A thread for fellow Disney haters - AIBU to.....

[pictish]

Not buy dd her heart's desire for Christmas?

She wants a Minnie Mouse toy. She is 3 - will be 4 in February.

Now - she only wants one because her little friend is a Minnie obsessive. She (the friend) has Minnie clothes, Minnie toys, Minnie bedroom, Minnie this Minnie that....and in particular, a Minnie plush toy that dd jealously covets whenever we visit their house.

I dislike most things Disney - it would be a cold day in Hell before I would shell out for a trip to Disneyland (Paris OR Florida). We don't even have the Disney channel...so dd's knowledge of Minnie Mouse is simply through her wee pal.

Of all the things Disney - the biggest turn off is Mickey and Minnie Mouse. They're ugly and irritating, and represent all the things about Disney I balk at. The merchandising, the American-ness of it all. Tasteless, brash and tacky is how I find it and them.

Now - I don't expect everyone to agree with that, but that is how I feel. We all have our particular dislikes, and things we won't cave in about, and Disney is mine. A handful of DVDs is one thing - the merchandising quite another.

I don't want to buy her a Minnie Mouse - she will take it everywhere and it will annoy the fuck out of me. Dh says no way, as he hates Disney too.

AIBU?

I am popping out to take ds2 to his swimming lesson, so I will expect to come back to a bunch of replies telling me how awful I am.

Oh - and should add - ds2 (who is a year older than dd) has now started saying he wants a Mickey Mouse, as they always like to have the same stuff. I am appalled!

[pictish]

Yes tis ok 5mad I know you were kidding!

And I'm a hypocrite too, because we do have Jessie from Toy Story and she is very very loved, and ds2 is desperate for Woody for his birthday (which I will buy for him) - but I'm lalalalalaing over them because I don't mind Toy Story so much...it's one of the better offerings from Disney.

But

I really do hate those fucking mice!!!

[LynetteScavo]

So there are people out there who, like me don't like Disney?

I thought it was just me!

(And I used to really, really like Disney when I was about 20. I even had a pair of mickey mouse leggings) But funnily enough I'm over it know.

OP, YANBU, but if you are anything like my you will have Disney Guilt if you don't buy it.

[McChristmasPants2012]

Children don't think the same as adults, i don't think a few disney things are going to harm a young child's mind.

quite liked brave, as Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom and follows her own path :)

[pictish]

How would you all feel if your dc wanted a great big fuck off Barney the dinosaur eh?? Eh???

[5madthings]

Same as me dont like disney but can cope with buzx etc but i wouldnt want to.buy a fucking minnie mouse either.

What about letting her go to.build a bear and choose a cuddly and clothes? Do.they do a cuddly mouse?



You will end up buying minnie tho, you know it as i do, just think.how her face will light up when she opens it :)

[Mrsjay]

I really do hate those fucking mice!!!

so it is just the mice then well never ever go to a Disney they are over 6ft a 6ft mouse you would probably punch her

[Mrsjay]

How would you all feel if your dc wanted a great big fuck off Barney the dinosaur eh?

Bastard Dinasaur 'I love you you love me' fuck off barney

[ouryve]

YANBU, but your DD may not agree with me.

[pictish]

Just to add - I did NOT buy Jessie - it was fil. I'm only buying ds2 a Woody because dd has the Jessie, and I know he is desperate and they will play with them endlessly. Ds2 did get a Buzz, but he broke pretty quickly and is no use for carrying around, being so big and hard and bulky. Jessie and Woody are ragdolls and far more playable with.

I'd rather fil had not bought Jessie, but he did and that's that. I certainly wouldn't be so arsey about it as to moan about a gift!

[SoleSource]

Another anti-American thread.

Racist much?

[LynetteScavo]

DS2 had a massive fuck off Clifford. He took it everywhere. I was too knackered to fight him over it. Oh how they must have loved me on the first day of nursery.

[stinkinseamonkey]

"quite liked brave, as Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom and follows her own path"

and the matching merchandise is all about her looking her best www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151217139248245&set=o.103316736378379&type=3&theater

[HoneyDragon]

eh? How are the people who don't like disney racist?

[stinkinseamonkey]

OP your child is 3, she'll like whatever shiney new thing father christmas brings her! she will still have a fabulous christmas if you don't buy the mouse, you won't be ruining christmas or stabbing santa in the eye on front of her by not doing it, THAT sentiment on here is bonkers!

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Americans aren't a race.

[stinkinseamonkey]

sole actually it is the racism within the disney corperation that factors into why so many people hate disney! Their workers call disneyland mouschwitz!

[5madthings]

Racist?! so not liking the ethics of a company and the way they portay females and the steretypes they portray makes yoi racist?!!

My boys have massive big bear? Thats disney, bought by relatives and an elephant that is bigger than dd! Wtf the relatives expect us to do with cuddlies that big i will never know.

[Mrsjay]

Another anti-American thread.

Racist much?

eh did i miss something

[pictish]

Another anti-American thread.

Racist much?


Hahahahaaahahahaahahaaaaaa!!!!!

So...if you don't like Disney, you're a racist??!!

Hahahaaahahaahahaaaaahahahaaa!!! PMSL!!!

Heard it all now! This site never fails to amaze and amuse.

[StrawberrytallCAKE]

Blah. Yabu.

There is not much more innocent than Mickey and Minnie but then I love Disney and grew up loving it. Dd loves it too but if she didn't I would happily indulge her in whatever she decided she liked (age appropriate of course). You are only a child once.

[McChristmasPants2012]

www.amazon.co.uk/Brave-Merida-Archery-Set/dp/B007Z4QZ5I/ref=sr_1_25?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1352740172&sr=1-25&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

but this is quite gender neutral, i don't see things as boys and girls toys.....if DS wants fairy wand and a tutu and DD wants fireman sam they can have it

[DameMargotFountain]

if anything i'd say it was cartoonist

[5madthings]

Surely its mouse-ist if anything?!

[Mrsjay]

yes it is mousist pictish how do you feel about goofy cos nobody really knows what he is

[McChristmasPants2012]

This thread isn't racist, If anything i think it is a Feminist kind of thread