• TTH4P@lemm.ee
    50·
    6 months ago

    I used to wet toilet paper and tissues and place them over the faces on my dolls, and then they would dry and harden and I could make masks. My mother expressed that this is not how we should play with dolls.

  • Dr_Box@lemmy.world
    21·
    6 months ago

    I got a 2 liter pepsi bottle and filled it with a bunch of crazy shit to try and make a potion. Things like toothpaste and ketchup and a bunch of other horrible stuff. Seeing it coagulate inside like some sort of homunculus made me think I was really onto something

    • some_random_nick@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      I tried something similar, but I was using small drops of parfume, some grass I plucked outside, other random organic stuff and a pot. The pot was on a lit stove. You can imagine how delightfully it must have smelled…

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    18·
    6 months ago

    No, I don’t remember a single instance of play pretending to be a bride. I do remember several of play pretending to be a Dad though. For the record - I’m still a straight woman, always been. I don’t know what lady in pink is going on about.

  • atomicorange@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 months ago

    I never pretended to be a bride. I didn’t see many weddings as a kid, so probably not a lot of reason to latch onto that. Plus, pretending to be a princess is much better! Fancy dress, but more color options and you also get to boss people around. Also, no lame boys needed.

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
      8·
      6 months ago

      I never played princess. I always wanted to play queen. Married, mature and with power, sounded like a much better deal.

  • Psythik@lemm.ee
    6·
    6 months ago

    Does anyone else find it weird that it’s not completely uncommon for pre-pubescent girls to fantasize about their wedding? Why are they thinking about marrying someone when they’re not even old enough to be attracted to people yet? Is there a biological reason for this?

    • groet@feddit.org
      5·
      6 months ago

      The “biological reason” is “societal preconditioning”. Its Disney movies, toys marketed towards small girls, television, social media…

      Despite many advancements in equality, marrying a rich man is still seen (and marketed) as a live goal for women.

      Also, wedding and princess are pretty mutch the same thing for a girl. Pretty dress, center of attention, presents, etc. Its not about “getting married”.

    • lenz@lemmy.ml
      5·
      6 months ago

      There is no biological reason because weddings are a social construct we made up in the first place. Not every human society even has weddings/marriage as a concept. It’s just purely societal conditioning that teaches little girls that marriage and having kids is the only future they can expect. I was never interested in marriage as a young child (duh), but my mother always talked as if that future was inevitable for me. It’s hard not to think about something everyone treats like fate.