I don’t classify dolls for girls and action figures for boys. My “doll” classification has to do with how the figure is being used, not the doll or user’s genders. If your Barbie is having adventures, I (just me, I'm not stating fact, I'm sharing opinion) would not classify that as playing dolls. Playing with dolls in…

And yet, I can still have my own experience of normal.

Yeah, me too, with GI Joes and stuff. I don’t classify that as playing dolls. I mean, it’s technically “playing” with “dolls” but I think of that more as world building or role playing or something.

You know that part in Ghostbusters where Bill Murray is like, “Egon, what have you got?” And Egon says, “I’m terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought”?

See? Why couldn’t everyone else just share their experience without some comment implying I’m some kind of jerk. I mean, I know I played the ?? which is slightly harsh but I did immediately clarify that my experience was not universal and that I’m supportive of other people with different experiences.

No, I’m very aware that girls (and boys!) might play differently with all manner of toys, including dolls.

Ok first, I’m really flattered that you think I look like a man, but really, I’m not.

Same.

Exactly......I just didn’t really think people like that existed. That someone would look at this little mini-journ and think, “She should definitely be at home, practicing being a wife and mother.”

Because for fat girls, everything is more expensive. They needed to make up for the cost of using more paper, because fat girls take up more space on the page. How are we ever going to convince them that they need to lose weight if we don’t make everything harder, more embarrassing, or more expensive?

Let’s be real here, they should have just put, “Fat Girls We Consider Pretty and Successful Even Though They Are Obviously Fat,” since that’s clearly what they meant. No disrespect to fat girls, of whom I am one. And no disrespect to girls that are above average weight and object to being called fat. I personally…

LOL! I will say that my Barbies did not date Ken. My mom got my brother a Michael Jackson doll and Indiana Jones doll that were both the same height as Barbie and I promptly appropriated them. MJ was always an evil kidnapper or abusive boyfriend because his microphone hand fit perfectly around Barbie’s bicep.…

I don’t think so, because I was still playing Joes at 9 with my brother and cousins, but dolls weren’t fun anymore. I guess I classify something as a doll if the main thing you do with it is dress it in different clothes and make it go on dates.

*sad trombone* is practically my personal soundtrack.

Again.....I totally did not mean to imply that it was in any way wrong to play with dolls at any age. Just, in my experience, most girls are done with it at 9. And then they redevelop the love sometime in adulthood when they realize that being able to spend your money any way you want includes buying yourself toys.

As I said, it’s still cool if you want to play with dolls or collect them at any age, I just don’t think it’s the norm. And most men will tell you that action figures don’t count as dolls - I don’t count them as dolls. And definitely I was still playing Joes with my brother and cousins at 9.

Thank God......I guess?

As I said, it’s still cool if you want to play with dolls or collect them, I just don’t think it’s the norm. And as every man will tell you, action figures don’t count as dolls.

As if these people weren’t ridiculous enough - what kind of girl is still playing with dolls at 9?? I mean, I’m sure some are, and that’s cool, but the majority of 9 year old girls aren’t into dolls anymore.

I literally am 37 and feel like I am too young to date a 37 year old. I get hit on by a 45 year old and I feel like I’m being preyed upon by a pervert. “But he’s old.” I don’t know who I think I’m fooling, besides myself.