[specialk4b]

Originally Posted by devildogwife

Cameron has one of the military,hug a hero, "daddy dolls". For those who aren't familiar, it's an actual doll of my DH in uniform. It has a little voice recorder inside of DH telling Cam that he loves him. We'd prop it up across from Cameron when he was in the hospital, so whenever he woke up he'd see Seth. Out of about 5+months in the hospital, Seth missed about 2, so it helped I think. The nurses loved the idea.

Oh my our little guy needs one of those!

Now, back to your not-so-scheduled wonkiness.

[nikkianni]

Originally Posted by paigeturner

"Not THAT! You're a lobbyist! What did we do wrong?"

LOL! This may be the best thread ever.

[BrockBaby]

She said, "Not THAT! You're a lobbyist! What did we do wrong?"

Yeah..that's how our family felt..what did we do wrong...when a Michigan Fan joined through marriage. But it is always great when The Buckeyes win!!!

edited to add....hit enter too soon..lol.... The thing is...in every family there are things that happen, things we don't get, but ya just gotta accept them and move on....be it lobyist...michigan fans...lol

[loveajax]

Now I'm getting completely OT (this thread is cracking me up) but Fadzi and Paige combined have me thinking about the funniest headline ever from The Onion: "Gay Man Admits To Being Governor Of New Jersey." (No offense to you jerseyites).

I remember my nephew (sexual orientation unknown at this point..he is 18...) always begging to wear his sister's clothes, play with her dolls, etc.. He was very "flamboyant" and came down one day when all the guys were watching the NFL wearing a tiara and a pink boa. OMG....everyone sort of "stopped cold" and I just took him and said how adorable he looked. (To say that I think he has gotten a "bum deal" from my family...especially my homophobic brother is the understatement of the year).

I think many men (including DH) are "trained" to be uncomfortable exploring any of their feminine side...makes me sad!

On another note, I have to say it's been so interesting with DD. I really wanted her to be a tomboy but from day one she has been a total "girlie girl" diva. As an infant she would look thru toy magazines, and get "angry" on the pages of traditional boys' toys. There was something on this recently...I will try to dig it up.

Oh, and Paige, I think you are forgetting about our friend J. Edgar Hoover!!

[aclee]

Originally Posted by loveajax

I think many men (including DH) are "trained" to be uncomfortable exploring any of their feminine side...makes me sad!

In High school there was a German exchange student whose grasp if the English language was very proper. We told him one weekend that one of the guys was going to come pick him up for some male bonding time. He looked really confused, and asked what male bonding was. One girl pipes up, like if you guys got together and made brownies...that would be male bonding. Another says, Yeah, or you went shopping...that would be male bonding. So his face lights up and he says, OH...male bonding, is guys getting together to do girl things, but without girls?

yeah...we were falling out of chairs laughing...he was totally serious

[OakShannon]

Originally Posted by paigeturner

Funny story:

One of my co-workers relayed this to me just this week. He was home for a vacation and his mom, who is aging and showing early signs of dementia said, "What did your father and I do wrong for you to turn out the way you did?" He replied, "Mom, I'm 44 years old! I've been out of the closet for 25 years, why are you asking me this now?" She said, "Not THAT! You're a lobbyist! What did we do wrong?"

That is hysterical!

Sorry your thread has gone haywire, Stormster. It's been fun though.

Loveajax - I had a cousin who was just like that as a kid. When he was 7 he asked if he could be the flower girl at my aunt's wedding. Fast forward 15 years and he's straight as an arrow.

Sbaglio - I think you make an excellent point. It shouldn't be a bad thing to "act like a girl."

[Stormster]

Originally Posted by aclee

In High school there was a German exchange student whose grasp if the English language was very proper. We told him one weekend that one of the guys was going to come pick him up for some male bonding time. He looked really confused, and asked what male bonding was. One girl pipes up, like if you guys got together and made brownies...that would be male bonding. Another says, Yeah, or you went shopping...that would be male bonding. So his face lights up and he says, OH...male bonding, is guys getting together to do girl things, but without girls?

yeah...we were falling out of chairs laughing...he was totally serious

That is really sweet. I love him!

[Eponine]

Originally Posted by aclee

Why do they all look happy, but the CC one looks like it's screaming?


They are pretty cute

This thread has gotten pretty pear-shaped, hasn't it? Someone just threw a spanner in the works for the whole thing. *Bow before my command of British-isms*

Anyhow - those Lots to Love dolls come in various facial expressions for all the races. But some of them look pretty freaky or like they're screaming or possessed.... DS's is fairly normal looking, I think it's the Hispanic one, my mom thought it's skin tone looked most like him (he's BR AA/CC).

[aclee]

Brought this discussion over to an e-mail with my daycare provider who shared that one of he son's favorite color for a VERY long time was Hot Pink. I guess one of his older siblings (she has 11) called him Gay...guess where the boy who loved hot pink is now?

In the middle east fighting for our country!

GO boys who love hot pink...may there be millions more to always protect our freedom (not that I agree with the war, but you gotta support the boys (and girls) that are sent over there!)

[Stormster]

Originally Posted by Eponine

This thread has gotten pretty pear-shaped, hasn't it? Someone just threw a spanner in the works for the whole thing. *Bow before my command of British-isms*
.

I am bowing! I am bowing! And for those of you who are not familiar with the Queen's English a Spanner is a Wrench!

[aclee]

Originally Posted by Stormster

I am bowing! I am bowing! And for those of you who are not familiar with the Queen's English a Spanner is a Wrench!

Do you two need to be alone together?

[binkybear]

Originally Posted by sbaglio

Do girls who play with trucks and such become lesbians?

Being a total tomboy from day one I can say for myself nope. BUT I did turn out to be one smart cookie of a Republican *gasp*

[Saya]

Originally Posted by aclee

Brought this discussion over to an e-mail with my daycare provider who shared that one of he son's favorite color for a VERY long time was Hot Pink. I guess one of his older siblings (she has 11) called him Gay...guess where the boy who loved hot pink is now?

In the middle east fighting for our country!

GO boys who love hot pink...may there be millions more to always protect our freedom (not that I agree with the war, but you gotta support the boys (and girls) that are sent over there!)

Let's also remember that lots of those amazing boys (and girls) serving in the military in the Middle East ARE gay. It's OK to be both! There was a great article in the New Yorker recently about a AA gay officer who sadly was killed a year or so ago. I'll try to find a link.

[Saya]

Originally Posted by binkybear

Being a total tomboy from day one I can say for myself nope. BUT I did turn out to be one smart cookie of a Republican *gasp*

And TOUCHE!

[lisa in venice]

My oldest ds had a doll for a couple of years. It was an anatomically correct "boy" doll that he named Mikey and the two of them were inseparable. had a family day care and one of the little girls really liked to play with dolls and Nathan discovered that he did too but none of our dolls were "boy" dolls. We went to the store and he insisted on checking each and every doll to see if it was a boy.

BTW Nathan is the rough and tumblest boy you could meet but he also has a sweet caring side. His best friend and roommate in high school came to boarding school with the stuffed animal he had slept with since he was two. The two of them were terrors on the lacrosse field but and decidedly heterosexual. At the same time my older dd NEVER played with dolls of any kind. She was also a serious tomboy but ds #2 s much more "FABULOUS" and never had any interest in dolls.