Men eat dark chocolate and toffee. Gifts for Men.

[MulberryPeony]

Just seen some Father’s Day adverts and it’s always the same. Men eat dark chocolate and toffee meanwhile women eat white chocolate and strawberries covered in chocolate for Mother’s Day. Where do such ideas come from? I prefer dark chocolate (and love toffees) and DH prefers white chocolate so we tend to swap at Christmas. AIBU or should I start calling myself Dave and grow my lockdown ‘tash?

I think this is probably the manliest chocolate ever

As I say to the kids- do you need to use a penis to play with that

Yeah that's how I greet children too. I have to say that many parents don't seem to appreciate it :-)

Oh God, this thread has reminded me it's my DH birthday in July.
He's getting his bike fixed. That's another bloke thing. I have a fancy expensive bike, he has a rusty old cheap thing, I take the DCs out for bike rides.
He doesn't like dark chocolate either, though he doesn't like white either, his ideal birthday cake would be a Victoria sponge with strawberries. And he doesn't drink spirits. And he drinks the prosecco I bought for my Aperol Spritz. I told him he was the wrong sex and he just ignored me.

I hate pointlessly gendered shit like this. My DD loves spiderman but can you get a "girl" birthday card with spider man? nope. So i buy one with "son" and cross it out and write Daughter with Sharpie. Have done that for years, she think's it's hilarious.
It's probably why they bought me pyjamas for Christmas - black, with Star Wars branding - that say "best Dad"

Also: in Germany Mother's Day is all bath bombs, hearts, flowers, chocolate and Doing stuff with your children/family and Father's Day is all about going out for a bike ride with your mates with a crate of beer to get away from your children/family.

@donquixotedelamancha

When we used to go out I would always order a pint and he would have a G&T. Without fail the person behind the bar would go to hand the pint to DH.

When I was out with mates in my youth a round would be 11 pints of Fosters and one Cointreau and Lemonade. Half of them hated Fosters and several tried and preferred my drink but wouldn't change because beer is What Men Drink.

It always amused us when DH swapped the drinks around in front of the bar staff.

I hate supermarket occasion gifts and I really hate the gendered clothing for kids. It's all part of the same shite we're served by giant companies. My 9 Yr old DS won't touch anything pink or even use it in a picture because he thinks it's only for girls. I tell him it's just a colour like any other. When he was a toddler he loved pink but he's been conditioned out of it. Madness.

It always amused us when DH swapped the drinks around in front of the bar staff.

Yeah, I've had the same thing for years, DW likes a pint.

Men like dark chocolate and toffee, and socks woven from darkness and antiperspirants made from steel. They play only golf and do gardening and other hobbies beginning with g. They smell of rust and seasalt. These are MAN THINGS, ONLY FOR MEN.

Have had the same in restaurants, big steak (for DP) automatically assumed for me, not the salad. Same drinks, pint offered to me, mojito to DP. Sod that!