Not a theoretical question

[beetiger]

[Poll #677284]

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[cktraveler.livejournal.com]

I don't put any credence in "boys wear blue and girls wear pink," but I just find the color itself unappealing. It's one reason I try to be careful around red fabric. If blue or green runs, your clothes get personality; if red runs, they get cotton candy.

[orb2069.livejournal.com]

Bleach them?

[hakeber.livejournal.com]

Or just dye them to cover the color.

[eloiseaparis.livejournal.com]

i'd leave it totally up to your little boy.

i have this old adult medium pink t-shirt i never wore (it's from HOOTERS [nuff said] - it was a gag gift i received years ago, when the only way for a woman to get a body-hugging t-shirt was to take an "adult" shirt and cut and tie it .. this one was uncut and untied). well, i was tossing some old stuff together to bring to goodwill, and that shirt surfaces. the spawn found it and thought it was kewl, and in the warmer months he sleeps in it. he doesn't seem to care that it's pink, one bit.

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

If he doesn't notice and you still feel bad, get some permanent markers and draw a big Harley Davidson emblem on the back. :)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I mostly feel bad because they look kind of ugly.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

*grins* I like you.

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

That is an adorable story. :-)

[postrodent.livejournal.com]

...yeah, I guess my idea won't really help with that. Adding a Harley logo doesn't make anything less ugly. :)

I guess that the real question is, where does the boundary of "your mother dresses you funny" lie? I was never good at figuring that out -- I dressed like a moron until at least my 20s, and retreated into Black largely because it seemed safe.

[eloiseaparis.livejournal.com]

thanx! the best stories are those that really happen!!

[allessindra.livejournal.com]

Does *he* think they're ugly? Does *he* care what color they are?

Who's wearing these clothes, anyway?

Then again, I'm the one who told my duaghter, when the kids at school made fun of her for wearing different color socks, to tell them that they lacked imagination.

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

It would depend on the degree and type of staining. I've done that before and some of the clothing was salvagable; some was not. If the mishap stained them a uniform or faint pink, they're probably all right. I don't think you're going to permanently damage his psyche by allowing a two year old male to wear pink. If the splotches are unsightly or offend you aesthetically, I'd replace them. Since they're just pajamas, however, I don't see it causing a social conflict (unlike the unlucky formerly wheat colord polo my husband owned, which may now never be worn anywhere outside the house again because it isn't just pink, it is PINK).

[runnerwolf.livejournal.com]

He'll grow out of them son enough. :)

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

You could wash them with something blue and not-quite-color-fast, which would leave him with lavender pjs.

In any case, at his age, he won't be in them long. I'm showing my raised-by-Depression-babies colors, I suspect, in saying it, but it really goes against my grain to discard perfectly functional clothes...

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

They're winter jammies. He'll be out of them by mid-April in any case, I think.

[vik_thor]

If the staining is non uniform / unaesthetic, would the RIT colour remover work on it? (After all, I assume that after he outgrows them, you will sell/give way/FreeCycle/otherwise reuse, rather than just tossing?)
If it is uniform or the colour remove doesn't work, maybe dye them a darker colour?
«shrugs» I've no kids, and tend to wear cloths until they have holes that make them pretty much useless... so take with grain of salt?

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

I should check my local fabric store/craft sotre for that. Thanks!
(And yes, we pass outgrown clothes on.)

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

*just looks really, REALLY confused at the question*

From what little I know of two-year olds, they don't care much whether they're dressed, much less the color of what they're dressed in. I just don't see how wearing pink pyjamas for a few months can be a problem.

(I really hope that this isn't a matter of Rhys not growing up to be 'masculine' enough, because he wore pink pyjamas for a few months. Please tell me that assumption is wrong!)

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

It's more a matter of whether I feel bad putting clothing that looks yucky on him, when I probably wouldn't wear it looking like that myself. I'm not really woried about the pink=girl thing. I let him wear the princess dresses at the local public playspace when he wants to. I just put that option into the poll to see if any of you cared. (You don't, apparently. :) )

And really, this is just my way of griping that I ruined a big chunk of his wardrobe with one batch of laundry.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Mistakes happen. And turning jammies pink is among the smallest mistakes that could happen.

[cowboy-r.livejournal.com]

"I have another pair just like 'em at home."