I have a question. Maybe this question if for guys only. Do clothes matter that much? I thought that by having boys I would not have as much of a “dramatic scene” every morning getting ready. My four year old is very particular about clothes. They are too wiggly, too long, too dorky. (I’m afraid I said that word so I’m to blame for him using it …) Why should it matter?
Independance is setting in and I’m grateful that he has some, but couldn’t it be less of a dramatic moment every time we start to get ready? I thought I had set up the scene really good last night. We tried on the clothes. He liked them. He didn’t want to take them off. Sounds promising. I’m not sure what he dreamed last night or what was in his chocolate milk, but all of a sudden we have drama.
So, again I ask: Do clothes matter that much?
So I’m not a guy, but I’ll answer anyway.
I know it’s vain and superficial, but for me, clothes do matter. Now, I don’t care what anyone else wears, and it doesn’t matter if my clothes are designer. But what I wear can either reflect my mood or change it. Different clothes really do have an impact on my outlook… whether I’m wearing comfy clothes at home or dress-up clothes to go out or professional clothes for work.
And my three-year-old is like your little boy. She’s very particular. In general, she won’t wear anything but pink. And while that’s annoying, I figure that the kind of independence that insists on pink everything will insist on doing her own thing when she’s older and everyone else tries to convince her to do something she’s not so keen on.
By: Chel on January 30, 2007
at 11:38 pm