Wii Fit for Mother’s Day is So Wrong!

It’s being billed as the perfect gift for Mother’s Day. True, after squeezing out a few unappreciative puppies mom may need to work that body. But getting her a Wii Fit for Mother’s Day just takes it too far!

It’s the not so subtle way of telling mom she’s let herself go and that you’re still the unappreciative little brat you were when you were pissing yourself.

Mom wants flowers or a visit to the spa, if she wanted a video game she’d be a 16 year old boy. Wii Fit for mom only makes the perfect gift when you’re that 16 year old boy with a mom on your shopping list and that’s wrong.

It’s called reflexive giving. The act of buying a gift for someone else that is more an act of self-gratification than it is an act of giving. You’re mom carried you’re snot nose around for nine months then things got really ugly. Give the lady a break!

Just what are you trying to say getting mom a Wii Fit? It looks like a not-so-subtle nudge for mom to get herself in shape and shed a few pounds. Ironically that’s not what Wii Fit is for.

Sure, fitness is never a bad idea. But Mother’s Day isn’t the time for that discussion! Humor her and get her chocolates – deal with the issue of physical fitness in a separate conversation, not through a so-called gift.

Wii Fit really isn’t designed to you in shape anyway. It’s hardly a substitute for a gym membership. Even the game’s designers will tell you it’s not going to get anyone into shape. It’s only designed to make you more self-aware which is a nice start to the road to fitness.

But have old mum unwrap Wii Fit on her special day and you might as well have just told her she’s grown a bit too much junk in the trunk. Scary stuff for a Mother’s Day!

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