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aibu to tell my son his new shoes are shit

17 replies

creamola · 30/06/2011 15:21

Seriously they make him look like Kevin Bacon.

I'm i ment to go 'oh yes they are lovely well done for a purchase'

They are mental shoes ..............80's throwbacks.....

Everytime i see him in them I laugh, and that's not fair is it?

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QueenofHeartz · 30/06/2011 15:22

are they massive "Pump" trainers that make his feet look 10 times bigger than they are?

HettyAmaretti · 30/06/2011 15:23

YWBU to tell him but YANBU to think it / laugh silently.

Cutiecat · 30/06/2011 15:29

We need a picture of these shoes. I am a week overdue and a good laugh could get me going.

controlpantsandgladrags · 30/06/2011 15:32

Oh please put a picture up......I could do with cheering up today!

bubblecoral · 30/06/2011 15:37

If you tell him they are shit, he will probably like them all the more.

I thought that knowing how shit your parents thought your shoes were was actually a recognised measure of how brilliant they really are?

creamola · 30/06/2011 16:03

I know .................he has just walked out the house thinking they are great .

Even though eveytime I saw him , I said 'you look like kevin bacon'

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happytree · 30/06/2011 16:04

Are you the woman I've just seen in Clarks with 2 sons????

WriterofDreams · 30/06/2011 16:06

Kevin Bacon? He used to be somewhat dreamy but is definitely past his best. I advise you to take a photo for future revenge purposes.

creamola · 30/06/2011 16:20

no writerofdreams*

they are big , hi tops apparently

They look shite though ..........but I do feel badish telling him he loked like kevin bacon and laughing at his shoes

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Fifis25StottieCakes · 30/06/2011 21:36

All the kids have them. My dd's have have the pineapple ones. DD1 has huge pink and silver sequined sparkly ones. DD2 has black shiney with illunious graffitti on and illuminous laces.

Kids eh

MissBetsyTrotwood · 30/06/2011 21:43

It's a rite of passage, being told that you look like a shit version of someone that was cool when your parents were kids. My mum told me I looked like a 'chubby Joan Baez'. Shock

Tinslesocks · 30/06/2011 21:56

My son is sporting espradrilles at the moment and strange beige trousers Hi tops i get I used to sport a very fetching 'Pony' pair ;)

Fifis25StottieCakes · 30/06/2011 22:34

My brothers in the fred perry things i used to wear in the 80's. Pull ons with elastic. Cant remmber what they are called.

Mandy2003 · 30/06/2011 22:37

What about substituting his for these?

Fifis25StottieCakes · 30/06/2011 22:48

Loving the burberry. I still think my dd's are nicer bobby dazzlers

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TheLadyEvenstar · 30/06/2011 23:04

www.jdsports.co.uk/product/nike-vandal-hi/25367/ like these?

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