The Daddy Complex

Tutus Don’t Matter

Remember the Tutus Don’t Matter conversation? It started in April when lifeinmuffyscube asked, “If your boys wanted to wear tutus and paint their nails would you be okay with it and let them?” I answered thusly…

It would be okay, I would let them and I would be there to support them in any way possible because, even if it’s a phase, people can be dicks sometimes. So, I’d want my guys to know they can do whatever they want, but other people might have a problem with it. (As evidence, you should read the Nerdy Apple Bottom post about the massive drama the happened when a mother let her son dress as Daphne from Scooby-Doo for Halloween.)

My main goal as a parent is that my boys are happy and healthy. Tutus don’t even make it onto the list of things I care about.

Well, it looks like I may be taking this topic from the theoretical to the literal… sort of. I’ve been asking my boys what they want to be for Halloween. Their answers fluctuate a bit — cowboy, dinosaur, Lightning McQueen — but the one costume they both always come back to is “butterfly.”

I know in the butterfly world there have to be some dudes. But, I also know they both want to be a butterfly because in the Halloween episode of Go Diego Go! Alicia was dressed as a butterfly. And her costume was pink. (For the record, Diego was a bat.)

They could land on some other costume before Halloween, but I’m already planning on taking two little butterflies around the neighborhood on Halloween. And that’s perfectly cool with me.

(NOTE: My wife pointed out Alicia’s costume was blue, not pink. So, I was wrong about that. However, it was a blue butterfly dress. So… there you go.)

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  1. yesterdayschild said: :D
  2. lolkay said: Make some kick-ass homemade butterfly wings! It’s easy to make your own, just sheer hose+wire hangers+paint. Or you could even introduce your little guys to lunar moths and use glow-in-the-dark paint!! So many options.
  3. pismolitoralis said: Mothra !
  4. falllingforward said: Reminds me of a comic I saw about ladybugs not actually all being ladies.
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  7. bigjon said: Williams says he wants to be a pirate for Halloween. But then again, last night he put on one or my wife’s bracelets and said he was a pretty princess, so we’ll see how it goes between now and then.
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