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If your son asked you to buy him a Barbie doll, would you?

If your son asked you to buy him a Barbie doll, would you?

  • Yes I would. I am not a parent however.

    Votes: 10 22.7%
  • Yes I would. I am a parent.

    Votes: 15 34.1%
  • No I would not. I am not a parent however.

    Votes: 8 18.2%
  • No I would not. I am a parent.

    Votes: 11 25.0%

  • Total voters
    44
I DID eventually learn to cook, and today I am pretty darn good at it. Got my Mom to teach me, since Dad barely knew how to make a sammich. Division of labor back in the old days.

To be fair making a bitching sandwich is hard. You have to get the balance just right or it sucks. It's always slighty off it seems.
 
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His daddy is. First person I ever met who served lobster at a campsite.


I hear ya.

I got into backpacking in my mid-30s, and quickly started doing multi-day hikes deeper into the Nat Forest than most go, along with a couple buds. Now none of us were swimming in money so we tended to take cheap lightweight stuff (ramen noodles) rather than expensive lightweight stuff (Mountain House freeze dried), and cook in tiny pans over tiny lightweight hiking stoves (not conducive to gourmet cooking). After the first couple hikes, I became Designated Chef as I changed the menu to include pancakes and bacon for breakfast, beef stew and potatoes for the first night's dinner (it will stay frozen most of a day wrapped in foil), and stuff like that.


Hey, I like to eat well, so I like to cook.
 
Why? Afraid she'll catch "the gay" by playing with a GI Joe doll?

Because I have no interest in getting my daughter into those kind of things. I frankly don't agree with women being in the military anyway.
 
Because I have no interest in getting my daughter into those kind of things. I frankly don't agree with women being in the military anyway.

Prepare yourself, Henrin. Kids have a nasty penchant as they grow up for thinking for themselves and making decisions you don't like.
 
Prepare yourself, Henrin. Kids have a nasty penchant as they grow up for thinking for themselves and making decisions you don't like.

That's cool, but not paying for them or willingly taking part in them.
 
If you don't buy it. Is the kid the one with the problem, or is it the parent? Not wanting to look bad, or some how feeling they failed as a parent. Does it really matter, would you love the kid any less. If so, then you really shouldn't have kids anyway
 
If your daughter wanted a GI Joe, would you buy it for her?
Gi Joe would have been cool. He came with a .45 and an AR that looked similar to the real ones my daughters shot.
 
Would be happy to buy a doll, but not Barbie, because she's such a gross distortion of reality. (based on a German sex toy) What's GI Joe if not a (macho) doll for boys?
 
I hear ya.

I got into backpacking in my mid-30s, and quickly started doing multi-day hikes deeper into the Nat Forest than most go, along with a couple buds. Now none of us were swimming in money so we tended to take cheap lightweight stuff (ramen noodles) rather than expensive lightweight stuff (Mountain House freeze dried), and cook in tiny pans over tiny lightweight hiking stoves (not conducive to gourmet cooking). After the first couple hikes, I became Designated Chef as I changed the menu to include pancakes and bacon for breakfast, beef stew and potatoes for the first night's dinner (it will stay frozen most of a day wrapped in foil), and stuff like that.


Hey, I like to eat well, so I like to cook.
One of the reasons my wife likes to go camping is I do all the camp cooking and we eat well!
 
I'm very impressed by campsite gourmets. Very.
 
Would be happy to buy a doll, but not Barbie, because she's such a gross distortion of reality. (based on a German sex toy) What's GI Joe if not a (macho) doll for boys?

Ummm..Barbie was flat chested and didn't really have any curves to speak of the last time I saw it. Though that was some years ago now and the last I heard there was plans to make it fat looking. It hasn't been a curvy big boobs doll since at least the eighties.
 
and women in red skirts. :)

Yep! That one got him going!!! :lamo

But just to give you an idea, he likes this type of stuff. It's not for the faint at heart!

 
Yes. Why are barbie's considered a "girls only" toy? It makes no sense.
 
As would I. Kids should be allowed to play with whatever toy they want to play with.

I can't imagine a childhood without Lightsabers, ATAT's, The DeathStar, Slave 1, Bobba Fett, XWings, Han, Chewie, Luke, Ben Kenobi and Co.

And the Power Rangers, OMG!

I did turn out gay, though. But that probably had nothing to do with it. :2razz:
 
I don't see the logic. Surely if I teach my son to play with women at a younger age he'll want to keep it up as he gets older, right?

Either way, I'd prefer he like Barbie Dolls over that faggy wrestling crap any day.
 
If your son asked you to buy him a Barbie doll, would you?

Yeah, I don't see the problem with it. I played with cabbage patch dolls when I was like 3 and 4, and I turned out fine. Letting a little boy play with girly toys isn't going to turn him gay or into a sissy.
 
I don't generally find tomboys attractive. That's just me though.

:shrug: That's just you. Not everyone thinks like you do.

Because I have no interest in getting my daughter into those kind of things. I frankly don't agree with women being in the military anyway.

1950 called. They want their mind-set back.
 
:shrug: That's just you. Not everyone thinks like you do.

That's cool with me, but I bet you I'm not alone in thinking tomboys are kind of bleh.


1950 called. They want their mind-set back.

Yeah, well, I don't think women should be in war. Call me what you want for that, but I don't agree with it.
 
Some tomboys are the bomb. Actually my mother was a tomboy, but she was prettier than Dorthy Dandrige. I am not kidding.
 
That's cool with me, but I bet you I'm not alone in thinking tomboys are kind of bleh.

So you expect women to be dressed to the nines? Perfectly coiffed hair, nails done, etc?

Screw that.
 
Some tomboys are the bomb. Actually my mother was a tomboy, but she was prettier than Dorthy Dandrige. I am not kidding.

I had to look her up. I'm guessing you're older than me. :p
 
That's cool with me, but I bet you I'm not alone in thinking tomboys are kind of bleh.

I have seen country girl tomboys who would blow your mind. Like I said, my mother was a straight from the country tomboy, but she was so pretty that people would be amazed. A couple of months ago she told me about what happened when she went to get her wedding dress. That was back in the days of segregation. So she went downtown to this upscale store that had several floors that normally whites shopped at. She said she saw the dress she wanted as soon as she went in. When she put it on she said, all of the ladies in the store stopped what they were doing, the sales people called the other workers down from the upper levels in the store to come an see how beautiful she looked in the dress. Actually she played basketball on the women's basketball team in college. I remember once she came out to throw the football with me. I told her, you can't throw a football. She laughed and took that football and threw it so far it blew my mind! That is the truth.
 
I had to look her up. I'm guessing you're older than me. :p

My mother is from Dorothy Dandridge's era. However, she wasn't supposed to have kids after my older brother. I came along some years later. But believe me, my mother was real pretty, and Dorothy Dandridge was real pretty. My mom was something like that. You should see her wedding pictures. They were that awesome.

But for those who don't know Dorothy Dandridge, here's a picture. My mom was something like that.

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