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> There is choosing a name So choose two... > buying clothes Tons of gender neutral clothing especially for newborns... Ours has a lot of green, white, beig

> There is choosing a name So choose two... > buying clothes Tons of gender neutral clothing especially for newborns... Ours has a lot of green, white, beige, gray. Plus some pink and blue because who says boys can't wear pink? (And because lots of people gave us lots of baby shit) > decorating Heavily gendered rooms are strange to me... And who's to say the child will even like it? > Plus imagining your new baby as part of your life. Honestly not knowing the sex was helpful in not trying to guess how they'd be and fit into our life... We were surprised by his sex and are constantly surprised by his attitude.

yucky 4y ago
It's getting harder every day to tell what is/isn't parody.
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  So you think if we don't paint our son's room blue and dress him in nothing but camo he'll want to chop his balls off later? No, you Americans just have ridiculous views (left and right).
  - aliqot 4y ago
    Get help.
    - Mikeb85 4y ago
      Yes saying that what a 3 month baby wears doesn't matter that much is so extreme.
- version_five 4y ago
  I thought the same thing
- whatshisface 4y ago
  It sounds like they just had a misinterpreted ultrasound.
bamboozled 4y ago
* Honestly not knowing the sex was helpful in not trying to guess how they'd be and fit into our life... We were surprised by his sex and are constantly surprised by his attitude. I hate the idea of having my kid looking like a communist because of gender roles. Why does the sex matter then? If you know, you know, it was you who was creating certain imagery, not the childs sex organs. So as others have said, I'd find out because of curiosity and I could leave at that.
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  > looking like a communist What does a communist even look like?
  - bamboozled 4y ago
    The Soviet system of centralized production and distribution of clothes was forced on East European countries after 1948, when the communists seized power, regardless of their previously higher levels of technical and stylistic skill in clothing design and production. The East European communist regimes embraced early Soviet ideology, officially rejecting Western fashion. East European communist dress was not only born inside a reality burdened with postwar material poverty, but also inside a reality stripped of all previous clothing references. Clothing was forbidden to evoke beauty or elegance. It was officially claimed that functional, simple, and classless communist dress, which would fulfill all the sartorial needs of working women, would result from serious scientific and technical research. https://www.encyclopedia.com/fashion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/communist-dress https://www.encyclopedia.com/fashion/encyclopedias-almanacs-... Often a lot of dull, drab neutral colours…
    - Mikeb85 4y ago
      Well if you have a baby you'd know that function is kind of important in baby clothing. They're not exactly cooperative when getting dressed... Not to mention, they can't pick their own clothing. Parents do. Regardless, our kid has some cute/fun clothing (a fleece bear onesie for example), some chosen by us, some chosen by others, and most of it is functional. A bald 0-3 month baby isn't going to wear a dress nor a suit.

yucky 4y ago

It's getting harder every day to tell what is/isn't parody.

Mikeb85 4y ago
So you think if we don't paint our son's room blue and dress him in nothing but camo he'll want to chop his balls off later? No, you Americans just have ridiculous views (left and right).
- aliqot 4y ago
  Get help.
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    Yes saying that what a 3 month baby wears doesn't matter that much is so extreme.
version_five 4y ago
I thought the same thing
whatshisface 4y ago
It sounds like they just had a misinterpreted ultrasound.

bamboozled 4y ago

* Honestly not knowing the sex was helpful in not trying to guess how they'd be and fit into our life... We were surprised by his sex and are constantly surprised by his attitude. I hate the idea of having my kid looking like a communist because of gender roles. Why does the sex matter then? If you know, you know, it was you who was creating certain imagery, not the childs sex organs. So as others have said, I'd find out because of curiosity and I could leave at that.

Mikeb85 4y ago
> looking like a communist What does a communist even look like?
- bamboozled 4y ago
  The Soviet system of centralized production and distribution of clothes was forced on East European countries after 1948, when the communists seized power, regardless of their previously higher levels of technical and stylistic skill in clothing design and production. The East European communist regimes embraced early Soviet ideology, officially rejecting Western fashion. East European communist dress was not only born inside a reality burdened with postwar material poverty, but also inside a reality stripped of all previous clothing references. Clothing was forbidden to evoke beauty or elegance. It was officially claimed that functional, simple, and classless communist dress, which would fulfill all the sartorial needs of working women, would result from serious scientific and technical research. https://www.encyclopedia.com/fashion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/communist-dress https://www.encyclopedia.com/fashion/encyclopedias-almanacs-... Often a lot of dull, drab neutral colours…
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    Well if you have a baby you'd know that function is kind of important in baby clothing. They're not exactly cooperative when getting dressed... Not to mention, they can't pick their own clothing. Parents do. Regardless, our kid has some cute/fun clothing (a fleece bear onesie for example), some chosen by us, some chosen by others, and most of it is functional. A bald 0-3 month baby isn't going to wear a dress nor a suit.