other literal children were asking me

It’s crazy how early kids start to pick up on gender role shit.

When I was in first grade in the mid 90s, i liked to cook with my mom and grandmother so my mom bought me an ez bake oven bc she thought it would be a simple fun thing for me at that age.

Anyway I was talking about it to my friend and at 5 or 6 i already felt the pressure to denounce it to my male friend and was like “haha yeah my mom bought me a girl toy.”

My mom over heard me and felt like she messed up and was probably embarrassed so she said we could take it back no worries, but the tragic thing is I was genuinely super excited to play with that toy with my mom. It still breaks my heart thinking about it and how insensitive I was about it.