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UGH.
This year our Christmas has been a bit weird. Both of my parents are having severe health issues and my husbands families schedules have changed. Both my husband and I work so our holiday schedule has been arduous at least.
After some thought we decided to blend the two families and have ONE celebration in our home which we did Christmas day. The day went off well and everyone was happy or so I thought.
Tonight my sister in law has expressed to me that she was very unhappy about a gift that I purchased for our grand-nephew who is three years old.
A quick background: My grand nephew was born from my husbands niece unplanned. She is 20 years old and in college. The pregnancy shocked my husbands side of the familly... and me too as well but not in a bad way. She is continuing with college and our family helps with child care and other things as much as possible. We've watched this sweet boy over here many times and we love this little guy! And we are so proud of our niece!
Anyway, as a three year old he really enjoys playing in my kitchen with pots and pans! he loves to help me "mix" things and "cook" things. He just really LOVES the kitchen!
So... I bought him a "children" pots and pans set to play with. The package is pink with an image of a little girl "cooking" on the front!( I actually did not realize this until it was pointed out to me ) he opened the present and seemed excited of course we did not open all of the gifts to play with because honestly there were so many and lots of parts to things etc.
A day has passed and tonight I get the "why to you by Mateo a girls gift?" " we are not raising a GIRL" " this is a girls gift! It has a girl on the package" etc...etc. I offered to return the gift and by something else but now I am PISSED! I feel like I need to stand up for Mateo! I'm not going to make a big deal out of this but I am really put out over this.
We put ALOT of energy and thought into our day and I feel shat on right now. UGH!
Am I over-reacting?