Interwebs ; I ask You This

First of all, Thanks to Sheila for spending some time behind the scenes helping me with wordpress coding. And by helping me, I really mean she went in and did all the grunt work while I went shopping.

Shopping = awesome.

As you know, or SHOULD know, the twelfth of December is a very important day in my life. My Bff Kissy was born on that day. Normally I would put up a cutsey wootsie post about how much she means to me and how I would be lost without her and pleasedonteverleaveme, but instead of spending her birthday behind a monitor I actually ventured out of the house and saw her.

Its actually really hard to see her due to the 14 hour days she works - oh and the no days off thing, that sucks too. Whatever. She managed to get her birthday off so we went out on the town. And by that of course, I mean we went to Wal*mart.

I love Wal*Mart. I really really do.

Other than spending time with Bff Kissy, my mission, should I choose to accept it, and I did becuase it meant shopping, was to get the randomosities that fill up the childrens (and mine) Christmas Stockings.

I dunno how you all do your Stockings, but when I grew up, the staple of my stocking was Socks and underwear, and to this day, unless there is a special occasion (*wink*) I get new underwear the 25th of December and thats it.

Ahhhnyway. I picked up the cutest sock sets for the boys, Cars For Stuperman, TMNT For Blue Boy and Hot Wheels For the eldest, eight year old Rainbow Man - Who wants me to change his name to Dragon Master BTW.

I also Picked up the various packages of underwear. Well Two packages for me because I could not decide between the colors. I got The Bee Movie ones for Stuperman, And Spiderman Boxers for the Two older boys.

So the problem is this, interwebs : While waiting in line to pay, BFF Kissy started crawling up and down my spine and bashing my frontal lobe in about the fact I got Character socks and Underwear for Rainbow Man. She feels that at eight, he should be wearing plain undies and white (or black) socks.

Let me be very clear on the subject of socks for just a moment : No matter how fucking old you are, white socks or black socks have no place in your life. Socks should be fun, colorful and above all, when you look down, they should make you smile.

But What about the Spiderman Boxer Breifs? Is he really going to be embarrased to wear them? He’s eight! I have a feeling that when he and his buds are lined up at the urinals having pissing contests, they are ALL still wearing Spiderman, Super man And TMNT Underwear!

Bff Kissy asked me if I will still be buying him Character undies when he is 13. I told her that providing they came in his size, yes, I would.

(She feels that if he is wearing Character undies at 13 he will be too embarrassed to drop trou for a girl - this is not a bad thing! )

In any case, Interwebs ; I ask you this : Is eight too old for cute undies? Should I be buying black and white, with the odd navy blue? Is it really necessary for me to walk past the cute Optimus Prime and settle on the boring old pinstripe?

∗ Posted by bluepaintred on 12.13.2007
∗ BFF, Holidays, I hate winter, I'm Important too, I'm a Dumbass, Rainbow Man, because snow fucking sucks, boys

Comments: 26 »

  1. 27 year old has a pair with Optimus Prime on them -so there! Kissy!

    I don’t think boys really care until they are 12-ish. (My boys didn’t.)

    pee ess: If a boy is ‘getting some’ he won’t give a damn what’s on his underwear - other than stains….EWWW!

    Comment by Metalmom - December 13, 2007 10:04 am

  2. :mrgreen:

    I am here!

    I now see that my life is empty without fun socks. I say buy him characters till he asks for plain ones.

    Comment by marilyn - December 13, 2007 10:35 am

  3. My nearly 13 year old daughter is seriously into the prints and colors. My 10 year old son requests boxer briefs. If those aren’t old man underpants nothing is, but he asks and I deliver. So maybe she’s onto something. But you’ve got a while before 10 comes around.

    Comment by Karen - December 13, 2007 10:38 am

  4. Eight is not too old for cool undies. End of story.

    (You might explain to peoples if they don’t wanna a dancing pussy that they need to go to gravatar and upload a photo. :mrgreen: )

    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 11:20 am

  5. oh yeah, and if you don’t want a dancing pussy, I’ll tell you how change it. :lol:

    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 11:21 am

  6. Trust me - they will let you know when they are past wearing character undies–in no uncertain terms! Expect them to experiment with different styles as they get older and decide what’s comfortable for them. They may start out with the same style as dad and go from there.
    It will probably happen (in a panice) when they find out they have to change clothes in the locker room for gym class.

