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To be really pissed off by this 'single mum's' t-shirt?!

91 replies

lollypoplady · 08/11/2010 14:38

I saw this same t-shirt in a shop in town and was really f*cked off!!!

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Geocentric · 08/11/2010 14:41

Thats truly awful. I was too scared of the site to browse the other t-shirts.

whatdoiknowanyway · 08/11/2010 14:42

I saw that last week and thought 'how offensive'.
YANBU

lollypoplady · 08/11/2010 14:43

It was hanging up in a shop window in town, wo betide any guy I saw wearing one!

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GypsyMoth · 08/11/2010 14:45

which bit do you find offensive?

i'm a single mum and can't see the mum/pole dancing link! am i being thick??

lollypoplady · 08/11/2010 14:47

It's saying single mum's strip to support their kids and the men which pay to watch them strip are supporting them financially

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nannynobnobs · 08/11/2010 14:52

To be fair to that site, it is listed under 'offensive t shirts'. Surprised to hear of it hanging in a shop window though!! Confused

KaraStarbuckThrace · 08/11/2010 14:54

Very very tacky!

Jellykat · 08/11/2010 15:09

OMG! That's disgusting!!

Chil1234 · 08/11/2010 15:11

I don't really get the connection either. Looks like the bus made a sudden stop, one's holding onto the pole and the other's fallen on her arse....

Meh....

Meglet · 08/11/2010 15:12
Shock
Chil1234 · 08/11/2010 15:12

Then again... £14.99 for a t-shirt? Now that's offensive... :)

gobbledegoop · 08/11/2010 15:49

How is that offensive? Are you a single mum and a pole dancer? If you are, then it's true... if you are not then it's not relevant to you anyway!
Life's too short!

muggglewump · 08/11/2010 15:52

I'm not offended and I'm a single MumConfused

curlymama · 08/11/2010 15:55

It's meant to be offensive, don't go and credit it be actually being offended.

newwave · 08/11/2010 15:57

One of the other T shirts :o Mirror, signal, makeup :o like it.

Lighten up people it's a T shirt and is £14.99 so much.

Marjee · 08/11/2010 15:58

I'm a single mum and it doesn't offend me but if I saw someone wearing it I would think wanker!

MrsRhettKilledTheButler · 08/11/2010 16:01

i thought it was slightly funny Blush basically what gobbledegoop said

HalfTermHero · 08/11/2010 16:05

It is a cheap dig at women and an implication that they are unable to support themselves financially without recourse to selling their bodies. Pretty pathetic really.

cupcakesandbunting · 08/11/2010 16:13

It's pretty funny. I don't know any single mums that support their families by working in a titty bar though.

RealityBomb · 08/11/2010 16:16

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muggglewump · 08/11/2010 16:18

Agree Reality.

Sometimes on here I can't keep up with what I'm supposed to be offended by.

cupcakesandbunting · 08/11/2010 16:21

I'm offended by everyone being offended to be perfectly honest.

wholelotofarse · 08/11/2010 16:24

Tis but a tacky T-shirt, bigger things to be really f*cked off!!! by imo.

As an aside I did pole dancing classes for a while as an alternative fitness plan not a career choice and ended up getting guns Arnie would be proud of Grin stonking great bruises too! DP thought I was going to fight club Wink

SuePurblybilt · 08/11/2010 16:31

It's crap but nobody sane would ever speak to/snog/shag anyone wearing one of those t-shirts. It's a useful visual aid to the quality of the man inside, like grown women wearing Winnie the Pooh.

HerBeatitude · 08/11/2010 16:34

Oh fuck off it's a joke.

It's a joke that stereotypes single mothers as sex workers. If you can't see what's offensive about that, then frankly you are thick.

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