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Skinny dip gone too far? Or spot on? You decide

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rocketgirl22 · 02/02/2018 14:36

Following another thread,

Call me old fashioned and may be I am I freely admit abit of an old prude - I blame my strict girls school. My dd just turned 12 was given this wonderful gift for her birthday.

www.skinnydiplondon.com/search?q=f*ck+it

All of her friends have been into skinny dip from top shop since they were 10 years old and upwards and the market is largely aimed at pre teen/early teens so why this??

The phone cover just takes the bloody biscuit!

Would you send your child out with this tat?

We were stunned when she opened it, and it was passed around. Granny spat out her tea and visibly blanched, my youngest sniggered having added that to her growing vocabulary that day.
Later we spent an agonising twenty minutes trying to find the right words for the thank you cards.

How is this ever acceptable??

And why haven't the daily mail picked up on this very useful piece of evidence that britain has indeed reached sewer level (they are never there when we actually need them!)

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Excited101 · 02/02/2018 14:37

I think that's awful!

Oldraver · 02/02/2018 14:38

I would personally say this is not appropriate for pre/teens.

I am older so maybe not too with it, I dont know

GlitterUnicornsAndAllThatJazz · 02/02/2018 14:39

Its part of the latest "zero bullshit/feminism" marketing ploy in which non feminists wear stuff with feminist slogans, and hardcore consumers who clearly really, really give a fuck what people think of then buy stuff labeled to make you look like you dont.

liz70 · 02/02/2018 14:40

It would be sent back to the giver in this house, with a "What were you thinking of? " note included.

MerryMarigold · 02/02/2018 14:46

That's disgusting. I have a 12yo boy and he's most certainly not allowed to say that word let alone carry a phone case around saying it. Was it a dig? What is the mum like?

TheBlindspot · 02/02/2018 14:46

I have to say (and I'm only 33 so far from over the hill yet) that I would take that away from a 12 year old and buy her another one of her choice that wasn't offensive. It's completely inappropriate. Sweating doesn't offend me particularly but it's not nice from children.

It's not inappropriate for Topshop to sell it, but it shouldn't be sold to kids. Who gave it to your daughter? A friend of hers (similar age would think it's cool and edgy) or family friend/family who should know better?

hattyhighlighter · 02/02/2018 14:48

Wouldn't worry me too much tbh although I find the 'no F* boys' one a bit odd Confused

TheBlindspot · 02/02/2018 14:48

Swearing doesn't offend me, that should say. Neither does sweating, most of the time unless the sweater is particularly whiffy! Grin

Lonelynessie · 02/02/2018 14:48

It’s my dd’s 12th birthday next week and there’s no way she’d be using that if she received it as a gift. Very inappropriate.

blametheparents · 02/02/2018 14:50

There's quite a lot of dubious stuff in Skinny Dip that I wouldn't let my 12 year old daughter have. This definitely hits that bracket. To be fair, I don't think she would want it

She would definitely like this - if only to annoy her brother! Grin

www.skinnydiplondon.com/collections/new-in/products/favourite-child-case

Dozer · 02/02/2018 14:51

For those who don’t wish to click on the link it’s merchandise that says “Fuck It”.

Obviously not appropriate for a gift for a 12yo!

saladdays66 · 02/02/2018 14:53

I don't think it's appropriate for anyone tbh. Fair enough if you're just going to use it in your own home, but I don't think anyone wants to see merch emblazoned with 'fuck it' out in public. I don't. And I am not a prude...

Clandestino · 02/02/2018 14:53

I am a sweary person and very little can faze me but I wouldn't fucking give this to a child as a gift.

Bluntness100 · 02/02/2018 14:54

Who gave her it, was it one of her friends?

Celticlassie · 02/02/2018 14:54

That's so inappropriate! I swear like a trooper but wouldn't carry it myself, let alone let a child have it because, to many, it's offensive, and I'd rather not offend people. I think I'd return it to the giver too, with a 'thanks but no thanks/what the hell were you thinking?' type message.

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rocketgirl22 · 02/02/2018 14:55

It was a school friend and she is from a very nice family. I think the girl thought it would be cool and funny and clearly bought it herself. I am amazed it got past her mother, but she does have 5 dc so maybe checking bday presents is not up on there on her list of priorities.

That said I don't blame anyone for this but bloody top shop!

How can you flog this tat to children?

I have tried very hard to raise my dc NOT to swear, its not cool to swear etc so this feels like a real kick in the b*

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Battleax · 02/02/2018 14:55

I find the 'no F boys' one a bit odd confused*

Me too.

I'm not prudish about teens swearing, but there's nothing clever about having a range of accessories with the USP that they have "Fuck"'written on them.

Teens or tweens getting their parents to pay for sparkly commercialised sweary stuff aren't doing teendom properly either.

Taffeta · 02/02/2018 14:56

Teens or tweens getting their parents to pay for sparkly commercialised sweary stuff aren't doing teendom properly either.

Grin
Battleax · 02/02/2018 14:56

its not cool to swear etc so this feels like a real kick in the b

Hmm
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rocketgirl22 · 02/02/2018 14:57

battleax

I was joking! All jokes aside, I am annoyed!

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NoFuckingRoomOnMyBroom · 02/02/2018 14:57

Oh dear, I love a good swear & do it frequently a lot but I think that is horrendously inappropriate for a 12 year old.

Minestheoneinthegreen · 02/02/2018 14:58

Dc is 12 and there is no way she would be allowed that.

BlueSapp · 02/02/2018 14:58

Who in their right mind would buy those things? let alone for a 12 year old girl.

If that stuff had come into my house it would be straight in the bin.

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/02/2018 14:58

Anyone old enough to remember the absolute sea of FCUK stuff that French Connection put out. Who wasn't wearing that in the 90s?

BluthsFrozenBananas · 02/02/2018 15:00

I think in the modern vernacular 'fuck boy' is an insulting term for a male person who has a lot of sexual conquests and sees women as notches on his bed post.