Post by ctrlaltdlt on Aug 21, 2014 10:24:37 GMT -5
My ILs are in BEC territory for me, so I need a judgment on weirdness from people I consider normal (well, as normal as ML can be)
Over the weekend, my nephew turned 3 and he was given a toy jeep with a "guy" in the front seat. My ILs were adamant on returning the jeep because the guy had brown eyes instead of blue eyes... because my nephew has blue eyes. After hearing them complain about the brown, NOT BLUE, eyes for like the 8th time, I said "cant he just play with the brown eyed guy?" and the entire room looked at me like I had 9 heads and was just ridiculous for asking.
Am I weird for thinking the kid should just be allowed to play with the toy as-is or are they weird for wanting to return the toy?
Post by ctrlaltdlt on Aug 21, 2014 10:45:54 GMT -5
My people!!! THANK YOU!!!
No, they are not Aryan. The guy is like an action figure that came with the jeep. He comes out of the jeep, he's not stuck inside permanently, so removing him to PAINT THE GUY'S EYEBALLS BLUE was actually discussed at length.
All of this has me absolutely baffled because I have two different colored eyes!!!
My husband thinks nothing weird of it, because when he was 10, his dad bought him an air hockey table and together, they painted the jerseys on the players in his favorite team colors. I think this is less weird and not at all the same.
My husband thinks nothing weird of it, because when he was 10, his dad bought him an air hockey table and together, they painted the jerseys on the players in his favorite team colors. I think this is less weird and not at all the same.
Yea, this isn't at all the same. This I could see doing - absolutely.
I remember being pissed as a kid because all of my Barbie dolls had blue eyes and I have brown eyes. It didn't stop me from playing with them though and I eventually got over it.
That's the best part- from the second we arrived til we left, we were given multiple accounts of the harrowing tale of them buying a jeep with a guy with the wrong colored eyes!! And how it was super important not to let him open the jeep because it needed to be returned because the eyes were wrong. And of course, the ONLY toy the kid wanted was that damn jeep. He whined so damn much about it, I was ready to paint HIS eyes brown just so he could open it!!