To put my son in leggings with kisses on them?

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The comments today have included:

"Oh X I normally love what you put him in but those make him look so camp" (camp??? I was shocked)

"Are those your DD's?"

"They're so feminine, he looks like a little girl with short hair"

AIBU to think it's ridiculous? He's not in a dress and tights.

How old is he?

If he is 6 months, not at all.

If he’s 15, I see their point

These are exactly the kind of comments that grind my gears.

Of course YANBU!! He's a child FFS, how can he be camp? And what would be wrong with him if he was?!

He's only 4

If he's too young to choose YANBU.
If he's old enough to choose and wants to wear them YANBU.
If he's of enough to choose and doesn't want to wear then YABU

At 4 I wouldn’t tbh unless that’s what he choose.

He doesn't have an opinion on what he wears yet

At 4 I'd give the choice. My daughter has just turned 4 and she chooses her leggings.

Why did you?

The main colour of the leggings are green

He doesn't tell me what he wants to wear yet, so I just pick it out

Why did I what?

I would assume a girl. Any reason why he is in leggings with kisses on them?- hand me downs, nothing clean or you thought unisex ?

I assumed unisex. They look cute on him.

I wouldn’t of dressed him in them if he didn’t pick them as I know what people’s reactions would be and I wouldn’t want my child to be upset by hearing comments like that.

If he's happy with them I don't see a problem. Children his age would probably notice and comment. We started hearing about boys and girls clothes at preschool age.

My grandson has some beautiful pink babygro's. He has some lovely ones with unicorns on them. He wore pink kitten leggings this week and a peach kitten cardigan.

My DD doesn't want him to wear aggressive type images on his clothing (T Rex, tigers or superheroes) and generally boys clothing is dull.

My 21 and 23 y/o DSs wore 'women's' jackets, trousers and shirts to my graduation. They prefer 'women's' clothes because mens are so dull, dull, dull. Their jackets were floral and the other pink.

Clothes are clothes. Wear what you like and people can jog on if they don't like it.

I wouldn't put a boy or a girl in them tbh. For me they seem naff.

Honestly, leggings decorated with kisses seem kind of strange for a boy or a girl, at that age (imho).

It's no-one's business what your child wears, of course, and people should be polite and not comment unless specifically asked for an opinion, but it's an unusual choice, so it's not particularly surprising that people have noticed.

I’d be interested to see these leggings. I can’t imagine what they look like?

They're green. The kisses are subtle tbh

Hang in Dragon I'll show you

Penis will fall off, it's science.

The same people who tell you off for putting your child in those clothes will then later say "DD only liked pink, we have no idea why. We let them play with what they want, guess it's just nature".

Kisses as in 'X' or kisses as in smoochy mouth?

Although is it leggin weather already?!

I agree cushion. They aren't what I'd put on any little person whether girl or boy.

Makes me think of Bet Lynch or Liz Macdonald.

Good grief, dont people have anything better to worry about than the pattern on your son's leggings? YANBU. It does sound like a slightly feminine pattern but who cares? There's worse things in the world than being mistaken for a girl!