    Oh, and it really ticks them off if you call them ‘panties’ - sometimes I do it just for kicks! :twisted:

    Comment by Peggy - December 13, 2007 11:51 am

  7. No white or black socks? But.. but… but…

    *hiding socks from Bluepaintred*

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    Comment by DutchBitch - December 13, 2007 1:59 pm

  8. :grin: :evil: :cool: :???: :smile: :arrow: :twisted: :neutral: :idea: :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :?:

    Comment by bluepaintred - December 13, 2007 3:06 pm

  9. :grin: I’ve never had smilies on my blog before :grin:

    Comment by bluepaintred - December 13, 2007 3:09 pm

  10. freak. :roll:
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    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 3:12 pm

  11. Sheila - excuse me? I’m sorry, I must be mistaken. However I feel it would be prudent to be sure… did you just..call me a freak :!: :?: :!:

    Comment by bluepaintred - December 13, 2007 3:15 pm

  12. pee ess : we need to find a plug in that has “just click this button” bold and italics and stuff so I can stop with the [ < b >] crap

    Comment by bluepaintred - December 13, 2007 3:16 pm

  13. @bluepaintred -

    Sheila - excuse me? I\’m sorry, I must be mistaken. However I feel it would be prudent to be sure… did you just..call me a freak :!: :?: :!:

    Yes, you are a freak. You\’re spamming your own comments with smilies.

    @bluepaintred -

    pee ess : we need to find a plug in that has \”just click this button\” bold and italics and stuff so I can stop with the [ ] crap

    I agree with the bold and italic issue.

    Hey, I can use the \’reply new\’ button too. Interesting.

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    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 3:18 pm

  14. Sheila If ANYONE is a freak, it must be YOU!

    plus, they are my comment. I can spam them OR make them do anything else i wanted! if I wanted then to strip and do the hula they damn well would

    Comment by bluepaintred - December 13, 2007 3:27 pm

  15. No place for white or black socks?????? Gosh, I buy all of the same kind and color ( white or black) because 1. the washer always eats at least one in a pair and 2. I have a better chance of matching them in the mornings if I only have two colors to choose from.

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    Comment by Diane Mandy - December 13, 2007 4:11 pm

  16. Eight is definitely not too old for funky socks and underwear. I’m wearing my Hard Rock Cafe boxers right now! :cool:
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    Comment by mixednut - December 13, 2007 4:43 pm

  17. (I liked the previous template better.)

    My vote is that you let him tell you. Sam told us when he would no longer wear character underwear and then again when he wouldn’t wear tighty whities. Now it’s plain colored or plaid boxers. NO BRIEFS.

    (I do like the subscribe to comments button, though. I might have to get that plugin from you because I haven’t been able to find one that works for me. If you want someone to teach you how to do plugins, I’m your girl!)

    (Oh, and is it okay if I catch up on the rest of your posts over the weekend?)

    Comment by Shelli - December 13, 2007 9:32 pm

  18. I agree, you should let him decide when he is too old for character underwear and socks. I can tell you that while most of my socks are white (it’s my OCD), I do own about thirty pair that have cute little things on them, and they are most certainly not white. I have all kinds of underwear, I switch them out about three times a day, depending on my mood, so I am of no help there.

    P.S. I love the new blog.

    P.P.S.S. I love the template, and I think Sheila did a great job!!

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    Comment by Angel - December 13, 2007 10:35 pm

  19. How come your blog didn’t pick up and post a link to my latest post. It hates me doesn’t it. I do think you’re pretty bluepaintred theme, I do!

    Comment by Shelli - December 13, 2007 10:38 pm

  20. Wow, that is weird, Shelli! Right now, when I click your name, your blog isn’t loading. That may be why… :sad:
    Sheila’s last blog post..This and That

    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 10:42 pm

  21. Shelli - double check your address. I think you’re missing an S when you’re posting your comments.

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    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 10:43 pm

  22. Thanks, Sheila. That was it, I think.

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    Comment by Shelli - December 13, 2007 10:46 pm

  23. Woot, woot!! Thank you!

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    Comment by Shelli - December 13, 2007 10:46 pm

  24. No prob!

    Sheila’s last blog post..This and That

    Comment by Sheila - December 13, 2007 10:48 pm

  25. i never said nothing about the socks it was the underwear i said i think he is getting to old for but mainly i said it just to bug you. you know i love you lol

    kiss

    Comment by kissmyglass2001 - December 15, 2007 11:59 am

  26. I am a nasty spammer. I suck.

    Comment by black casino online gambling - July 27, 2008 1:10 pm

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