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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.[/quote]

Terribly grating. There is a woman in our neighborhood who uses it especially in her ND posts. “Here’s a fun activity for the kiddos if you can’t find anything for them to do!” But in her case it is used with an underlying almost anger. [/quote]

The use of kiddos and littles in neighborhood list serves is actually specifically where my annoyance comes from. I'm not even sure I register kiddos when used in casual conversation (people can call their own kids whatever they want and unless it's an insult, I'm unlikely to care). I don't personally know people who use littles in that way (and that's likely not a coincidence, as I don't hang with people who use a lot of cutesy terms like that).

But I belong to a couple parenting list serves for both my immediate neighborhood and also the larger area, and some people use these terms liberally in their posts and it comes off as so twee. The same people who use them tend to include a lot of extraneous info in their posts:

"My little was so in love with trains but, sadly, had a growth spurt right when I bought these adorable Hanna train-themed overalls and was only able to wear them once! I paid $55 but am offering for $30. Would love to see these land with someone else's train-loving kiddo!"

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It’s really about scoring $30. [/quote]

Their marketing tactics need work then. I assume someone who talks/writes like this is lying, and actually her "little" wore these overalls 100 times and probably peed in them twice, and she probably got them from a buy-nothing group for free. Meanwhile the lady who is like "barely worn overalls (my kid outgrew them immediately) in like-new condition, Hanna Andersson Spring '23, $30" is going to have better luck.[/quote]

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