"that toy kitchen is going to make DS gay"

faBriezy · November 2009

Said my FIL at dinner last night while giving me his best dagger eyes. And then he went on to say, "And do you know what the gays do to each other? because I'm not going to tell you while we're eating because you'll throw up but it would make you reconsider a girl toy."

Such a lovely man, I tell you. Tongue Tied

ETA: and he's not some redneck. He's a retired econ professor at a major university

Summerly2 · November 2009

ajanes · November 2009

Wow. He's a special one...

mavs_girl07 · November 2009

Ohhhh he sounds fun

PhilsWife07 · November 2009

Wow, he sounds really ignorant.

IckyThump · November 2009

Indifferent

Holy crap. I'd have a really hard time keeping my mouth shut if that was said to me.

t-lou rosales · November 2009

I would have kicked him out! lol

LittleApple · November 2009

Wow.

cc605 · November 2009

has he ever watched the food network? Many a non gay male chef. Bobby Flay has perhaps too much (or too much cocky who knows).

Sorry your FIL was a jerk!

crazytmogirl · November 2009

I assume he cooks his own food sometimes? Does that make him gay? Or with that attitude, maybe he doesn't cook? How close minded is he?!

Madringal · November 2009

Wow! He's special.

Renee070806 · November 2009

my bfs hubby thinks the same thing

im getting one for ds for xmas...fingers crossed!!

Alligator · November 2009

I hear this stuff a lot too and it bothers me so much. My DS LOOOOOVES the toy shopping carts and surprise! surprise! most of them are pink. I've had a few people say that to me or, "Your Daddy won't like you playing with that." I usually just respond with, "Well, actually, Luke's Daddy does the grocery shopping and cooking 95% of the time. I doubt he minds."

kspalding · November 2009

I just love comments like that. I got something similar from my mom when I told her that I wanted to get my DS a kitchen for x-mas. She gave me the "thats a girls toy" comment. Although I have to say your FIL's comment sure does take the cake;)

mlf625 · November 2009

wtf?

I'd buy a huge pink one just out of spite.

Soter1 · November 2009

In not so many words my FIL said the exact same thing last night when we went to pick one out because MIL is getting DS that for x-mas. Today at a playgroup i was sure to call FIL and tell him that all DS played with the whole time was the purple kitchen set!

skidunks · November 2009

I still can't believe he said that to you. Who says/thinks those kinds of thing? Seriously??

It was fun to see you guys today! Big Smile

IckyThump · November 2009

Alligator:
I hear this stuff a lot too and it bothers me so much. My DS LOOOOOVES the toy shopping carts and surprise! surprise! most of them are pink. I've had a few people say that to me or, "Your Daddy won't like you playing with that." I usually just respond with, "Well, actually, Luke's Daddy does the grocery shopping and cooking 95% of the time. I doubt he minds."

My mom actually said something like this when she let DS play with one of my old Cabbage Patch dolls while she was watching him one day. She said something like, "Well, we won't tell daddy about this". I was surprised and asked her why she thought DH would care. I found it ironic since my brother had a Cabbage Patch doll growing up, too - that she bought for him!

violetblue72 · November 2009

Wow, hopefully with all of us moms who DO buy play kitchens for our sons there will be less and less of this type of close-mineded man around in the future.

tmp-336341562506044 · November 2009

Ugh, I hate hearing this. My 17 year old cousin loves to cook and wants to be a chef. And he is not gay. Doesn't he know most men are chefs? (Or so it seems?)

IckyThump · November 2009

violetblue72:
Wow, hopefully with all of us moms who DO buy play kitchens for our sons there will be less and less of this type of close-mineded man around in the future.

Yes

LoriFalce · November 2009

Wow.

My FIL is an ignorant bigot. But since he owned, ran and cooked in a restaurant, I think he's pretty sure that Joseph's Elmo's Restaurant kitchen isn't going to turn him into a drag queen.

Or at the very least, he's smart enough to know he'd be living in a tent in the backyard if he opened up his stupid mouth about it.

No, he's not smart at all. So I guess I have to go with a vague understanding of "cooking doesn't equal sodomy."

d.f · November 2009

WOW! I not a confrontational person but I'm not sure I could keep my cool after hearing a statement like that.

ckolak:-) · November 2009

Lovely. You should reassure him that it's ok, even if you DS does turn out gay it isn't catching so FIL has nothing to worry about.

femmeftle9 · November 2009

Not cool at all. I'm sorry you had to put up with that.

IckyThump · November 2009

LoriFalce:

Wow.

My FIL is an ignorant bigot. But since he owned, ran and cooked in a restaurant, I think he's pretty sure that Joseph's Elmo's Restaurant kitchen isn't going to turn him into a drag queen.

Or at the very least, he's smart enough to know he'd be living in a tent in the backyard if he opened up his stupid mouth about it.

No, he's not smart at all. So I guess I have to go with a vague understanding of "cooking doesn't equal sodomy."

Now this is a bumper sticker waiting to happen.

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