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[kcobweb]

In the course of running errands this morning, I was at Target, and found myself poking around the Infant department. Everything is so gendered, and put into its neat little compartments. This bugs me to no end. (The pink outfits have flowers; the blue ones have trains or puppies.)

Then I found the little packaged sets - several onesies with matching socks, or something. It was clear which you were supposed to pick boy- or girl-wise. The Pinky-Girl package had one that said "Little Princess" across the front. The Blue-Boy package had "Baby Genius" in the same place.

After MUCH hunting and searching, I managed to unearth a gender-neutral package (i.e. yellow and light green) that said "Baby Genius" as well.

Can I just not participate in this entire process?? I think this part bugs me more than anything else. I want to take back my announcement of the gender findings of the ultrasound, and tell everyone we're just having an it, in the hopes that I won't be inundated with frilly pink and Little Princess and lack-of-Genius.

But I know that's too much to ask.

It's just all so sick and wrong.

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[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Arrrrrrrrgh.

When chicagowench and bsdinobaby had their snarklet, we threw them a baby shower, at which they received many bizarre onesies. One was black with a little skull on it. *g*

I'm not sure going quite that far out would suit you and galagan, but given what you describe, I can see why "alternative" onesies would be so tempting!

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

I did find a link to a website somewhere that sells heavy metal onesies. AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, etc. Nothing I had to have, though.

Skulls sound good, right about now.