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Kids heels

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Sosueme1 · 11/10/2024 20:04

My husband and I got into a big argument today. Things have been brewing the last 2 weeks and kinda came to a head today over something silly. We were both off work and our 4 yr old girl was at school, so we went out for Lunch and I decided to show him some accessories I had bought for our daughters Halloween costume (a princess dress). She has a Halloween school disco at school they will be there a half day . I wanted her to wear the princess dress to this and bought her a pink cape, gloves , a crown and these kids shoes with a tiny heel. When I showed him what I bought online he started saying she couldn’t wear heels to school, I explained it was just for a Halloween party but he got all annoyed over it and started an argument. We were supposed to go get our groceries after but when we got the the car he said I’m not putting up with your attitude and drove home , we drove home in silence. Once we got home I got out of the car and he drove off with out a word. I text him then saying are u for real? he then phoned and we argued for a bit but when he got home that was it , we were ok again … tonight we were supposed to go out to a beer festival and stay the night at an air b&b with friends but decided against it earlier in the week as our girl has a swimming lesson early in the morning and he has things to do around the house . I told him earlier in the week to go on ahead without me along with his friends if he wanted I don’t mind, but he said no, today then one of his friends was driving to the beer festival so he told me he was going to go along with him and come home early. He asked me to drive him to his friends house so I said that’s no problem.
Later he came up to me and asked me what jacket he should wear, I said the one he was wearing was fine and I said sure you’re only going for a while anyways.. he then said in an awful tone “That’s not what I asked you I asked what jacket should I wear, I never said anything about how long I was going for” I obviously then reacted to his tone and said something like don’t speak to me like that!!!! As it was in front of our daughter. ! He then stormed downstairs saying that he wasn’t going now as it wasn’t worth going as he would end up paying for it later with my mood! (I didn’t mind him going) this wound me up and I got annoyed at him over this and he stormed off again . I was then watching tv with my daughter and he came and sat down and didn’t say anything, next min a car came and picked him up and he said to my daughter bye love you see you later . ( he obvs got his friend to come pick him up to go to the beer festival) I’m left here now fuming !

Kids heels
OP posts:
SophiaJ8 · 11/10/2024 20:36

DD had a less elaborate pair like this from Smyths - they were just for the dressing up box in the house, they can’t wear them outside.

Halloween costumes should be Halloween, IMO, not princess misses point

SophiaJ8 · 11/10/2024 20:38

StSwithinsDay · 11/10/2024 20:35

@Pandasnacks
So are we only allowed to talk about the crappy cheap shoes? And not the poor unfortunate people who have to make them? Or does it make you uncomfortable to have think about them?

Oh go away. It’s Friday night.

StudioCreate · 11/10/2024 20:38

Those shoes aren't great for a disco (if at all) they're also (along with the rest of the weird beauty pageant outfit) not Halloween themed. Is she being made up too?

StSwithinsDay · 11/10/2024 20:38

How childish of you.

Spottydotty268 · 11/10/2024 20:38

Sorry I agree with your husband that they’re inappropriate for a 4 year old 😬 I would mainly worry my daughter wasn’t going to be comfortable dancing/running around or would twist her ankle etc more than anything else. I’ve never seen any 4 year old that I know, wear ‘heels’ out.

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 11/10/2024 20:42

Pandasnacks · 11/10/2024 20:36

Nice try. This thread is about a specific thing, bore off.

I agree with @StSwithinsDay that it's valid to question why we are being conned by consumer society into questions like right or wrong style, pink or not pink, rather than what's the actual human cost beyond a turned ankle. People on the thread are concerned about internalising gender stereotypes, so it seems fair enough to be concerned about desensitisation to modern slavery.

What's wrong with homemade costumes? A bit of luminous white paint on cut-up black old clothes or similar.

TheChosenTwo · 11/10/2024 20:42

Well your husband sounds like a bit of an arse in general but those shoes are dreadful and impractical. Your child isn’t a doll to dress up, I reckon she’d be far more comfortable in something flat and more flexible.

StSwithinsDay · 11/10/2024 20:42

@SophiaJ8
Maybe tomorrow morning you might find the time read about the genocide of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the detention by the Chinese of more than 1 million of them and their use in slave labour by companies like Temu.

grumpypedestrian · 11/10/2024 20:50

No wonder Temu do so well when people just want to ignore how their fast fashion is made.

