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To HATE those fecking "My heart belongs to Grandma" t-shirts?

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LittleOneMum · 20/10/2009 10:55

I love my ILs, I really do. But they arrived this weekend with a t-shirt which says "my heart belongs to grandma" on it for my DS (2). It's going straight in the charity shop bag. Who makes these monstrosities? His heart does not belong to grandma, thank you very much. If it belongs to anyone other than him, it belongs to me, thanks very much!

Jeez. Feel free to add your most hated slogan t-shirts on here too. Feel my pain!

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thesecondcoming · 21/10/2009 09:10

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jumpjockey · 21/10/2009 09:13

MrsJamin, re awful grammar I saw one in Mothercare that had "My Daddy say's [sic] I'm the cutest" on it

Hando · 21/10/2009 09:35

YANBU, well sort of.

I hate the ones that have rude words or sexual references. "Spolied bitch" "mummy just wanted a blowjob" etc! Vile!

But ones like "2am, my cot, bring a bottle" "mummys little prince" and other funny or cute things.

However....

^Littleonemum-
"This has reminded me of a very cruel toddler t-shirt I saw in a catalogue last year. It said something like:"

Santa Doesn't Exist
But I can't read
so it doesn't matter^

I find that hilarious and would have bought that for my dd! I can't see how that is cruel! It's not cruel for children to know santa isn't real.

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LittleOneMum · 21/10/2009 09:37

just to make myself clear - I don't think it's cruel for the toddler - just cruel to wear it out and about where older children (who can read and who may believe in Santa) may read it!

OK, maybe not that cruel... but could lead to tears.

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Stayingscarygirl · 21/10/2009 09:41

I don't mind slogan t-shirts if they are funny, but the overly cutesy/sexist/asbo/bitch type ones are vile.

I did once see a nightshirt that said on it: 'Why do I have to go to bed - it's my mummy who's tired!' And ds3 has one that says 'How do you keep an idiot occupied - PTO' on both sides of it.

I also saw one for sale, years ago, that read:

Nah nah nah nah

Nah nah nah nah

Nah nah nah nah

Batman.

frightstick · 21/10/2009 10:11

We were given one that said, 'When I grow up I want to drive a digger'.

I asked my sister if they had any 'architect' ones but she said not

Salemchocolates · 21/10/2009 10:49

I don't mind slogan T-shirts as long as they're witty and different. I was very tempted by the Lactivist cow one this summer, but decided it was a touch too much money to spend on something my 2mo would grow out of in no time.

I hate all the princess, cute, pink sparkly ones, because my dd1 is not girly whatsoever (not sure what dd2 will turn into in the future). Definitely don't like the rude ones and the ASBO one mentioned on here made me
I don't mind the cheeky monkey type ones for boys, but think they should have girly cheeky monkey ones too .

pookamoo · 21/10/2009 11:07

I think they are even worse with spelling errors or bad grammar!

"Daddy's little angel" In Mothercare FGS!
(actually Mothercare seem to be perpetual abusers of the apostrophe - we should set the pedants on them!)

ProfessorLaytonIsMyZombieSlave · 21/10/2009 11:11

OK, what's wrong with "Daddy's little angel" (grammatically speaking, that is)? I am clearly in danger of needing to turn in my pedant badge.

TheHeadlessWombat · 21/10/2009 11:12

I'm probably having a dumb moment but what's wrong with the spelling or punctuation of 'Daddy's little angel'?

TheHeadlessWombat · 21/10/2009 11:15

It isn't just me then.That makes me feel better.

Nefret · 21/10/2009 11:18

I don't like any t-shirts with slogans to be honest, so I would never buy one but my husband bought my dd a "Daddy's Little Angel" t-shirt once which she did wear.

I can't see what is wrong grammatically with "Daddy's Little Angel" either, can someone enlighten me?

wheresmypaddle · 21/10/2009 11:19

Hmm me too cant see the error there. Thinking back to school- it belongs to daddy so the apostrophe comes after the 'y' in daddy, followed by an 's' doesn't it- or have I got it wrong (again)?!

hanaboo · 21/10/2009 11:31

isn't the apostrophe instead of the 'is' though, so wouldn't that mean 'daddy is little angel'? iyswim (not sure though maybe i'm wrong )

TheHeadlessWombat · 21/10/2009 11:33

No 'Daddy's little angel' is correct.

Missy8c · 21/10/2009 11:35

No, 'Daddy's Little Angel' is grammatically correct, I agree. The apostrophe denotes the 'belonging to' and is in the right place.

TheHeadlessWombat · 21/10/2009 11:38

Apostrophes can also be used to indictae contraction e.g I am becomes I'm but in the 'Daddy's little angel' case it indicates the possessive case.

TheHeadlessWombat · 21/10/2009 11:38

Or perhaps even indicate.

BertieBotts · 21/10/2009 11:40

I think some are cute and/or funny and I don't see why people take offence at parents dressing their babies - who after all are too young to care what they are wearing - in clothes that show off their own personality. Just because I dress my DS in clothes which I happen to like and enjoy picking out his outfits, shopping for his clothes and dressing him up (which was more fun when he was less wriggly!) does not mean I see him as a toy or fashion accessory. And would like to add that his comfort comes first - I wouldn't dress him in something which seemed uncomfy just because it also looked cute.

I don't like the ones which are negative or inappropriate though. And I don't really like character clothes for children who are too young to actually ask for them. And brand names splashed over the front of clothes are annoying, but I have bought the occasional thing, like a t shirt which came in a bundle from ebay and says Rocha Little Rocha on the front but is also very cute, orange, and has lots of colourful dinosaurs on.

pookamoo · 21/10/2009 11:50

it was the "My daddy say's I'm the cutest" one that jumpjockey referred to above - I do actually know how to use an apostrophe - it's my biggest bugbear! and at myself!

pookamoo · 21/10/2009 11:55

It was "Sometimes mum's are in a hurry" on a poster in Mothercare's feeding room yesterday which made me

You would think, wouldn't you, that from the point where the designer draws out their idea for the t-shirt to the point where the shop assistant puts it on the shelf that somebody would put their hand up and say "hang on, there's a mistake on this one, surely we can't sell it" ?

I mean to say, if MNers were in charge something like that would never slip through the net - just look at how quickly you all pulled me up on my post!

Stayingscarygirl · 21/10/2009 12:08

I agree pookamoo - I saw a sign over a fastfood shop yesterday, telling me that it sold "currie's, pizza's, kebab's and burger's" - surely someone should have noticed??

Not a t-shirt slogan, I know - sorry.

NecromancyRocks · 21/10/2009 12:13

My mother bought me a t-shirt once that said 'If you think I'm a bitch, you should meet my mother'. I was in my twenties. However truthful that statement may be, I never wore it.

DS has a few tops with slogans on - I tend to save them for visiting the person who bought them.

BigGitDad · 21/10/2009 12:26

I misread Frightsticks post and thought it said 'When I grow up I want to be a Gravedigger..'

Stayingscarygirl · 21/10/2009 12:34

My MIL bought me a t-shirt when I was pregnant with ds1 - it said "It started with a kiss." Sadly it was the most unflattering shade of royal blue, so I never wore it.

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