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Basically, like traditional toys meant for boys or girls.
Do you think that children should be allowed to play with whichever toys they please? Is it only ok for certain ages to do this? Do you think it's only ok for girls to play "boy" toys and boys should not play "girls" toys? Is it ok for either as long as they're not colored for "boys" (like in blue) or girls (like pink/purple)? If you have kids, or are planning to, would you only force them to play their respective gender toys?

I had this guy come in the bar and I asked him how his Christmas went. Not well apparently.

His wife bought an E Z Bake oven for their nephew. The mother didn't care so much, but the dad freaked out. He said that it was "gay" and that he didn't want his son playing with "girl" toys. The aunt asked if it would be better if it were a different color (not pink) and he said no. It's a "gir's" toy.
The little boy is 5 and in kindergarten. He has a little girlfriend and they play house a lot. Sometimes he "cooks" for her, and sometimes she "cooks" for him. They have tea parties together, and they hold hands. Typical kindergarten bf/gf behavior.
The father likes that he has a girlfriend, but doesn't like him play cooking, play cleaning, and especially not the tea parties. The little boy thinks they're fun. He's not being "forced" by his girlfriend, as at home he will even play tea parties with his aunt (who bought the EZ Bake oven for him). He likes "boy" toys as well, like cars or robots or whatever, but he likes "girl" toys a bit more.

The dad took it away from him and gave it to his daughter. She doesn't seem to interested in it because she's like 12 already. He's still crying about it and I feel bad that some people are so insecure as to not let their kids have fun :/

So what do y'all think? Would you react the same way?

I've been dating someone on and off for over a year and a half, we've dated other people intermittently in this time, but we always seem to fallback to each other. I've always known that my feelings for him were stronger than what he feels for me, which is partially why we've never really worked out long term. Its just crazy to me that after all this time & after dating other people we always come back to eachother. Our relationship has been rocky, passionate, and complicated to say the least. We're both single and have been "hooking up" very far and few in between for months (since he and his last girlfriend broke up in august).

I recently bought him an expensive item of clothing from his fave brand for Christmas, but im having second thoughts on giving it to him based on the fact that he hasn't been there for me lately. Things are reasonably good between us ( we saw eachother a couple of days ago and had an amazing sleepover & great sex) however i've been going through some hard times and he just hasn't been there for me or put in much of an effort outside of when we're together in Person. I even vocalised that I needed him at this time, & he really hasn't been putting in much effort to contact me or even ask how im doing. Do you think I should give him the gift I bought? I know he would probably really appreciate it and possibly even see me in a different light because despite our differences I thought of him enough to pick out exactly what he likes.. On the other hand I dont want to be looked at as a doormat who will go out of my way for him with nothing in return. If you were in his shoes how would you react to recieving a gift like that? and Secondly should I give him the gift ultimately or not? Is it weird to give someone you're not officially dating a gift like that, I do consider him a friend? I just dont even know.