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Please could someone help me articulate an email to Asda regarding these pyjamas?

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Acunningruse · 18/09/2019 12:19

First post here so please be gentle.

I was looking for Christmas pyjamas this morning for DD age 3 and 7yo DS. Ridiculous I know in September but last year I left it too late and everywhere sold out.

I was just about to buy the red pyjamas from Asda below for both of them when I happened to notice the pyjamas were in the boys section. Intrigued, I looked in the girls section and found these pink so-called Christmas pyjamas.

Now I am very sleep deprived due to said 3yo not sleeping ever. So I don't know if my initial horrified reaction is OTT. But just WHY??? Why are there pink ones for girls? The universal colours of Christmas are red and green not insipid pink! Why do there need to be separate girls and boys ones? It just seems so unnecessary but at the same time sending a message as ever seems to be the case that girls and boys should be treated differently. My DD is already one of the strongest fiercest people I know and I don't want that changing any time soon but with stuff like this how can it not??

Excuse tired angry rant, if anyone else thinks I am not BU pls could you help me form a coherent email?
Thanks

Please could someone help me articulate an email to Asda regarding these pyjamas?
Please could someone help me articulate an email to Asda regarding these pyjamas?
OP posts:
ALadyofLetters · 18/09/2019 12:41

I have sent emails before to both M&S and Boden about the ridiculous designation of ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ stuff. It’s crap - especially if the red ones have ‘Boy’ stitched on the label.

The main thrust of my argument to M&S was to ask why the girl’s shorts have to be up slashed to the buttocks while boy’s shorts are above the knee.

WaynettaSlobOnTheSchoolRun · 18/09/2019 12:39

I'd bet a tenner that the fabric on the pink pjs is thinner and they are cut smaller and tighter than the red ones. It's the same with t-shirts and shorts from Asda.

ArnoldWhatshisknickers · 18/09/2019 12:39

Be the change you want to see.

Buy the red pyjamas.

TheQueef · 18/09/2019 12:37

Someone is buying them Asda are meeting demand.

Bodear · 18/09/2019 12:36

OP I get it. Why should your daughter be confined to pink? Why should they have different colours at all? If the boys version is red could the girls not have been green? Or have 2 unisex pairs? Really, the clothing shouldn’t be segregated to boys and girls at this age. It should just be clothes for children.

BahHumbygge · 18/09/2019 12:35

It’s shit that they’re designated by gender, but just buy the red ones for dd. Job done.

melissasummerfield · 18/09/2019 12:33

Fuck sake Hmm

just buy the red pyjamas!

Scarlett555 · 18/09/2019 12:32

Just buy them both the red ones if that's what you prefer.

Of all the battles to pick I personally wouldn't trouble myself with this one.

NotBadConsidering · 18/09/2019 12:29

Every bigger world issue is a culmination of a multitude of small shitty issues that people ignored.

Grimbles · 18/09/2019 12:29

It gives me the rage too OP. I have a 7 month old daughter, and the avalanche of pink glitter unicorn mermaid shite annoys me.

I dont get why clothes for children are separated by gender - by all means produce the glitter fairy stuff but at the end of the day it doesn't need to have a for boys or for girls label on it.

malteasergeezer · 18/09/2019 12:25

It's just a pair of pyjamas. I can think of bigger world issues really.

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