Dear Christopher's Mother,
Today we met your son and your mother-in-law at an indoor play area. Your son seems like a nice little boy and I know my kids enjoyed playing with him. I just feel that I have to apologize for calling him a little girl. And for the fact that my daughter referred to him as "she" the entire time, even after I told her that Christopher is a boy's name.
Your son didn't seem to mind like most three year old boys would. He barely seemed to notice . . . according to your mother-in-law, he's quite used to it.
I'm not one of those judgmental parents. Unless your kid is mean and you don't care, I will not judge you. Or if your preschooler's favorite movie is Bride of Chucky. Or if you put Pepsi in your toddler's bottle. Or. . .well, you know what I mean. I don't judge parents who are within the realm of normal.
But I think your son's hair has gone beyond the realm of normal. The long, golden waves are quite lovely and the bobby pins do seem to hold it out of his eyes, but doesn't it bother you that everyone assumes he's a girl?
I support the rights of the transgendered. I love cross-dressers and drag queens. But your mother-in-law says you're the one who won't cut it, not Christopher. Which indicates to me that you are not supporting Christopher's natural urges but instead trying to feminize him for perverse reasons of your own.
What the fuck is your problem?
Sincerely,
Jerseygirl89
PS Would you be interested in a playdate at the new Cuts for Kids place?
22 comments:
I just cut the mullet off Alex. Sounds like he needs a date with my scissors.
i am sorry but the what the fuck is your problem made me laugh....thank you..bobby pins ?? really .
Wow... very bizarre indeed.
Hey Fabio is getting old. Somebody is going to have to post on those romance covers in the future.
Hahahaha! I love this! Are you sure it wasn't Kate Hudson's son, Ryder, that you saw? Sounds shockingly familiar... ;)
I think you're talking about my Ten-year old son. Now he wants his ear pierced.
This bothers me as well and I wonder...did she secretly wish she had a girl? I would watch out for seeing him with bows or braids, that might be next!
That's seriously messed up. There's a point where you gotta cut the kid's hair.
Do you think his mom wishes she'd had a girl?! Bobby pins!?!?!? Poor thing! Wonder how often people make fun of him?
My husband has a relative that seriously almost forced their child into cross dressing. He is now a preteen and facing a lot of interesting things because of it. He also carries around a pink cell phone and is pretty good at fixing hair. As a youngster, his mother would only buy him Barbies and girl type toys to play with. It's a very strange yet delicate situation.
Becky - But how did Alex get a mullet? Whose idea was that? Just asking. :)
feener - Yep, bobby pins. The same kind I wear.
AndreAnna - Sadly, no.
Jen - I don't know why it bothered me so much.
Travis - Fabio should never be replaced . . . he should be shot.
goodmum - Hmmm, maybe the mom is a big Kate Hudson fan?
Meg - But at least it's his choice, right?
Petra - That's what I wondered too. Ick.
Kara - That is a good question.
AFF - You would think so.
Two words: Ryder Hudson. Or whatever his last name is. Oh...and Celine Dion's kid. What are people thinking?
I've noticed the boy's with long hair trend in my area lately. I don't get it.
Ha, my son wanted his hair cut when HE thought he looked like a girl. I don't really care how long a boy's hair gets but there is difficulty in visualizing the bobby pins holding it back.
I keep my son's hair nice and short.
But he chooses to wear a lovely dress whenever possible.
It's pink.
It has a heart on it.
Nuff said.
I too wondered if the child could be Jewish. It's not just Hassidic Jews who don't cut hair. It's pretty much any other than Reform and Reconstructionists (although I've known a few Reforms who did).
We wanted to wait until 3 (although some wait until Lag B'Omar after the child's 3rd birthday which in some cases, can make them closer to 4), but my son's hair got so long and he was miserable. I have friends who went the bobby pin route, but I couldn't. We don't live in a Jewish area, so it was pretty foreign to most folks.
We had him called, "She," so many times.
I'm hoping that if this one is a boy (which I suspect it is), he'll inherit my hair genes. My hair (and the younger of my twins) grew very slowly. People called me a boy forever. Same with Girl2. TheBoy's hair was longer at 18 months than Girl2's was at 3.
My son is 5 and has long hair below his shoulders I always use barrettes in his hair almost everyday, he picks most of them out himself. They are HAIR accessories not girl accessories. Not sure why everyone has such a hard time with this.
I'm a hairdresser and I have a few moms that keep their boys hair long and do seem to want them to look like girls. They probably wanted daughters!
My son is 5 and has long hair below his shoulders I always use barrettes in his hair almost everyday, he picks most of them out himself. They are HAIR accessories not girl accessories. Not sure why everyone has such a hard time with this.
My husband has a relative that seriously almost forced their child into cross dressing. He is now a preteen and facing a lot of interesting things because of it. He also carries around a pink cell phone and is pretty good at fixing hair. As a youngster, his mother would only buy him Barbies and girl type toys to play with. It's a very strange yet delicate situation.
Hahahaha! I love this! Are you sure it wasn't Kate Hudson's son, Ryder, that you saw? Sounds shockingly familiar... ;)
This bothers me as well and I wonder...did she secretly wish she had a girl? I would watch out for seeing him with bows or braids, that might be next!
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