I don't agree with you, Vanilla. I think my skirt length is OK. My son is not so small and his eyes are not at less height then my skirt edge.
Maybe it is the Ex, but he's the only man likely to make bitchy comments about your clothes and if it is him, you can find out from your son and then you should confront him about it. Apart from anything else, neither you or your ex should be criticising each other to your son. It's not fair on him as he presumably loves you both and will be hurt by negative comments. I still think it's the bitches though!
Hell, if that skirt is about as short as your skirts get, then I'm fairly certain your son is likely just mimicking something he heard someone else hear. You've got the legs for skirts, so you rock those skirts. Maybe you need to talk to your son one on one and see if you can get him to tell you exactly what about the skirts bothers him. You might find out a lot more than you'd think. Make a special day just the two of you, wear something that shows a little less leg, and make the day about him and you might be able to figure out what it is that is bothering him and give him the reassurance he needs.
He s a dude though you are never going to completely understand whats going through his head, you'd be surprised what they pick up on at that age and they've already learned to modify their behaviour around different people. I can remember having to open a can of whoopass on certain schoolmates in reference to comments about my cousins and mom at that age He also is capable of his own train of thought, dont solely assume hes mimicking others
The matter is the child jealousy. I began to meet with my boyfriend last june. And my son had never critisized me before last june. Firstly he didn't want that I put on mini-skirt when I met with my boyfriend. And now he does't care about my minis if we go out without BF. 4 or 5 year old boy has enough brains to understand that I am going to flirt if I put on short skirt. Yes, he saied he didn't like that my BF had kissed me on cheek once.
maybe your boyfriend could help out....if it was me i would be making a tremendous effort to bond with the kid so as to ease his little worried and jealous mind........i would make damn sure that he knew that i was his friend and i would make sure he felt safe around me...and momma too....it is not that hard to get a 5 year old talking about what is bothering them..
Of course, my boyfriend is not indifferent about this. He tries to strengthen relations with son. I'm sure all will be good.
He's probably just insecure about possible changes to his life and his relationship with you. He doesn't know what is going to happen. He doesn't understand sexual relationships. A lot of things are scary at his age. He would rather have all of your attention, but he can adjust to getting a little less. Why?
Lol, why the assumption thats a good thing. If he thinks your boyfriend is a douche, nothing you or your boyfriend do is going to change that. Does he know his real dad? If not are the real daes family still in the picture, brothers, his grandad? Or even your dad? If the boyfriend is a safe nancy boy compared to them the difference is obvious. Hes comparing every other guy in his life, even Buzz Lightyear or GI Joe to your boyfriend. At school he's going to get 'my dads a fireman, well my dads in the army, well my dads a policeman he could arrest your dads' Its entirely possible that he might just want to kick your boyfriends head in, but isnt big enough to do so yet It is also entirely possible that he may actually be better at picking your boyfriends than you are. He's not going to be blinded by 'Oh but I sooooo love him ooooh ooooh ow'. So if things dont go so well between them, pay attention to that, whats the real reason? Likely it has nothing to do with you or stuff you've just assumed cos mommies supposed to know best
Very well put on both accounts! He'll adjust, if you pander too much to him he'll just become too demanding and that won't be good for him or you. And wear what you are comfortable with yourself and don't be put off by attempts at "slut-shaming". I wear skirts as short as that and I never wear panties. So what? Nobody's forcing anyone to look up your skirt.
He didn't want that I put on mini-skirt because we (I and my BF) didn't pay enough attention to him. He felt I changed my behaviour during my dates with BF. After we had talked this over, my son agreed that there is nothing wrong or bad in wearing mini-skirts. He understood I would always love him and nothing would change when I'd marry my BF.
Come on, seriously, you are talking to your son about your mini skirts? Either let it go or you might as well enrol him in tap dancing lessons now
But are you giving your son the attention he needs when the boyfriend is around? Despite what Vanilla Gorilla is insinuating, boys who grow up typically masculine and loving and respecting women as people need a strong bond with the first woman in their life. ( this is true of all sexual orientations) Especially at almost 5. They have to be secure to separate well. If kiddo sees that you act differently in certain clothes, you need to ask yourself if you mean to.
At 5, you can shape his mind into believing whatever you want him to, regarding miniskirts, or most anything else. I wouldn't put weight into it.