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Hareem pants on a one year old boy

111 replies

boursin · 29/07/2011 23:37

Met a friend for coffee today,
she had dressed her 1yr old in hareem pants, checked shirt and a flat cap.

I know it can be 'fun' to dress your child.. but I did secretly think WTF!
AIBU ?

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BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 30/07/2011 13:48

More to the point, how do you keep a flatcap on a one year old's head?

For DD at least, it'd require superglue...

thefirstMrsDeVere · 30/07/2011 13:49

Well I have babies with Ramones teeshirts AND a chihauhua Grin

garlicbutter · 30/07/2011 13:49

I've only just noticed it's gone, ZZ Confused

D'you think it's against MNHQ rules for skanky mingers to start threads?

AgentZigzag · 30/07/2011 14:09

Haven't they sent you an email garlic?

Think of the prestige though, having a thread deleted is something I aspire to.

You need to start a thread asking where it's gone to advertise your MN milestone more widely Grin

levantine · 30/07/2011 14:09

I was just about to post that Breastmilk. I can't keep a hat on DS2's head for love nor money

garlicbutter · 30/07/2011 14:15

Grin ZZ! No, no email yet. If I start a thread about the thread about a thread that was deleted, and that gets deleted, I could start another thread about that thread being deleted and WIN A CERTIFICATE!

But the credit should really go to boursin ...

MrsCampbellBlack · 30/07/2011 14:18

DS2 who is 3 loves his flat cap but thats because he's channelling 'being a farmer'.

Harems sound fine to me though - comfy and cute.

LaWeasel · 30/07/2011 14:34

I always think it's really weird when other parents are accused of 'inflicting their own taste' on their babies clothes.

They're babies! They don't care or have taste in clothes of their own! Besides, if you dress them in nothing but white babygros that's still you showing your tastes...

As long as it's comfortable, and there's nothing about harem pants a check shirt and a flat cap that sounds uncomfortable, even if it's not necessarily what I would pick.

(In fact, I lolled a lot when I saw them in the Verbaudet catalogue)

LaWeasel · 30/07/2011 14:35

I tried to get DD to wear a flatcap at nearly 2 but sadly it was not to be (thinks back wistfully)

emptyshell · 30/07/2011 14:43

See hareem pants to me are the puffball skirt of the 2011s... you'll look back and cringe anyway - even grown adults just look like they've got a big shit dragging their pants down to the floor anyway.

boursin · 30/07/2011 16:18

I go away for a few hours and your thread got deleted GB...
what on earth happened???

Please tell all,

did the Asda police get you for dissing their pants?!

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MegBusset · 30/07/2011 16:18

I bet all the Ramones-wearing, flat-capped babies grow up to be Per Una-clad Westlife fans Grin

boursin · 30/07/2011 16:19

GB def do the thread about a thread about a thread.. although I don't think anyone but us will be able to keep up!

Grin
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garlicbutter · 30/07/2011 16:21

No idea, boursin! Either MNHQ also think I'm a skanky minger, or Asda didn't like me promoting their purple baby harem trousers ... It's one of life's mysteries.

Whetever the reason, I feel you deserve a share of the credit Grin

garlicbutter · 30/07/2011 16:22

I wouldn't be able to keep up with myself!!!

boursin · 30/07/2011 16:22

lorks do they think we were 'sock puppeting' ?

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garlicbutter · 30/07/2011 16:24

Oh, god, that's it!!

They saw the bit about harem pants on your toes, and thought we were a dropped-crotch SOCK Shock

boursin · 30/07/2011 16:27

Confused we demand an explanation MNHQ please email us,
ta very much

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mousymouse · 30/07/2011 16:30

tbh, my 1y old's trousers often look like harem pants. she likes to pull them down a bit and then they stay there until the next nappy change Confused

LineRunner · 30/07/2011 16:32

Emoticon for tortoise time?

MissPenteuth · 30/07/2011 16:53

Ahh, it was about this thread. I see.

Why did they delete the other one?? Do you think an Adsa fan reported it as offensive?

Or maybe MN is in league with Asda (or Walmart or whatever). Ooh, conpiracy theory

LineRunner · 30/07/2011 16:58

Who IS George?

boursin · 30/07/2011 17:03

now I am really curious as to why it got deleted...
some one put us out of our misery before the conspiracy theories go wild

--I think it was Asda's Andy Clarke, President & CEO
Judith McKenna, CFO they obviously read all the mn threads--

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boursin · 30/07/2011 17:04

blow my strikethrough didn't work :(

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blueshoes · 30/07/2011 17:11

Harem pants (aka MC Hammer) are also known as poo-catchers. I thought that is particularly appropriate for a toddler.