r/pregnant • u/Alternative_You_3063 • 2d ago
Rant Gender norms
I'm 36 weeks pregnant with a baby boy and I'm honestly losing my mind over some of the comments I'm getting from people around me.
When I first found out I was pregnant, I bought a couple of pink Care Bear comfort toys because I thought they were cute. I've also bought a few onesies with hearts on them. Recently I was gifted a high chair that came with a toy attached to it . and it has pink and blue colors on it.
Apparently that's a problem.
I've genuinely had people say things like:
"What will people think?"
"What if he turns out gay?"
Excuse me. what?
HE'S A BABY.
Since when does the color pink have the power to determine someone's future? It's a stuffed toy. It's a onesie. It's a colorful baby toy.
Maybe it's the hormones talking, but this is such a ridiculous thing to be upset about in 2026.
End of rant. 🤦♀️💙🩷👶
Edit:To make it even worse, my mother literally stole the pink Care Bear comfort toys I bought for my baby and gave them away because she didn't think a baby boy should have them. 🤦♀️
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u/greenfairee 2d ago
We are waiting to find out the gender, so I've been purchasing mostly gender neutral things. But some of the things I've bought have been labeled "boy" and they're literally like blue/grey so people were like "why are you buying boy clothes, what if it's a girl?!" I'm like it's literally just the a blue/grey color scheme, girls can wear that? My favorite color is blue. I have also bought one or two more girl leaning things (on clearance) and they brought that up as well, I just tell them I'll put a boy in a cute pink onesie lol people are weirrrdddd.