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AIBU?

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to be actually surprised, in a way kind of freaked out, that you can buy a pram like this?

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Mintyy · 06/02/2015 19:18

presumably for girl & boy twins.

I know, I know, OBVIOUSLY there are genuinely shocking things in the world that this does not even begin to compare to, and NO it is not the only thing I need to worry about but ... I just seriously don't like this pram. I guess the gender stereotyping from birth wrankles, and when it is put side by side like this so blatantly it seems even more crass than usual. I don't know why else I get this really unsettled reaction.

But aibu?

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slithytove · 06/02/2015 20:08

I have this buggy. The hoods are sand. The buggy is gorgeous.

IWillOnlyEatBeans · 06/02/2015 20:23

My sister has boy-girl twins. They have a black pushchair. However, their nursery has two pale pink walls and two pale blue. The twins wear (some) pink and blue clothes and have pink and blue bibs/dummies/sippy cups.

I don't really see a massive issue. They are just colours. My nephew loves pushing his sister's doll's pram around. No one stops him. My niece loves playing with her brother's cars and garage. No one stops her.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 06/02/2015 20:33

Outraged that Argos buggy hurts my eyes.

vinegarandbrownpaper · 06/02/2015 20:40

its cool, you put the gay one in one and the straight(er) one in the other( lets face it everyone will be a bit gay in the future). It equalising!

The worst one is the one with science equations on the inside for the girly one, and the myriad relationship body language and all encompassing imaginary relationship play scenes in the boy-y one. In that one the girly side is even built up evenly to teach physical status display and authority to the little mites. Dont get me started on the sewing/army dichotomy model.. theres something sinister about crochet suicide belts that doesnt sit well.

vinegarandbrownpaper · 06/02/2015 20:42

Mo seriously, I thought the point of twins was to dress them...and you unsettlingly the same.

vinegarandbrownpaper · 06/02/2015 20:44

Omg love the anchors on the argos wheels..

OutragedFromLeeds · 06/02/2015 21:36

'My nephew loves pushing his sister's doll's pram around. No one stops him. My niece loves playing with her brother's cars and garage. No one stops her'

So they both love all different types of toys? So it doesn't need to be her buggy and his garage then? They could just buy cars and buggies for both of them. That's the issue. That she has to 'own' the 'girl' toy and he has to 'own' the 'boy' toys. It's the message that sends as they get older that matters, that's the issue.

PrimalLass · 06/02/2015 21:36

I don't understand your surprise. Some people like to buy pink/blue things for girls/boys. Stop the presses ... Or not.

Blueboys · 06/02/2015 22:06

Yabu. I have this pushchair and it's brilliant!! I have a bright pink hood and a royal blue hood. Yes we put our daughter under the pink and our son under the blue. They are not twins though just a small gap, so if they were adjusted in the same size and our son wanted to sit in the pink side it wouldn't bother me. I just picked two colours I liked, simples.

arethereanyleftatall · 06/02/2015 22:16

It's bonkers. On our local fb pages, there's always someone asking for 'a pram for a boy', 'a high chair for a girl' 'new born toys for a boy' etc etc. bonkers.

ineedausername · 06/02/2015 22:58

I had this pram and bloody loved it!
I also had Sand hoods, a royal blue Hood and a hot pink hood :)
Blueboys, i also have 2 very close age gaps.

I could actually steer and move it a heck of a lot easier than the cheap single buggy i had.

SliceOfLime · 06/02/2015 23:10

Oh no, before I read this thread I'd never questioned my pram choice (bright blue hood). Do people see it and assume I chose a blue pram for a baby boy, shaking their heads sadly over my gender bias issues...?! They'd be wrong because I have two girls and constantly bang on about gender neutral clothes toys etc

KenAdams · 06/02/2015 23:20

Or are we gender stereotyping by assuming the pink hood is for a girl and the blue hood is for a boy?

sosix · 06/02/2015 23:27

You cam get a double woth boy girl on so this is no shocket tacky

LillyEvans · 06/02/2015 23:31

I've been told dd must be a boy because I have a green pram! More than one person has said this.

Cadenza1818 · 06/02/2015 23:39

I had a gender neutral (or so I thought) buggy for my identical twin boys. Granny's constantly asked if it was twin girls (cos they were pretty apparently!) or one of each. You can't win! I do slightly cringe whenever I see the Bro / sis thing though!

CuddlesfromChickens · 06/02/2015 23:43

There's a lot of fairly unpleasant judgements on this thread. We have twins and no we didn't have blue/pink hoods but they were sometimes dressed in pink and blue and yes we did have pink and blue soppy cups. Reasons as follows:

Having twins is bloody expensive if someone gave me clothes for them we used them regardless of colour.

If you have twins you'll know that as they grow it's helpful for them to understand 'ownership' of things like cups (it's hard enough trying to stop them both getting every illness going at the same time.)Lots of products only come in blue and pink, annoying but there you go.

For the poster judging the poor woman in the cafe with pink and blue dressed children - fuck the fuck off and when you get there fuck off some more with your smug 'wanted to see if her head would explode'.

When my children were little I was so sleep deprived I could barely function, getting us all dressed and out the door was a huge achievement. So lovely to think that other women were judging me for the colour of my cosy toes.

SamiBE · 06/02/2015 23:44

I love it, I have the donkey and a blue hood for my son and am buying a pink for my daughter. I don't see what the issue is

frazzled74 · 06/02/2015 23:49

Well if I had twins, it might be nice that they have their own side of the twin pushchair , nothing wrong with pink and blue in my opinion. My dd has lots of pink things, holiday buggy, bedroom, some clothes, she also has an orange pushchair, a train set and some blue clothes!! She won't remember any of them!

fattymcfatfat · 06/02/2015 23:53

people have assumed that of my dd as her black pram with multicoloured stripes . inside the hood has a green and black coseytoes!
I am going to be using a plain black double tandem from July. ..the cosatto prams are awful and every one ive tried out has been wobbly as hell and I was scared it would fall apart! I do like the bugaboo but didbt have any pennies, my dm bought my pram for me!

NeedsAsockamnesty · 07/02/2015 00:09

Nothing wrong with pink or blue they are just colours and can be used by anybody

How would you know what variety of baby was under each coloured hood?

kelpeed · 07/02/2015 00:27

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wanderingcloud · 07/02/2015 01:08

We have the cosatto Bro/Sis buggy, the original one in pink flowers and blue stars. We have two boys and bought it because it was a tenner at a car boot and we needed a double buggy. It's lasted us a fair while of pretty heavy use so tbh in terms of the actual buggy, they're pretty good! not once has anyone mentioned or questioned us having two boys in a buggy saying Bro/Sis.

Chottie · 07/02/2015 05:17

Perhaps the owner bought it to save all those questions about are they boys or girls?

dancestomyowntune · 07/02/2015 05:34

I don't get the aversion to pink to be honest. My dd2 (now 5) had a hot pink pram. My new baby dd3, has a navy blue coach built marmet pram. They are just colours.

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