"I love mustaches" tee shirt - does this suggest oral sex or am I being paranoid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mustaches are popular for whatever reason. I teach dance and have gotten texts from my older girls that day "I mustache you a question." It's also a drinking game to cut out mustaches, tape them to your tv, and drink anytime they line up with an actors mouth. Claire's uses to have a whole collection of mustache jewelry...mustache earrings, rubber bracelets, necklaces, etc.

Your daughters shirt is fine!

"Justice" (used to be Limited Too) also has a bunch of mustache jewelry. My DD (age 8) loves the mustache necklace she got there. Katy Perry (and I'm sure others) have also been playing around with mustaches. I'm someone can always find something sexual about attire but that doesn't mean most people do.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't let my kids wear it. But I do agree with the posters who suggest it's more of a hipster fad thing than an oral sex reference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's fine. I have no idea why, but the whole mustache thing is trendy right now. Older kids are getting mustache tattoos on their fingers. The t-shirts are everywhere. *sigh. This too shall pass.

Yep! Check out thinkgeek.com, urbanoutfitters, probably even forever 21 and you'll see evidence of this- moustaches are cool at the moment. No innuendoes implied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mustaches are popular for whatever reason. I teach dance and have gotten texts from my older girls that day "I mustache you a question." It's also a drinking game to cut out mustaches, tape them to your tv, and drink anytime they line up with an actors mouth. Claire's uses to have a whole collection of mustache jewelry...mustache earrings, rubber bracelets, necklaces, etc.

Your daughters shirt is fine!

"Justice" (used to be Limited Too) also has a bunch of mustache jewelry. My DD (age 8) loves the mustache necklace she got there. Katy Perry (and I'm sure others) have also been playing around with mustaches. I'm someone can always find something sexual about attire but that doesn't mean most people do.

Katy Perry isn't a role model I'd want my daughter idolizing.

[Anonymous]

Even if it isn't perceived as an oral sex joke, a tween wearing a shirt expressing affection for a type of male is inappropriate. I'd get rid of it, just because of how it could be perceived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one under 35 has ever gotten oral sex from anybody with a moustache. It's a t shirt about hipsters. Moustaches are very hipster these days.

PP is right. I have a lot of hipster friends. Moustaches are the thing right now. The shirt isn't a big deal. I'd never think of any connection to oral sex if I saw it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one under 35 has ever gotten oral sex from anybody with a moustache. It's a t shirt about hipsters. Moustaches are very hipster these days.

PP is right. I have a lot of hipster friends. Moustaches are the thing right now. The shirt isn't a big deal. I'd never think of any connection to oral sex if I saw it.

The mustache that is being referred to is not the mustache on the face. Mustache and 'stache are also used as slang for pubic hair. Hence the connection to oral sex.

[Anonymous]

Your comments remind me of my mom telling me only druggies listened to Led Zeppelin and satanic worshippers listened to STYX.

I mustache you a question? What say you about unicorns?

[Anonymous]

I'm the OP. It seems like there is still a lot of confusion surrounding the mustache. I'm very glad that the shirt magically disappeared from our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the Natty Boh stache!

OP, it's cute BUT probably going to get the boys to heckle your daughter due to the well known innuendo.

I'd say no to the shirt.

Haha well known innuendo? I am 26 and never called that a mustache ride because kids don't have mustaches these days! The Tweens and teens I work with have learned things like "the square root of 69 is ate something" thanks to Rihanna. They don't know what "eating carpet" or "carpet munching" is either.

Dear 26 year old,

Are you familiar with the word euphemism? I'm afraid to tell you that a mustache isn't "literally" needed to use this phrase in a sexual way.

Also, this mustache stuff originated with No Shave November two years ago.

[Anonymous]

Now that the mustache has made its way to a birthday party theme, I think it's very mainstream and not at all menacing: http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Little-Man-Mustache-1st-Party-Supplies/84348/PartyKitDetail.aspx

[Anonymous]

If you can mysteriously disappear stuff, I'll bet your kid can find ways to sneak it to school. Honesty works better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one under 35 has ever gotten oral sex from anybody with a moustache. It's a t shirt about hipsters. Moustaches are very hipster these days.

PP is right. I have a lot of hipster friends. Moustaches are the thing right now. The shirt isn't a big deal. I'd never think of any connection to oral sex if I saw it.

The mustache that is being referred to is not the mustache on the face. Mustache and 'stache are also used as slang for pubic hair. Hence the connection to oral sex.

When has 'mustache' ever been slang for pubes? A mustache ride is about the hair on a man's face. I just watched The Forsyte Saga and the woman talks about mustaches tickling "not where you think".... That is the connection to oral sex.


The hipster mustache trend is about being as ugly/weird as possible and still "cool," it fits right in with photo booths and Instagram filters. The retro-Tom Selleck vibe is alive and well among some of the <30 crowd. That said, OP, if you see the shirt and think of oral sex, it should be returned for your sake.

[Anonymous]

http://m.urbandictionary.com/#define?term=mustache

[Anonymous]

Yes, you are being paranoid. It's a silly hipster trend, nothing more.