On Mental Damage
So I was at work today helping this mother and his son with a pair of water shoes. The mother picked a pair off the shelf and asked me if I had them in a size 8 for her son. I proceeded to tell her that those were womens shoes. She then tells me that that's ok and that the pair of New Balances that he has on right now are women's shoes. I look down and sure enough he is wearing a pair of ladies New Balances.Do you see anything wrong with this picture? This woman is putting ladies shoes on her son!!!! I mean it's not like they were hot pink or anything, but they were feminine nonetheless. And and the ones she wanted him to try on were purple.
Am I the only one here who thinks this is completely outrageous? No boy should have to wear a pair of ladies shoes EVER. Doesn't she realize how this is affecting his mind? What kind of message does that send to him? Pretty soon he'll be reaching into mommy's purse looking for lipstick to make his lips a little more colorful. I could understand if it were one of those styles of shoes where the men's and women's looked the same, but this is just rediculous. And what happens when some girl at school has those shoes on? The poor boy will be ridiculed until he cries, that's what will happen.
Parents, do not buy your boy girls shoes. I don't care how cool you think they might look. Girls might be able to wear guys stuff, but it just doesn't work the other way around. So that's all I have to say about that.
posted by Wes @ 3:56 PM
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