How do we feel about boys in girls prints?

Smallllmin · December 2014

Initially, I'm like, who cares? I have to buy them because they're adorable... but now I'm thinking I cant actually put my son in Marie and Maathai.
...Thoughts?

TJ1979 · December 2014

I only have girls (my life is SO incomplete) but they rock spence, Albert, and Jules. How is that any different?

Smallllmin · December 2014

I guess I'll wait to see what they look like OTB.
If not, there's always the swap board lol.

Mandmeesh · December 2014

the boy/girl prints is pounded into our brains from a young age. You think something looks girly because you're told that it does

I hate the "this is too girly" sentence.

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

It's a boy print if a boy is wearing it.

Into+the+Kitty · December 2014

I don't know, I mean what if you made him gay? Or worse yet, if someone mistook him for a girl! It's too awful to fathom. That baby should from birth know he's gotta be a real manly man one day.

CLLDLL · December 2014

I love Marie on a boy.

Smallllmin · December 2014

Into+the+Kitty said:

I don't know, I mean what if you made him gay? Or worse yet, if someone mistook him for a girl! It's too awful to fathom. That baby should from birth know he's gotta be a real manly man one day.

Ouch. I'm not worried about making him gay... I was just honestly hoping y'all feel the same way I do!

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

Thanks

. Hand me down from a big cousin. I think it's a 3t so we should get to wear it for awhile.

redrockmama · December 2014

M wears "girl" clothes all the time. Right now he is wearing reindeer pj's from the girl section because we thought it was cuter than the boy one. We usually don't like girl clothes because we just e like them in general, for a girl or boy. We were team green and tried really hard to shop in the girls section.

I don't personally like a lot of the girl prints for diapers, but M has pink and purple ones. If you like it, let him rock it.

at least until he tells you otherwise.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

Personally, I'd never put a boy in a girls diaper. There's a reason people call them "girl prints". But I would also want my boy to grow up to be a manly man that spits and hunts and eats bacon. You're never going to get him there if you let him wear purple.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

Ok, so maybe I was being a silly with the bacon comment, but I stand by what I said. Wearing "girl" things would make a boy seem soft, and if I had a boy I would want him to be powerful.

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Kelly11235 · December 2014

I just want to say...Albert is NOT a boy print. It's a geeky math print. Girls can love math too.

I don't think Jules is a boy print either.

I want my kid to eat bacon. I'll be really happy if he wants to hunt too (once he's older).

I have a son, but that would be true if I had a daughter.

I don't think there really is such a thing as a "girl print" unless maybe the print says something about being a "pretty princess" or a girl.

One of my black friday purchases was a "girl print" diaper for my son. I just liked it better than the "boy" version of the same diaper.

Until he's old enough to express an opinion on what he's wearing, I have no issues putting him in a "girl" diaper. If when he's older he doesn't want to wear a diaper that's pink or coral or has flowers on it, then I'll respect his wishes.

A large percentage of my friends are gay or lesbian, some are transgendered.

If my son grows up and is gay or if he wants to wear dresses I'll be ok with that too.

The only way I'll be disappointed in him is if he grows up and is some sort of racist, sexist, bigoted slimeball. (Not that I'm saying anyone here is.)

TJ1979 · December 2014

Kelly11235 said:
I just want to say...Albert is NOT a boy print. It's a geeky math print. Girls can love math too.
I don't think Jules is a boy print either.

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That was kind of exactly my point. What makes anything a girly print or a boy print? My girls wear non flowery prints, non pink and purple prints, blue clothes and diapers, whatever. I don't get the whole boy print thing.

And @TheUltimateStoneycakes‌ ladies can eat bacon too. That won't make your kid manly. If you even have a kid. Who are you anyway? Btw, mh is kinda soft and that's what I love the most about him. I also love that he wears camo and has a beard and hunts. But I love that he cries at extreme home makeover and when our daughters nuzzle into his hairy face. So stfu with that noise.

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Into+the+Kitty · December 2014

farmrsboywife said:

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Personally, I'd never put a boy in a girls diaper. There's a reason people call them "girl prints". But I would also want my boy to grow up to be a manly man that spits and hunts and eats bacon. You're never going to get him there if you let him wear purple.
Girl and boy prints are an abstract concept created by society (like some cultures don't wear black when someone dies) not a factor in your child's personality. I want my sons to grow up to not judge people based on those kinds of abstract concepts but on their hearts/mind/character and to be good honest men no matter how masculine or feminine they chose to dress, act, or whatever. That being said.. Real men wear pink.

