Comments on: All dolled up http://www.lesbiandad.net/2006/09/27/all-dolled-up/ notes from the crossroads of mother and father Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:06:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: cityjam http://www.lesbiandad.net/2006/09/27/all-dolled-up/#comment-201692 cityjam Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:57:59 +0000 http://lesbiandad.net/?p=82#comment-201692 AHHHH!! The dreaded "pink aisle" as we call it in my family. Every time I walk past a "pink aisle" in the big box stores (with monstrously huge toy sections), I can't help but think of my eighth birthday. The birthday when my much older (and at the time meaner) brothers bought and wrapped up ever-so-nicely for me - what else? A Barbie doll. Just to see the look on my face when I opened it. That wasn't my real present, of course, they had something else wrapped and waiting for me to open after "the doll." To this day, i can't remember what my real present was. Just the horror of holding that slim, pink, glossy box in my hands. It's good to know others share my intense disgust for that particular aisle. The "kryptonite" analogy made me laugh - Thanks!! AHHHH!! The dreaded “pink aisle” as we call it in my family. Every time I walk past a “pink aisle” in the big box stores (with monstrously huge toy sections), I can’t help but think of my eighth birthday. The birthday when my much older (and at the time meaner) brothers bought and wrapped up ever-so-nicely for me - what else? A Barbie doll. Just to see the look on my face when I opened it. That wasn’t my real present, of course, they had something else wrapped and waiting for me to open after “the doll.” To this day, i can’t remember what my real present was. Just the horror of holding that slim, pink, glossy box in my hands.

It’s good to know others share my intense disgust for that particular aisle. The “kryptonite” analogy made me laugh - Thanks!!

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