What do people mean when they say, 'He's all boy'?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

How can you not understand what it means then?

It's been around forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

It bothered you so much that you came up with some stupid line about a princess costume...

It's OP's underhanded way of saying, "Boys and girls are exactly alike." Just wait, OP.

[Anonymous]

It's what people say when their boy is OOC.

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[Anonymous]

I can see where you're coming from, OP. It doesn't bother me at all but it is strange sometimes since it's clearly describing a personality/behavior type that plenty of girls have too. Not a big deal though. If it bug you, say "oh, well, looks like my Larla's all-boy too!"

[Anonymous]

LOL. I always inwardly roll my eyes at this. People just need something to say...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

It bothered you so much that you came up with some stupid line about a princess costume...

It's OP's underhanded way of saying, "Boys and girls are exactly alike." Just wait, OP.

No, I do not think this, at all. I agree that many boys gravitate toward trucks or whatever. But so do girls. And plenty of boys like Elsa and Anna. I don't feel the need to say SHE'S ALLLLL GIRRRRRLLLLL every time my DD picks up her tea set.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

+2. People say it about my son all the time, and I've actually said it too. The above is what everybody mean. No big whoop. I do not understand the umbrage.

[Anonymous]

Taken at face value, as others have said, it basically means this kid does all the narrowly stereotypical "boy" things. I guess the equivalent would be calling a girl a "girly girl." If you laugh ironically, and don't seem to care, I wouldn't read anything into it.

Now when you look at your boy and a neighbor girl playing the exact same "boy" thing together and you feel compelled to keep repeating that he's all boy, I'd start to suspect that you have some rigid ideas underneath it all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

+2. People say it about my son all the time, and I've actually said it too. The above is what everybody mean. No big whoop. I do not understand the umbrage.

What you don't seem to understand is the meaning of the word "umbrage." Asking a question is different from expressing umbrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

It bothered you so much that you came up with some stupid line about a princess costume...

It's OP's underhanded way of saying, "Boys and girls are exactly alike." Just wait, OP.

No, I do not think this, at all. I agree that many boys gravitate toward trucks or whatever. But so do girls. And plenty of boys like Elsa and Anna. I don't feel the need to say SHE'S ALLLLL GIRRRRRLLLLL every time my DD picks up her tea set.

Maybe they're not as smart as you? Or maybe you don't have experience with boys, since you yourself were a girl growing up, and now you have a daughter?....

[Anonymous]

I would like to recommend to you all the documentary film "The Mask You Live In," which I think I saw streaming on Netflix. It's a really fascinating and insightful look at what it means to grow up to be a man in the U.S.

http://therepresentationproject.org/film/the-mask-you-live-in/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

It bothered you so much that you came up with some stupid line about a princess costume...

It's OP's underhanded way of saying, "Boys and girls are exactly alike." Just wait, OP.

No, I do not think this, at all. I agree that many boys gravitate toward trucks or whatever. But so do girls. And plenty of boys like Elsa and Anna. I don't feel the need to say SHE'S ALLLLL GIRRRRRLLLLL every time my DD picks up her tea set.

Maybe they're not as smart as you? Or maybe you don't have experience with boys, since you yourself were a girl growing up, and now you have a daughter?....

I also have a brother, a nephew, and seven younger boy cousins who were essentially like nephews to me because of age and family proximity. I also was a camp counselor at a coed camp. But thanks for playing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like to recommend to you all the documentary film "The Mask You Live In," which I think I saw streaming on Netflix. It's a really fascinating and insightful look at what it means to grow up to be a man in the U.S.

http://therepresentationproject.org/film/the-mask-you-live-in/

My experience raising boys is that they are "boyish" all by themselves. They don't have to be taught it at all. I didn't teach them to love playing with guns or trucks. All those stereotypical "boy" things came out of them unassisted. I'm sure there is a spectrum and most boys fall somewhere along it, and maybe some parents actually do teach -- or even force -- their boys to be "boyish" but I don't know of any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It means they are mostly into stereotypical boy activities and likely have a ton of energy.

This. Nothing to get offended over.

I didn't say I was offended. I asked what it meant.

It bothered you so much that you came up with some stupid line about a princess costume...

It's OP's underhanded way of saying, "Boys and girls are exactly alike." Just wait, OP.

No, I do not think this, at all. I agree that many boys gravitate toward trucks or whatever. But so do girls. And plenty of boys like Elsa and Anna. I don't feel the need to say SHE'S ALLLLL GIRRRRRLLLLL every time my DD picks up her tea set.

Maybe they're not as smart as you? Or maybe you don't have experience with boys, since you yourself were a girl growing up, and now you have a daughter?....

I also have a brother, a nephew, and seven younger boy cousins who were essentially like nephews to me because of age and family proximity. I also was a camp counselor at a coed camp. But thanks for playing!

Same here, plus I was a tomboy. Then I had boys. Big eye-opener.....