To think Tesco/F&F should be ashamed?

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To sell this T shirt in age 5-6?

Interested in other people's thoughts.

It’s tacky as shit and definitely a little too close to the playboy brand. Nothing to do with the phrase used on the T-shirt and all to do with the way they have branded it.

I call my kids honey bunny, it’s a term of endearment!

I think your response has been pretty fair OP.

Sometimes we see something and are just appalled by it, and it's hard to see why others don't see it the same way.

I have heard honey bunny and other derivatives as a term for a partner, but I've also heard it used in a more innocent way for children. I think there are plenty of names that can have that double meaning: sweetheart, babe, darling, sweetie etc.

I'm currently calling DS "monkey pants". I don't actually know how that originated, and I probably wouldn't recommend that for a partner as it'd be a bit weird.

I do think there are some nicknames/descriptors that are strictly partner-only and not suitable for a child. The worst one I can think of is "sexy". I absolutely HATE hearing any parent use that phrase about a child "my sexy little boy" - nothing will persuade me that it's not fucking weird and deeply, deeply inappropriate, but not all will agree with me. That's a whole other thread 😂

I think @BoredZelda nailed it really. I can't really find this T-shirt offensive for the reasons you do OP, but honestly, I'm not a fan at all of the different messages we put on T-shirts for our boys and girls.

What size does it come in? Would it fit a 58 year old?

It made me think of the Bunny Girls (Playboy Bunnies) who wore pink bunny ears and very skimpy right pink outfits - definitely not appropriate for young kids. But I guess you have to be a certain age to see that association and it's probably not an intentional one on the t shirt.

Rabbits existed before the playboy bunny did. HTH

YA also BU to expect a non living entity to feel shame

Thanks for this @SpidersAreShitheads

I think sometimes it's about being able to go "or is it just me..?" And that's what AIBU is for.

Totally agree. Says more about the people who see that top and think “playboy bunny” if you ask me. Minds in the gutter

"Honey Bunny" is more Pulp Fiction than playboy however I would not buy this for my child.

Absolutely! That's what AIBU is for.

That's why I never post in here. I'm autistic and quite frankly it's outrageous if people don't agree with me. I never post in here so I can continue in my little bubble, safe in the knowledge that I am definitely right and no one would ever possibly disagree......... 🫣😂

Honestly, you're a much better person than I am to even put it out there for discussion 😂 Plus, there are lots of people that have agreed with you, so there's that too.

Also, on a more serious note, it's good to question things that we see because - particularly for little girls - there are things that just aren't OK but still continue. It does no harm at all to think more carefully about what's being put out there for our kids, even if the eventual consensus is that there's not a problem. I'd rather question things one too many times than to let something go that should have picked up 💐

I think if you can only see PLAYBOY when you see bunny then you are the problem

Same! I have pictures of me wearing it around that age!

I don't like it. Seems tacky and a bit naff. I think it might be a case of a rubbish lazy design. I can see how someone might view it as Playboy-esque to a degree. I think it's something about the font and text colour choice on top of the bunny ears. However, it's not blatant and quite dependent on the memory associations within individual viewers. I think they should be ashamed but only for not making more effort to design something better.

I just don't like slogan tees though so I'm biased in that sense.

Some posters have called me "smutty minded" or that I "make them sick" for bringing this up. That's pretty hurtful, as it was a genuine concern that was raised. There are many examples of over sexualised girls clothing being pulled from the shelves, so to be aware and question things is something I won't apologise for.

If everyone was afraid to question stuff for fear of being seen as "having their mind in the gutter", nothing would ever get changed and we'd still have playboy pencil cases or girls tops that say "sexy".

In this particular case however I totally accept that many don't see an issue.

Yeah, that's exactly what I think of.

Looks like something my late ma, your ultimate pearl-clutching, cradle Catholic, would have bought for me in all innocence. She tended to call me 'Honey bunch' but would have thought 'honey bunny' was close enough.

Unless proceeds are going towards Playboy, I couldn't really get worked up about this. I don't think it sexualises children.

I do find it odd that when easter was just a few weeks ago some people instantly sprang to 'sexualised rabbit' rather than easter bunny especially considering it says bunny right there on the front.

I've been know to call my dd hun bun as well as sausage pie, doll face and dolly llama. She's a teenager now and still a sucker for a nice term of endearment. She heard me calling the dog sausage pie once and made it very clear that she is in fact the only one in the house who can be referred to in that way.

It’s nearly as bad as this one in Morrison’s

No!

Strangely enough I was only remembering today about how I thought about sex when I was a child. I thought it was something only done to have a baby. I also wondered if the Queen did it, or if it was something only people in England did. Maybe it was a different procedure in other countries (& for the Queen). I had no idea about feelings. I did have a few romantic fantasies, based on things I saw on TV, famous singers, etc, imagining myself beautifully groomed, wearing floaty outfits, with men sending me flowers, etc. Later on reality kicked in.

Bunnies are cute. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, especially at Easter.

People forget there's a person who's reading their posts and AIBU in particular can be brutal.

It can be difficult when a poster insists that they're in the right, even when there's a resounding response saying that's not the case, but you've not been like that at all. Not even a little bit.

Personally, I switch off notifications so I don't get anything pushed to me via email or whatever. I can then come to the site and click on the notifications button to read responses/quotes etc when I'm in the right mindset. I find that a much easier way to deal with social media, especially MN.

People can say some wild things on MN sometimes that are so far off the mark, and I think that's the case here. There's nothing wrong with asking the question and then taking on board the responses, which is exactly what you've done.

If some of the more extreme replies are upsetting you, step away from the thread for your own sanity. Plenty of people will only read your original post and not any of your very reasonable follow-up comments, so it's like cancel the bloody cheque all over again!

I didn't share your opinion of the T-shirt but it was a very valid question to ask.

I think people look for reasons to be offended.
The only graphic tee I own has a NO on it and everyone is welcome to interpret that in any way they wish.

I call my dog honey bunny a lot. Also honey banunny. Honey bun bun. Bunny hon hon. And anything else that comes to mind.

I honestly couldn’t get worked up about that t-shirt.