When she gave my boy some cars to play with, I was happy.
When she gave him some ribbons to put in his hair, I thought, "This could be a learning experience."
When she gave him a toy brush to use on her unicorns, I thought, "Why Not?"
When she asked him how he'd like to dress her barbies, I thought, "Well, he looks like he's having fun."
But when she took his hand, walked him to the kitchen, pointed at her collection of mermaid fridge magnets, and asked, "Which mermaid would you like to be?" I dragged him back to the toy cars.
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Dude, I have photos and video of my son (17 months) in a tutu and a princess dress and tiara; and that's just from the past week.
ReplyDeleteThe tighter your grasp, the more slips through your fingers.
LOL!!! I would have done the same. Like SciFi Dad, I also have pictures of a kid wearing a ping tutu, and video too.
ReplyDeleteBut I am that kid, and the pics and video are from 2006, so I was 39...
It was a play, OK? :-)
So being a mermaid is out brushing unicorns is cool. Not so much a solid red line as a moving pink line.
ReplyDeleteMy son is doomed then...there are four sisters in his world, and the 17 year old keeps threatening to put him in a dress...
ReplyDeleteSee, you can be a boy who likes to wear dresses. You can be a man who likes to wear dresses. Or brush unicorns. But you have to be female to be a mermaid!
ReplyDeleteThis really made me laugh out loud. I would've done the same thing you did. Maybe the little girl really wants someone to play with. What a cute story.
ReplyDeletethe really creative thing to do would have been to make him a merman with a very cool BMW mercar!
ReplyDeletePromo, oh yea, the girl is cute. And she must think that if she likes playing with unicorns and mermaids, everyone else does, including 2-year-old boys.
ReplyDeleteMarty, we need to start a movement. More merman in Disney movies!
Yeah! I'm pretty sure that's a typical 7 year old girl thing to do. It sounds like something my sister would have done!
ReplyDeleteMy sister was two years older than me and I always played with her barbies. Once you like a game, it's hard to understand why it won't appeal to everyone.
ReplyDeleteLoved the part about the cabbage patch toy!
ReplyDeleteAnd funny comment sahdpdx!
Hey Jill!
ReplyDeleteBut don't take his side! The first rule of blogging is that the writer is always right!
This is my first time here and I love your blog..I can already tell you have quite a sense of humor...
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ReplyDeleteThat's hysterical. My little guy (19 months) loves copying his Mommy brushing his hair etc. But there are definitely lines I won't let him cross! (I saw him yesterday running around with a stuffed toy hammer.. pretending it was a gun. NO IDEA where that came from, and I felt a bit uncomfortable with it, actually.)
ReplyDeleteJorge, when I was a kid I put on my mom's lipstick when she was at work. I found out a good friend of mine did the same. I think it was just about missing her.
ReplyDeleteI haven't encountered anything like this, but I like the merman idea. Actually I just like the word merman.
ReplyDeleteOtter, we've just started a mythology! Now all we need is a few believers.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is this merman?
ReplyDeleteJadeDragon, it's not a suitable role model for my boy, I know that.
ReplyDeleteOh boy, I would have done the same as you Blogger Father, actually I catch myself doing the same thing. This situation reminds me of that darn silly show on tree house channel, called toopee and binoo, I don't like it because it's about this ugly mouse character, always playing pretend and nearly every character he's pretending to be is female, or he's doing girl stuff next to always, I don't exactly want my boy thinking that's normal. I read and heard that things like letting your boys play with dolls and teddy bears can nurture the idea of a man being affectionate and stuff like gentleness and father hood, good stuff like that. But outright feminine activities that women and girls do to express their femininity are not something I want my boy to think is normal for him to do.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. And now that I have a daughter I will push her to play soccer and be as rough and crazy as she feels like being, but I will not--
ReplyDeleteA little blank here. Can't think of a boy-only activity right now...
I will not let her pee standing up?