Club'nBabySeals
Where are my pants?
This is an etiquette question that I'm going to put in this forum because it really doesn't seem to mesh anywhere else...
I don't like dolls, especially the "realistic" looking dollbabies. I think they're creepy, and I find it particularly creepy when I see little girls running around playing with them.
I also have an 8 month old daughter who is the only baby on both sides of the family. She is constantly receiving gifts from friends and family who love to dote upon her...and unfortunately, those gifts are usually dolls. I always thank the giver graciously as I would with any gift, and then hide the dolls up in the baby's closet because they freak me out. She doesn't know the difference right now, but I'm afraid that my taking her toys away is going to permanently scar her when she's old enough to understand what's going on. Nevertheless, I don't want her getting attached to any dolls, and the only way I can think to do that is just to remove them from her toy repertoire.
So how do I discreetly drop the hint (without betraying the fact that I'm a total head case or outright offending anyone) to family and friends that if they feel like being generous toward my daughter, that I would prefer they do so in a form other than dolls, or not at all? I feel badly that the baby won't get to enjoy their gifts, and it seems wrong to let them keep throwing effort and money down the drain. ("Just give her the dolls, you freak of nature" is not an option, thank you.
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I'm sure the responses to this will be interesting and colorful....if the "Doll" thing is just too laughable to address in a civil manner, try substituting something else that's a little more common for parents to disapprove of their children receiving.
I don't like dolls, especially the "realistic" looking dollbabies. I think they're creepy, and I find it particularly creepy when I see little girls running around playing with them.
I also have an 8 month old daughter who is the only baby on both sides of the family. She is constantly receiving gifts from friends and family who love to dote upon her...and unfortunately, those gifts are usually dolls. I always thank the giver graciously as I would with any gift, and then hide the dolls up in the baby's closet because they freak me out. She doesn't know the difference right now, but I'm afraid that my taking her toys away is going to permanently scar her when she's old enough to understand what's going on. Nevertheless, I don't want her getting attached to any dolls, and the only way I can think to do that is just to remove them from her toy repertoire.
So how do I discreetly drop the hint (without betraying the fact that I'm a total head case or outright offending anyone) to family and friends that if they feel like being generous toward my daughter, that I would prefer they do so in a form other than dolls, or not at all? I feel badly that the baby won't get to enjoy their gifts, and it seems wrong to let them keep throwing effort and money down the drain. ("Just give her the dolls, you freak of nature" is not an option, thank you.
)I'm sure the responses to this will be interesting and colorful....if the "Doll" thing is just too laughable to address in a civil manner, try substituting something else that's a little more common for parents to disapprove of their children receiving.
I have a friend who insists that's all that gets bought for her kids. I don't think of her as a feminazi nor as a dyke. 
