To let 13 year old dress like a drug dealer??

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DS is 13 and suddenly has taken an interest in ‘fashion’ which mostly seems to be dressing in all black sports logos and puffa
jackets. Nike trainers, puma joggers, north face hoody - you get the idea.

oh, and calling us ‘fam’ every frigging minute,
innit bruv.

given that he’s a white, MC kid, in a MC area at a MC school ( state but uniform with tie/blazer/shirt etc) with all that comes with that, I think it’s annoying/amusing and that he’ll grow out of this fake ‘street’ phase.

DH on the other hand thinks that he’s dressing. like a drug dealer and we should go buy him some Boden or something.

AIBU to just let 13 year old to dress how he likes??

OP sounds like the head of the stop and search unit. Must be such a laugh for you innit!

I'd be more concerned if I had a husband who suggested a 13 year old should wear Boden tbh

You seem to be suggesting that drug dealers are black

The clothes, you probably just have to wait it out. You can cure the language fairly quickly though - just start delightedly adopting it all. Next time he has friends round, heartily declare “HELLO FAM! WHATS UP BRUV!” to his friends and I am fairly certain he’ll stop as quickly as he started!

Is he a drug dealer?

nope, he’s a street pharmacist. 😂

@properdoughnut No. He's white.

Hehe

Don't sweat it. Speaking of which was he wearing heavy jumpers during the summer too?

They most definitely are doing on the very large, very run down, shite council estate I live on, stiiiill.

‘Men have heard of Boden? Unless your DH is actually Johnnie Boden, I call BS’

Dear WIFE has heard of Boden. But also knows a teen wouldn’t be caught in Boden so I think was just clutching at straws.

How do you manage to keep a straight face?? I just love how sincere and earnest teenagers can be. Let him be (as long as he's not actually a drug dealer, that is)

Ahh that's what they are calling themselves. Clever marketing move.

I draw the line at the bum bag worn across the middle.

Just spat out my tea reading that. I can picture the scene at the bottom of the stairs where mums eyes meet bumbag, then DSs eyes, while ds slowly raises the BUMbag to be a chin bag
All hell breaks loose

Ties and blazers absolutely do not make a school middle class 😂

Aside from that, I agree with using his own slang against him

Luckily we were in lockdown when ds started considering dressing like a road man.

Mine is 16 and just come out of this phase but as long as he's not sagging, I've kept my opinions to myself.

Sorry @Bunce1 meant to tag you in my last pp

I committed the mortal sin of telling a friends son that I thought his little man bag was ' very sensible '.

@pattyf80 I think op means Manchester?

I thought all teens dress like this - no way to Boden!!

MC I'd guess is middle class

That's very snobby of you to brand average working class teenage boy fashion as looking like a drug dealer. How did your DH dress as a teen? In a tweed jacket?

@twoandcooplease Thanks, didn't realise LOL.🤣

Oh fuck I think you're right <crawls under rock>

You are sooo cruel!

@pattyf80 sorry I think you should ignore me. Pp corrected it is middle class. Which makes much more sense 🙈🙈

‘How did your DH dress as a teen? In a tweed jacket?’
nah, she had the big 80s perm as it happens.

I do wonder how ‘road man’ became something to aspire to!