I took DS out shopping today with MIL, and while I was paying for a few birthday presents (he's 2 in a couple of weeks) I clearly heard MIL saying to DS "no, that's for little girls". I went to investigate and found DS cuddling a soft toy of Doc McStuffins (for those who don't know, Doc mcStuffins is a Disney channel cartoon that DS loves about a little girl who has toys that come to life and she fixes them when they're ill)
He is never normally interested in soft toys but he'd really taken a shine to this one, but MiL kept saying its for girls not boys over and over. I said don't be daft, he's 2 and can play with whatever he fancies, and likes the pushchairs at his nursery too. She seemed horrified, but said nothing else, and after DS saying a long goodbye to Doc, we left.
I was telling DH about it when we got home, saying I plan to get one for DSs birthday since he liked it so much, and he started with the "it's for girls" nonsense. Then uttered "but it might make him gay....."
Now, the only thing stopping me from tearing him a new one at the sheer ludicrousness of that statement is the fact we have had no sleep for a week (DS teething), and I can only assume its sleep deprivation making him talk shite. They both think I'm going doolally for buying him a "girls toy" and I think they're talking out their arses, and I've told them both to stop being ridiculous.
Actually, I don't really know what the point of this AIBU is, since I know it's them not me!