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AIBU?

To not want my dd to dress as a boy?

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Hithere123 · 26/09/2013 18:54

Don't know if I'm being mean or not. This is a long standing problem with dd (5) wanting to dress as a boy. She has older brothers and baby brother. She loves her babies and barbies but that's as girly as she gets. Her favourite outfit is trackies and trainers. I don't see a problem with this at all and within reason I let her wear what makes her happy unless we are going to a party and she needs a nice dress and she does without much fuss. Her friend is having a fancy dress party and she wants to go as...Ron weasley. She had the gryffindor cloak this after a trip to Harry potter. My thoughts were to buy the a tesco school skirt and she could be ginny (she chose the ginny want there too) but she insists she wants to be Ron. Should I buy her grey school trousers (I really don't want to) and leave her be or insist she goes as a girl.

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Bowlersarm · 26/09/2013 18:56

Leave her be. She'll probably grow out of it in due course (I did!)

ophiotaurus · 26/09/2013 18:56

Why don't you want her to go as a male character of that's what she wants to do? I don't see the issue!

LindyHemming · 26/09/2013 18:57

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hermioneweasley · 26/09/2013 18:57

Yabvvvvvvu

Wearing track suit bottoms and trainers isn't dressing like a boy, it's dressing fur comfort. Little girls should be able to run, jump, climb every but as much as boys

And she's going as a fictional character to a fancy dress party. Wifi cares about the bloody gender?

SparkleSoiree · 26/09/2013 18:57

My DD(6) doesn't own a skirt although she owns a very elaborate dress for parties that she designed her self and we made for her. She is most comfortable like that and she can be herself. When she is herself she is happy and relaxed.

I don't see any issue with a girl wanting to dress as Ron Weasley for a fancy dress party. Smile

SparkleSoiree · 26/09/2013 18:57

YABU

hermioneweasley · 26/09/2013 18:58

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HavantGuard · 26/09/2013 18:59

She's 5. There is not 'a long standing problem.' You have a problem with it. She's fine. Buy her the trousers and stop making such a fuss about a non issue.

pomdereplay · 26/09/2013 19:00

FGS. Let her go as Ron. How unkind of you to want to stifle a perfectly harmless and sweet facet of her developing personality. YABVVVVVVVU.

squoosh · 26/09/2013 19:00

YABU

She may not be as 'girlie' as you'd like her to be but it doesn't make her any less of a girl. Don't turn this into an issue between the two of you.

In a year's time she may become obsessed with sparkles, or she may not, but you can't direct her taste.

BendyBusBuggy · 26/09/2013 19:00

I always dressed like a boy, had short hair etc. i never wanted to be a boy, just liked my "look" that way. My mum let me get on with it and when I was a teenager i grew mt hair long.

steeking · 26/09/2013 19:02

Let her chose what to wear. Otherwise there's danger of it becoming a massive issue. It doesn't matter what she wears. They're just clothes.

spottygoat · 26/09/2013 19:02

I don't see what the problem is. My dd is 6 and if she would rather have boys clothes im not gonna stop her. We went shopping and she chose a hat from the boys section rather than a pink one. Again we were shopping and all the coats in the girls part were pink and she didn't want a pink one so I asked if she would like to look in the boys section.

I think it's good that shes choosing what she wants rather than what she 'should' have.

MmeLindor · 26/09/2013 19:03

Let her be.

Some girls aren't particularly 'girly'. Accept it and you will all be much happier.

I would also advise getting her some smart trousers and a plain top, so that she can go to a party without having to 'suffer' a dress.

DD has a pair of lovely silver jeans from Monsoon which look fab with sparkly blue hightops and a plain blue top. It doesn't have to be lumberjack shirts and jeans vs pink frilly skirts. There is a middle ground to be found

Hithere123 · 26/09/2013 19:04

She actually wants to be a boy though...she has told me and says prayers that she will be one one day

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 26/09/2013 19:05

Leave her be.

You have to accept them even when you are worried about/for them.

Make her feel good about herself.

BuffytheReasonableFeminist · 26/09/2013 19:06

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HahaHarrie · 26/09/2013 19:08

Good on your daughter for knowing her own mind. Let her go with it. She sounds great - lucky you.

squoosh · 26/09/2013 19:08

I can understand how you might find it upsetting that she tells you she wants to be a boy. Don't read too much into it though, she is only 5. She's surrounded by brothers who she loves and looks up to so it's no wonder she's being a boy as something to aspire to.

FloraFox · 26/09/2013 19:09

Maybe she wants to be a boy because you are telling her that the clothes /things she likes are for boys?

BergholtStuttleyJohnson · 26/09/2013 19:10

YABU! Your dd sounds great!

WilsonFrickett · 26/09/2013 19:10

With kindness, if your dd really does want to be a boy then her life is going to be very difficult. So you need to keep the lines of communication open more, be even more supportive, be even more respectful of her choices.

That means really not getting into it if she wants to go to a party as Ron Weasley.

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GatoradeMeBitch · 26/09/2013 19:11

Let her go as Ron Weasley, she sounds really cool!

When she's been at school for a while she may want to fit in with her peers, or she may continue to bang her own drum. As long as she's happy just let her be herself!

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 26/09/2013 19:12

Flora

Yes.

SPsTwerkingNineToFive · 26/09/2013 19:12

I wanted to be a boy til I got to 13ish

I threatened to cut my boobs off once they came and cried when my period came at 10. I refused skirts, dresses and wanted trackies and jeans and hoodies.

I was the oldest with 3 brothers at the time.

Dont worry about it. I didn't hack them off. Grin

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