Pink is the New Pink

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kalimurzino@rambler.ru — Mon, 28 May 2007 07:03:03 GMT

David

re: Pink is the New Pink

liberrian — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:44:39 GMT

Yay! I toyed with the idea of not telling anyone when we found out we were having a girl, only because I didn't want to be inundated with pink clothes. I knew I couldn't keep a secret like that, so I figured that if I just asked people to please not buy pink clothes for her that they would not. Many did not, but more did, and then apologized for it when I unwrapped it...."I know you didn't want pink, but it was so sweeeeet!" Sigh. Of course, they just wanted to get a cute outfit for the baby, and it's damn hard to find baby clothes (outside the expensive boutiques) that aren't gender-stereotyped.

I've complained to parents of baby boys, but they're just as miffed because Carters et al think their little boy is a future football player, no ifs, and or buts. And I guess it is easier to get away with putting my little girl in overalls than to put a little boy in a ruffled pink onesie.

It's all very frustrating for a girl who grew up listening (over and over and over) to her Free to Be You and Me record.

re: Pink is the New Pink

Gropapa — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:18:44 GMT

"This way when she enters her goth phase in about 12 years"..... you must be kidding.

My daughter was all pinky-glitter until she turned 9 (NINE!), then went straight to wearing black.

Nothing but black. All right, a dash of red once in a while, but that's it. Black.

And we are not a goth household: no chandeliers, no coffins-as-coffee table, no pentagrams on the wall, I'm a jeans and sweater kind of guy, and my wife dresses casually too.

Go figure.

Mind you, nobody has told us she looks like a boy, though.

re: Pink is the New Pink

jonelle — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:03:04 GMT

Right on. My 4-mo-old owns very few pink items of clothing, most of which were given to her by other people. We received many, many other pink outfits, ugly ones, that were promptly sent to Goodwill. One of the problems with baby girl clothes are the shade of pink-- usually it's somewhere around carnation. Ew! Also, ditto on the uncomfortable-looking frills. I'm all for a onesie and yoga pants.

Regardless of what my daughter is wearing, people assume she's a boy unless it's pink. Not that I care-- I don't expect people to be able to guess her gender-- but the other day she was wearing a purple shirt with ruffled sleeves, and some woman said "What a cute little boy." ??