Today, in a state of extreme boredom, I decided to dress my 6-month-old son in girl's clothes. As he sat in my lap in a frilly dress, and as I was placing a very pink and lacy bow on his head, my mother-in-law unexpectedly walked in. She now thinks I'm mentally unstable and should be in therapy. FML
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OP here. For those that question why I had girl baby clothes it is because I have clothes from when I was a baby. They are too big for him but I was bored. And for those that think that babies are entertaining 24/7 then you are obviously not a parent. I am home alone with my child for 7 hours a day and I don't really know very many people or go too many places. My mother-in-law doesn't believe in knocking so she has a habit of just walking in. Also, I intended for this to be a one time silly event between just my child and I perhaps with me telling my husband later. I had no intentions of taking pictures to share on FB or any other social media site. (In fact, my child isn't pictured anywhere online.) Also, if my son "turns out gay" I won't really care because a few of my family members are homosexual. Lastly, I could've let my baby play with his toys but he vastly prefers me entertaining him over his toys.
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Yarrachel 16
Explain to her how that stuff is all socially constructed anyway. Pink used to be considered a boy's color!
obviousboy 8
How are you bored with your own 6 month old baby?
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BMASE 4
I agree.
SukiIzumi 8
Lol, my mother-in-law used to do this with her son when he was a baby xD Red-head baby boys look like cute little baby girls lol
rangerbagel 1
Gender is a social construction. She's just an old sexist. Don't worry about it. Maybe he'll grow up to like wearing frilly stuff, too, and she'll blame you. Then you and he can just laugh and laugh while she is upset over something that doesn't matter.
Shade1982 21
I'm pretty sure gender is not social, but biological. You probably mean gender class though.
VampTat 10
Why was this voted YDI? They're just clothes... The mother was having innocent fun being experimental and it's not like the baby will even remember that moment, so the mother-in-law should either chill the **** out or mind her own business... Besides, gender roles and specifics are so overly socially constructive that it has turned more into a dictatorship of who and what we're suppose to be and what we're suppose to like based solely on what our genitalia is. I can see that this mom has no real intentions of enforcing gender rules on her son, and as long as she isn't physically or emotionally hurting him, NOBODY has the right to tell her that she is wrong for wanting to go in that direction of raising him. Bravo to the OP.
sulitak 27
it wasn't a "direction of raising him" though. it was extreme boredom. big big difference.
kshevokas 1
My mother-in-law told me that I should dress my 3 year old as a girl so my husband would get the hint and knock me up again.
Moldy_Stone 6
Gender is a social construct! Gender is a social construct! Gender is a social construct! Gender is a social construct!
FB2G 10
"gender is a social construct" won't help him when other kids are bullying him for wearing pink and frilly clothes.
0o0o0 9
He's a baby. The other kids won't make fun of him.
kalynnepointer 7
I'm more concerned about the fact that your mother-in-law just walked in, unannounced without some sort of knocking or something.
Acywhy 10
This used to be fashionable for boys' portraits years back, particularly in the UK.
mcrfan45 10
I wouldn't call it mentally unstable but more like... A bit off your rocker