People are allowed to publicly make you aware of the conditions people are put in to buy your products.

If you wouldn’t want to work in these conditions why should others?

Its not ‘being a bore’ it’s being saddened that people are aware but don’t care.

grumpypedestrian · 11/10/2024 20:51

But heels for a 4 year old, no.

liveforsummer · 11/10/2024 20:55

There is obviously more going on with your dh which is unrelated and I'm not advising on that. but as someone who works in a primary school with 4-7 year olds those shoes are a ridiculous choice and i always feel sorry for the dc stumbling around unable to fully join in with the fun and games wearing that sort of thing. Ridiculous choice of shoes. Sorry!

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 11/10/2024 20:55

If the princess dress is cut up a bit, tie-dyed or dip dyed or fabric painted, and some grisly accessories sewn or glued onto it, maybe some black netting on a tiara, that could be a fair start for a vampire bride outfit along with fangs and a bit of fake blood. Queen of the Night. Arguably not age appropriate unless done in a cute style, but could be more Halloween-ready.

Bushmillsbabe · 11/10/2024 20:55

Those shoes are truly awful, I'm with your DH on them, sorry. Plastic tat, in no way halloween themed and not suit for running around in.
But his later behaviour was a bit childish

Laszlomydarling · 11/10/2024 20:59

He's entirely correct about the shoes. They're dangerous and uncomfortable. I don't believe they should be allowed to make them for small children. I'm sure you'd expect him to take your opinion seriously about the safety and comfort of your child if it was the other way round.

His behaviour since the argument has been silly. But you've undermined his very sensible opinion. Which is also silly.

Maria1979 · 11/10/2024 21:00

The thread can be divided in two : your DH is being unreasonable for his childish behaviour and you are being unreasonable for thinking that heels is suitable for a little girl! Is she supposed to just stand up and look pretty or run around and dance like any normal child ? If the latter heels, even small are dangerous. I can't believe anyone but a teenager or a paedophile thinking heels on little girls is a good idea🤦‍♀️

TentEntWenTyfOur · 11/10/2024 21:01

My dd would have skipped about in those shoes absolutely fine at that age, but that's neither here nor there.

This thread isn't really about the shoes, is it @Sosueme1 ? It's about your confrontational DH and his attitude towards you, isn't it? Was it a one-off or does he behave like this regularly?

HaveYouSeenRain · 11/10/2024 21:02

Is this a reverse?

StasisMom · 11/10/2024 21:04

Hard no. The shoes are awful and the other kids will be in witch costumes or similar. I say this as a mother of the most stereotypically feminine DD.

HaveYouSeenRain · 11/10/2024 21:05

You lost me when you said this;

I wanted her to wear the princess dress to this and bought her a pink cape, gloves , a crown and these kids shoes with a tiny heel.

the whole outfit is not right for Halloween, heels for a 4 year old is just awful and ridiculous

MoneyAndPercentages · 11/10/2024 21:09

I don't think OP will be back!

I feel like we need a petition that to start a AIBU about your partner, you must include their email so if they are found reasonable by the Mumsnet jury, they can know 😂

Sosueme1 · 11/10/2024 21:15

This was for @TentEntWenTyfOur Hi thanks for not totally slating me, obviously with hindsight the shoes are too high for a 4 year old, that’s why I asked on here for others opinion. i guess I thought it was only for 3 hours and the shoes would be fine along with tights… I have tried to be gender neutral since she was born but she is just naturally drawn to all things girly. Last year she went dressed as Wednesday Adams to the Halloween party and most of the other girls in her class were princesses or fairies with a few exceptions..
and yeah maybe you’re right it’s not all about the shoes ..
first time posting on mums yet and probably last 🫣😬😬

OP posts:
Edingril · 11/10/2024 21:16

What because she is a girl All you can come up with is a princess, they look awful she is not a doll

grumpypedestrian · 11/10/2024 21:18

Not really slating your choice for a Halloween costume OP, but would you be happy working in the conditions people are forced to do to buy these products?

user1474315215 · 11/10/2024 21:22

Honestly my DGD would have loved those shoes when she was 4. It's a one off, let her enjoy them.

Laszlomydarling · 11/10/2024 21:24

For 3 hours. Running, dancing, jumping. Very irresponsible. I wouldn't wear plastic shoes for 3 minutes let alone put a child in them.

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