How do I explain to my brother that it's perfectly fine for me as a 39 yr old mom of 3(2 live with me) there 13 and 10- that if I've loved disney since i was a child and now collect and use whatever disney resort mugs and disney dishes i find at my local thrift store is "PERFECTLY OK".. he thinks im being "childish" and the WDW Resort Mugs are made "for only children"..
He wants me to get rid of it ALL and use just white boring Corral Dishes only.
I love my Disney dishes and don't want to throw them all away.
How do I convince him that I can keep the ones I love the most????😭💔😭💔😭💔

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There were two women employed in the office where I worked - best friends who were joined at the hip.

Yeah, I think they were probably more than just "best friends".

Entirely possible, but they never came out at work. And they did appear to have a strange attraction to cartoon princes.
But maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care for branded apparel on anybody, but especially adults. That gigantic "CK" (or whatever) logo on your cheaply made sweatshop hoodie does not make you look "classy" or "successful," it just makes you look trashy. It also marks you as a consumerist drone without a single independent thought in your itty-bitty little pointy head.

Where are you meeting people with tiny pointy heads?

At the Disney Store, for starters.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wardrobe is pretty chic, but I do have one vintage black on grey Mickey shirt that I sometimes wear on a weekend with tight dark jeans and a leather jacket. I get a lot of compliments when I wear it, but I’d wear it anyway. It’s possible to incorporate fun items into a wardrobe and look carefree as opposed to cringe.

But what you describe doesn't sound carefree at all. It sounds like a carefully crafted look in black and gray with a single Micky Mouse image for "whimsy". To me this is similar to people who buy "vintage" band tees at Target or Old Navy. Like, I know you think it makes you look "cool" but we are all very aware you didn't find that faded Stones tee at a garage sale or inherit it from you dad.

At least the overzealous Disney people with their Minnie Mouse keychains and Disney logo jeans or whatever are being authentic to something. I might not like it, but their interest is genuine. Whereas it feels like you are trying to borrow someone else's authenticity.

Believe it or not, people older than you exist and we bought our band shirts at concerts. [b]

+ 1 million. That's precious.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't care for branded apparel on anybody, but especially adults. That gigantic "CK" (or whatever) logo on your cheaply made sweatshop hoodie does not make you look "classy" or "successful," it just makes you look trashy. It also marks you as a consumerist drone without a single independent thought in your itty-bitty little pointy head.

You must have a lot of friends, and I’m sure people enjoy your company.

Thanks! As a matter of fact, you're right on both counts.

Anonymous wrote:I don't care for branded apparel on anybody, but especially adults. That gigantic "CK" (or whatever) logo on your cheaply made sweatshop hoodie does not make you look "classy" or "successful," it just makes you look trashy. It also marks you as a consumerist drone without a single independent thought in your itty-bitty little pointy head.

Where are you meeting people with tiny pointy heads?

Life is difficult. Let people enjoy things. It harms no one.

I buy Hello Kitty Band-Aids. They're cute.

Anonymous wrote:There were two women employed in the office where I worked - best friends who were joined at the hip.

Yeah, I think they were probably more than just "best friends".

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Anonymous wrote:My answer to this is the same as so many other questions about what other adults choose to do... why do you care? I will never understand why you care enough to label them good or bad. I don't care what other adult women wear. I care about what I wear.

This is the obvious correct answer.

I have a very cute Mickey fitted tee that I used to wear with jeans….in my mid-late 30s. It’s no big deal.

Worry about your own clothes.

Meh. In reality, sure. On DCUM? I'm gonna judge, and I'm gonna Snark.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hell yea I wear Disney. Also a ton of MCU. And I’m almost 40 😁

Life’s too short to care what a bunch of uptight fuddy duddies think. Wear what makes you happy!

I think this is what bothers me about it. That something so corporate, so packaged, so sanitized, so childish is embraced by adults. I dearly wish that we as a culture embraced adulthood instead of calling adults “uptight fuddy duddies.” It’s just arrested development and a brand in lieu of a personality.

George Will calls it "the infantilization of America," and it's about the only subject on which we agree.

George Will has a stick so far up his ass, he can taste pine in the back of his throat.

Anonymous wrote:I don't care for branded apparel on anybody, but especially adults. That gigantic "CK" (or whatever) logo on your cheaply made sweatshop hoodie does not make you look "classy" or "successful," it just makes you look trashy. It also marks you as a consumerist drone without a single independent thought in your itty-bitty little pointy head.

You must have a lot of friends, and I’m sure people enjoy your company.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hell yea I wear Disney. Also a ton of MCU. And I’m almost 40 😁

Life’s too short to care what a bunch of uptight fuddy duddies think. Wear what makes you happy!

I think this is what bothers me about it. That something so corporate, so packaged, so sanitized, so childish is embraced by adults. I dearly wish that we as a culture embraced adulthood instead of calling adults “uptight fuddy duddies.” It’s just arrested development and a brand in lieu of a personality.

George Will calls it "the infantilization of America," and it's about the only subject on which we agree.

I don't care for branded apparel on anybody, but especially adults. That gigantic "CK" (or whatever) logo on your cheaply made sweatshop hoodie does not make you look "classy" or "successful," it just makes you look trashy. It also marks you as a consumerist drone without a single independent thought in your itty-bitty little pointy head.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wardrobe is pretty chic, but I do have one vintage black on grey Mickey shirt that I sometimes wear on a weekend with tight dark jeans and a leather jacket. I get a lot of compliments when I wear it, but I’d wear it anyway. It’s possible to incorporate fun items into a wardrobe and look carefree as opposed to cringe.

But what you describe doesn't sound carefree at all. It sounds like a carefully crafted look in black and gray with a single Micky Mouse image for "whimsy". To me this is similar to people who buy "vintage" band tees at Target or Old Navy. Like, I know you think it makes you look "cool" but we are all very aware you didn't find that faded Stones tee at a garage sale or inherit it from you dad.

At least the overzealous Disney people with their Minnie Mouse keychains and Disney logo jeans or whatever are being authentic to something. I might not like it, but their interest is genuine. Whereas it feels like you are trying to borrow someone else's authenticity.

Believe it or not, people older than you exist and we bought our band shirts at concerts.