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Ophelia
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Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
so, I had Luce at the mall yesterday and a mom and her teen daughter were over the moon for him.
the mom used basically every synonym for good looking in the book and finally said "he is just so PRETTY".
after she said that, she looked taken aback at her own word, and apologized saying "I shouldn't have really said that" since he is a boy.
I laughed and told her we were macho enough to take "pretty" as a compliment, and we went on our separate ways.
but I was just curious...DO people find the use of "pretty" for a baby boy as offensive? I know it has slightly feminine connotations (especially as they get older) but her reaction was so strong it had me thinking maybe it's a big NO NO for a boy.
how would you feel?
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summerBaby10
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I wouldn't be offended... I'd take it to mean the same as gorgeous.
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:18 AM |
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Linda1003
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
People have called John that..nah..doesn't bother me. they are complimenting my son.. don't care what words they use to do it!!
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:19 AM |
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beachgirl
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
We have a pretty boy over here too and get asked if he is a girl a lot...it drives DH nuts when a stranger calls him pretty but I take it as a compliment!
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:19 AM |
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jxnoscar
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
Our boys ARE pretty. If I put him in purple, he would be the pretty!
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:20 AM |
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Ang-Rich
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I wouldn't think twice about it but DH always tells me not to call the baby boys "beautiful" so he gave me a complex about saying it. 
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:20 AM |
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EricaAlt
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I don't think it would bother me at all. I use that term when talking about some guys I know. They're pretty boys... I'm actually attracted to "pretty boys." 
Leo DiCaprio... pretty boy and I love him 
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:22 AM |
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ABCiverson
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I must admit I have used it for boys before (even though I knew they were boys).
My son was wearing a yellow tractor outfit that said "I dig trucks" and a woman once said "she is beautiful" and I told her he was a boy. She then said "Sorry, I thought he was too pretty to be a boy"  In that sense I found it offensive. But I wouldn't have in any other normal way
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Bxgell2
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I think all babies are pretty homogenous looking until about a year, if even that, and are all pretty, boys and girls 
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avamamma
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
No, not at all. I call Brody a 'beautiful man" all the time.
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jambalady
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
my DS is definitely "pretty". He'd make a beautiful little girl but is just as good looking as a boy.
I take zero offense!
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:24 AM |
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EckoRed81504
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I don't have a boy but I'd take it as a compliment. You knew what she meant.
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DRMom
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I would not take it offensively but no one has ever said it. One Mom said they looked like "rough and tumble boys" whatever that means
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:25 AM |
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Peainapod
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
i wouldnt be b/c i use the term beautiful when describing men sometimes.
but my DH who is the mans man..would probably be offended..LOL.
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:25 AM |
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carissa1643
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I wouldnt mind at all. Boys can be pretty and beautiful.
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:26 AM |
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mrsgafforio
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
Doesn't bother me!
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| Posted 5/3/10 11:26 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I don't think it's offensive at all. It is a more specific kind of attractiveness in my mind though. Both of my kids are good looking (to me). But Robbie isn't pretty - he's handsome. Noah is more pretty than he is handsome.
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Janice
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
i have a pretty boy. first, he is called a girl. i say, he's a boy. oh but he's so pretty.
never bothered me...bothered josh though at christmas...santa asked if he was a boy or girl.
he was mortified.
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Diana1215
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
When my DH does something really stupid I tell him "You're lucky you're so pretty"
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LaurenExp
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
Lots of people have said DH is "pretty" or "beautiful" and I don't mind. As long as he's not a "pretty boy" when he's older, call him whatever you like!
If I were you I'd take it as a compliment that I tend to agree with 
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oneday
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I don't think so. I call DS beautiful all the time - DH doesn't care either, but my brother for some reason thinks you can't call a boy beautiful. So, I'd imagine he'd feel the same about "pretty."
So funny you asked this b/c Saturday we were with family and my cousin said DS was just "So pretty" and she apologized but said he'd have to get used to it. 
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MST9106
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I always get comments that my DS is so "pretty" that he can pass as a girl...I take it as a compliment. He does have soft features.
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sweetie
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
I don't mind but if you tell ds (2 1/2) that he's pretty, he'll yell & say no, I'm ugly! He only wants to be called handsome
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mamallama
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
My boys have blue eyes with long eyelashes so I get the pretty comment a lot, and I take it as a compliment
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LittleBlueBug
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Re: Moms of boys...is "pretty" offensive?
Posted by Dani10
I wouldn't be offended... I'd take it to mean the same as gorgeous.
ITA
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