To want to ban pink

[Manoodledo]

Apparently we're having a girl, after two boys. Apart from being quietly pleased (even though I thought I really wasn't bothered about ever having a girl! and I still somehow feel I'll believe it when I see it), I'm slightly dreading the sea of pink that's coming my way. I really dislike pink, especially that sickly pastley baby pink that so much stuff comes in and would be loath to dress my baby in it. Can I really ask people not to buy pink? Has anyone else tried?

I love pink, my mum was like you and hated it and I was never dressed girly girly. Think dresses but blue dresses or sailor suit dresses type of thing. I now have a pink bedroom, baby pink hallway, dc bedroom is half pink half blue, living room is purple and kitchen is red. All sort of PINKS I don't dress in it though just love it.

I had a girl after 2 boys and couldn't bloody wait to get into pink!! fantastic!!

she's now a beautiful 14 year old who lives fashion and music but plays rugby and footi and you wouldn't mess!!

relax embrace the girl power.

Your OP is highlighted bright pink on my phone.
Pink is just a colour. Why ban it?

You can request from people close to you that you'd prefer brightly coloured stuff but it would be a bit cheeky to issue a wider command that you don't want pink.

I agree though that baby pink is a particularly unattractive colour.

I dislike pink too, and am quite vocal in the fact that I dislike it same as I dislike brown. It is just a colour to me, but never the less, a colour I dont like.

After the 37th spit up of the day,.though, all those pastel pink onezies come in handy Just be selective in what you dress her in, and maybe she might just outgrow some of the worse stuff before she has the chance to wear it.

I bought most of dds stuff from.H&M as there are so so many colours to choose from.

In my opinion, you can only be really vocal about it to your nearest and dearest.

I'm only suggesting banning it because I personally really dislike it. I never wear it myself and wouldn't enjoy dressing my baby in it. And while I still have some control over what a child wears I'd like to exercise it. That's all. Just not sure whether I can suggest to others that we'd rather they didn't buy us pink things.

I asked relatives to not buy pink. There was a uproar! People couldn't seem to grasp the concept that I wasn't planning on bringing the girls up as boys. You can't stop people from giving you pink but by asking those closest to you to buy other colours, pink becomes just a part of their wardrobe rather than the only colour they are apparently allowed to wear.

Pink head to toe baby outfits are ridiculous and quite ugly, in my opinion. I don't mind if other people want to do it but I was quite happy with my multicoloured newborns.

I don't much like baby pink, but I do like some pinks. I hate the colour orange but wouldn't want it banned. I think if people started treating it as a simple, ordinary colour then fine. I quite like some bright pinks- but pastels for a baby? That won't last long!

I'm a feminist and I don't have a problem with pink, per se.

I do have a problem when it's foistered on everyone and is the only colour choice for girls.

Be wary of going too far in the other direction, though. I have a 3YO DD who currently adores pink. I'm riding it out without making too big a deal of it - I figure the phase will end much more quickly this way, than if I try to force it out.

Being anti pink is sooooooo 2007

It's just a colour. Find something real to worry about.

It's just a colour. Can't really feel hatred for a colour myself. You can of course, do what you want.

I'll have the same predicament as you OP, if we find out next month I'm carrying a girl this time.

I was pretty vocal about my "no Disney" rule first time round, but still got bought stuff for baby. I guess you have to just use it around the house only be grateful for anyone buying you anything at all.

Maybe just let close friends and family know now how much you dislike the colour?

There are so many other things to worry about I never even considered a colour to be such an annoyance...if only.

Actually come to think of it. Little boys dressed head to toe in poo brown and camouflage khaki doesn't appeal to me so maybe YANBU after all.

Bizarrely, I ended up having to list other colours which would be fine. My mother asked if I only wanted brown, for some reason. Yes mother, I want only one colour, and it is the most beautiful colour of all, brown. Like a poo. MIL needed a list too. Green, orange, red, yellow. Basically just listing colours. She was still confused. So I gave her catalogues from next and mothercare with non pink babygros circled. Some of them were in the boys pages. Faints.

Really? A colour requires banning?

Get a life, a grip or a proper opinion eh?

I design girlswear for one of the biggest clothing retailers. Every season we work hard to develop fresh, interesting palettes. Every season pink garments are bestsellers. It's a bit of a chicken and egg I'm afraid

The only time you can really get away with wearing a lot of pink is between the ages of 0-10, so I'd let them crack on.

Honestly though, tell your mum and close friends that you don't like pink as a colour, if they're buying gifts please try and get items in other colours. For people outside your inner circle, don't say anything, and should they give you a gift accept it graciously and decide whether or not it being pink puts you off using it- warm, good quality coat? Keep it. Garish matalan tutu-ed babygrow? Charity shop.

Seconding what Dragons said. Be very careful here.
My mum loathed pink and more or less banned it. Partly out of ideological reasons and partly taste reasons. I have had a lifelong love affair with it precisely because it was verboten when I was a child.

Now I'm a mother I can sort of see her point and I bristle at the sea of cheap pink plastic princessy tat in supermarkets in the "girl's aisles". Pink per se doesn't bother me and actually my dd has quite a lot of pink stuff but I do put my foot down about "princessy" shit if you know what I mean. There's pink and pink and some pinks are pinker than others.

But if your dd is anything like me she will pick up on your hatred of pink if you're too strident about it and will subject you to a decade and a half of pink rebellion. So be careful what you wish for.

Well I like brown and pink. I think they go very well together too
I don't much like red but I understand that others do and I think it can look good in the right place, poppies for example.
They're just colours. More choice would be better than banning a perfectly nice colour.

There's nothing wrong with occasionally dressing a girl, or boy, in pink. It doesn't need banning.

The dislike I have are those shop which seem to have a pink/blue divide and little other choice, especially for younger babies/children. But you can buy unisex clothing very easily nowadays.

What a cool job to have Vivipru! I find that 'baby pink' doesn't flatter a lot of pink faced babies whereas all babies look adorable in multi coloured baby gros. But yes, pink does seem to be the default colour for baby girls.