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Unusual gift request....

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AlexMum127 · 10/09/2011 22:23

My 9 yr old son has asked for My Little Pony toys for Christmas.

I don't have a problem with this. He has always been 'unique' and I wasn't shocked or disgusted or anything negative when he told me. He wants it to be kept secret, and to play with them only when no-one else is here and to keep them in my room in case someone finds them and he gets teased.

My problem is - his father will go mad! He will be so against it...he lives in the US so doesn't need to know, but I will feel deceitful if I DON'T tell him, but then am I betraying my son if I do? Does anyone else REALLY need to know?! Can't find my moral compass on this one...

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morethanyoubargainfor · 10/09/2011 22:27

I don't think it concerns anybody else. I would buy them for DS , my ds had them when he was 7 but they lived in the bathroom, he played with them in the bath only. He could have played with the anytime but he decided to have them as a bath toy.

Sometimes you have to lose the moral compass, thats just life. Let him have them.

mo3d · 10/09/2011 22:32

Buy him the ponies, but also get him something you know his dad will like. Then tell his dad that present. Problem solved.

Ingles2 · 10/09/2011 22:32

so do you list absolutely every, single little thing, your son gets to your dp/ex? (sorry you don't say which)
surely a my little pony, will be one, small, cheap toy in a day full of presents, so you really don't need to tell him.
You obviously think it's a problem as well though, or you wouldn't be worried about this. IMO, it's not.
it's a plastic horse with long hair... so what!
If it makes your son happy, then you should be happy.

BluddyMoFo · 10/09/2011 22:34

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EBDteacher · 10/09/2011 23:23

Yep, buy the poines and be glad your DS talk that openly to you.

thisisyesterday · 10/09/2011 23:25

yes, buy them!

if you really feel like you HAVE to tell his father then do so. if he goes mad that's his own problem isn't it?
i would tell him to get the fuck over it

Chundle · 11/09/2011 10:16

Buy them but you can alway skim over it in conversation ie "DS got a game, puzzle,horse(pony) with an action man :)

ChinaInYourHands · 11/09/2011 12:58

His dad will go mad?
Tell him to get a grip
And it's not such an unusual request from boys actually
Your son sounds lovely

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AlexMum127 · 11/09/2011 18:47

Thanks ladies...although I am surprised by the bluntness of some of these replies :-)
It's not that I have a problem with them, I just want to prevent my son from getting any grief from outside sources. I will get them, and if DH finds out, so be it, but I know I will get something negative from him...will deal with that as it comes.

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