we'd visit y'all's houses and see these.

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tobethesky@reddit

Thankfully, my mom was all about Mary Englebreit calendars and steered clear of Geddes.

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abarthvader@reddit

"you don't flash around a newborn!!!"

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TobylovesPam@reddit

We agree that Kevin is the dad though, right?

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abarthvader@reddit

Absolutely, they used the same clinic!!!

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psilosophist@reddit

Man, I thought my parents were corny but they were never this corny.

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Intelligent_Flow2572@reddit

It seems like every new mom today has to have newborn baby photos like this. It’s exhausting.

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shostakofiev@reddit

I'm sure it's very famous baby.

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loptopandbingo@reddit

The Onion Was There... 23 years ago

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Livid_Parsnip6190@reddit

There are two kinds of people in the world. People who like this, and people who were into that guy who dressed up his weimaraners. (William Wegman)

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forcedintothis-@reddit (OP)

I’m definitely in the dressed up Weimaraner camp. I still have some of the magnets.

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Livid_Parsnip6190@reddit

I had the calendar and even a t-shirt back in the day

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AngleFreeIT_com@reddit

Gross.

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dailysunshineKO@reddit

Oh God. My mom found baby board books with these pictures in them for our kid a few years ago. Stories like Three Little Pumpkins. Of course, I had to read it a hundred times since our kid loved it.

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