Friday, October 14, 2005 - Gay almost three year old...
Been to Victoria Gardens today which is a really nice outdoor mall type place. I go mainly because my almost three year old knows there's a Thomas the Tank Engine shop, a train ride a fountain and a huge play area with climbing frames etc..he's a happy as a pig in shit whenever we go..
After lunch where incidently he ate his own body weight in macaroni cheese we went to the play area and he immediately headed for the group of boys aged about 5 hanging out in the 'house' which is basically a wooden wendy house type thing..
They were all getting on o.k but then I noticed him standing outside alone..
I was too far away to hear what conversation they were having but almost three year old was holding his hair..
To those of you that don't know, my almost three year old son has shoulder length dark brown hair with ringlets that most women would kill for or at least pay at lot of money for..Even if I do say so myself he's also incredibly cute..
Not sure what to make of it I left it as he wasn't crying or looking too upset but then one of the boys pointed at his shoes and said "but he has got boys shoes on"..
I had just about twigged what was going on when son came over, bottom lip out, arms folded and said "everybody thinks I'm a girl"
Although my heart had at that point broken into a million pieces I managed to maintain my composure enough to explain that all he needed to do was tell them "I'm a boy called Max"..I resisted saying "and if needs be, drop your pants"..
At this point the guy sitting next to me who's Grandson was one of the offending 'girl accusing' gang said "oh I thought he was a girl too, he's very pretty"..WTF!!!!! Having heard this far too many times in recent months, rather than let it go I said "do you really think I'd dress a girl in brown combat shorts, brown and black boots and a brown t-shirt with 'LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS' written on the front in big flaming blue and gold letters, if so this would make 'her' a gay toddler, would it not?"..
With that he gave me a "you're flaming mad you English people' type look, grabbed his Grandson and walked off..Tosser!
Thankfully during my row with the 'tosser' my son had obviously got back in with the 'no girls allowed' gang and was happily running round shouting "come on Amigo's" to the Latino kids in the gang, Jeez, not only is he cute but he's also bi-lingual..'Go Diego Go' has its uses..
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