Yeah, I guess that's true... If you want your sons to grow up having no friends because no one wants to befriend someone so girly.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Pink was originally a "boy" color.

People like the ultimate are just ignorant. Soft? That is just still pissing me off.

TJ1979 · December 2014

ITK sometimes I can't tell whether you are being sarcastic or ignorant.

stoneycakes · December 2014

When it comes to ITK, I always assume sarcastic

TJ1979 · December 2014

I always assume ignorant.

stoneycakes · December 2014

ITK, where are you? Come defend yo'self! Just try not to make anyone stop cloth diapering

TJ1979 · December 2014

Bahahahahaha ha.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Pretty sure ultimate is the troll. Farmer boy pales in comparison.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Chickypoo2468 said:

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TheUltimateStoneycakes said:
Personally, I'd never put a boy in a girls diaper. There's a reason people call them "girl prints". But I would also want my boy to grow up to be a manly man that spits and hunts and eats bacon. You're never going to get him there if you let him wear purple.
Girl and boy prints are an abstract concept created by society (like some cultures don't wear black when someone dies) not a factor in your child's personality. I want my sons to grow up to not judge people based on those kinds of abstract concepts but on their hearts/mind/character and to be good honest men no matter how masculine or feminine they chose to dress, act, or whatever.

That being said.. Real men wear pink.

Yeah, I guess that's true... If you want your sons to grow up having no friends because no one wants to befriend someone so girly.
I'm hoping you're being sarcastic. Really really. My bil has this line of thinking and it's a miracle that I don't smack him some days.
I haven't been on tb much in a couple months but Lord, I recognize your sn. You're a troll.
<-- I'm the troll? </p>

Or is ITK the troll?

No she's the hunchback.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

1. I'm allowed to have an opinion that differs from the idealistic glitter you all spew.

2. It's not about gay/straight/transgendered/whatever. It's about men acting like men. being strong and powerful. no matter what pink used to mean, society now identifies it as a feminine color, and ultimately femininity is considered weak. It's not a put down toward women. We're just designed to be the fairer sex. There's a reason that as a general rule men make more money and have more prestigious jobs. I'd rather have a somewhat slimy, yet strong man leading me than have a gentle and, yes, soft, woman leading me. It's one of the reasons I'd be hard pressed to ever vote for a female president.

TJ1979 · December 2014

I can't even with this. Glitter? Us? Clearly you don't even know us.

But the gender stereotype bs? Women are weak? A slimy man is better than a soft woman? You are disgusting.

Into+the+Kitty · December 2014

If I ever saw my husband cry I'd probably want a divorce. If I wanted to be in a relationship with a woman then I wouldn't have married a man.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Into+the+Kitty said:
If I ever saw my husband cry I'd probably want a divorce. If I wanted to be in a relationship with a woman then I wouldn't have married a man.

Oh good lord, there you go again.

SuperTinkerham · December 2014

I'm oblivious. he can poop/peep on whatever color happens to be handy.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

By glitter I just meant that you live in a very idealistic world if you think appearance and societal norms won't impact your child's life.

And clearly the word "soft" is offending you as well. It's not meant to be offensive. It just is what it is. Women are made to be gentle and nurturing. Are you disagreeing with that?

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

Yes.

I don't even know what's going on anymore but I'm going with it. Gender or biological sex are in no way determinative of personality or strengths/weaknesses.

TJ1979 · December 2014

Yes! I can be soft when necessary, do can mh. I can be strong when necessary, so can mh.

BethanyAnn27 · December 2014

TJ1979 said:

Yes! I can be soft when necessary, so can mh. I can be strong when necessary, so can mh.

This. 100% this.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

Oh for crying out loud. No, they're not mutually exclusive, but one trait is going to stand out more. And if I had a son, I would want people to look at him and think: strong, powerful, confident. Dressing him in flowers and pink isn't going to give people that impression.

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

I want people to think strong, powerful, and confident just as much about my daughter as about my son.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

Rrrrrachel said:

I want people to think strong, powerful, and confident just as much about my daughter as about my son.

Then I wouldn't dress her in flowers either. I don't understand the confusion. I'm not being a jerk, I just really don't get it. Flowers do not evoke images of power and force.

TheUltimateStoneycakes · December 2014

a glittery flower is your comeback? LOL

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

It's a harmful stereotype that feminine means weak.

Rrrrrachel · December 2014

Also, ffs, they're babies!

Smallllmin · December 2014

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