AIBU to want my DS to be a pirate rather than a king or a telly tubby?

[Iggity]

DS has just started reception and has been invited to an all class party. It is fancy dress with a pirate theme. He point blank refuses to dress up as a pirate so will be returning pirate costume to shop tomorrow.

He wants to be a king or will settle for being a telly tubby. Someone has loaned me a king outfit and we already own a telly tubby outfit but suspect it might be on the small side.

He is one of the few who didn't attend school nursery and I know at 4.5 yrs, he won't care what people think (and I am proud of him for this) but I don't want other children etc laughing at him.

I was considering just sending him in ordinary clothes. AIBU?

Does he watch Swashbuckle on CBeebies? Might change his mind about the pirate outfit.

A pirate king?

Ams

I'm a totak hypocrite about pirates.
we hosted a pirate murder-mystery party 2 years ago and it was great fun! especially the child-free bit!

I just don't like kids getting the impression that pirates are cool.

and don't get me started on fairies....

there had been female pirates. in fact some of them escaped the death penalty because they were pg.

but I don't know about any male princesses.
I wouldn't dress my son as a princess. and don't know anyone who do or would.

I wouldn't dress him like a princess either,the kids would definitely laugh at him for that and he would probably always be known as the boy who dressed as a princess in reception

I don't think I'd send my DS to a party as a princess.
I wouldn't be bothered about him trying on a dress or whatever but apart from anything else he hasn't asked to go as a princess. A king is his male version of the princess theme.
So it's ok for this party.
He could take a portable gallows
zing I reckon parenting is largely about hypocrisy.
And laundry

Ams

and bribes/black mail

quite pirate like

Arrrr!

Speaking of Swashbuckle (blithely disregards the topic) - I am scandalized that they don't seem to actually win a bike or skateboard or something when they get all the gems - not to mention virtual slime.. what a cop out! FunHouse was way better..

I'd let him go as a king... maybe with a stripy jumper or something so king of the pirates - it's within theme unlike too-small teletubby

I don't like pirates, either!

Unfortunately, it was after I convinced DS of thus that ge started school and they are all fecking obsessed with pirates - had a whole bloody week about them! Twats.

Real fairies are great. And lots of them are boys. As opposed to stupid, saccharine, pink plastic, overmarketed pretend fairies.

Real fairies are great
Brilliant.
Like Peter Pan? He was a real fairy no?

stubborn

real fairies? that's an oxymoron

They are real! (stamps foot).

Don't want to mess with they little buggers neither....right sharp teeth on 'em an' all.

My son was invited to a party and had to be dressed as a 'wild animal', we had a bear costume but he wanted to go as a pirate so that's what he went as. A few kids mentioned it but I'm proud to say he just shrugged it off and before long was herding lots of 'wild animals', with his sword!

A pirate king?

Pirate king to keep with pirate theme.
Or king, (or prince?) to keep with princess/ royal theme.
Has he/ you chosen yet?