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Mr S,
Sorry, you misunderstand me.
I was bullied at school for wearing glasses, not here at the cafe.
I would never say that I enjoyed my schooldays.
A dress code that includes jeans, I really see how that creates more problems than it will ever solve.
Steve.

Barleymower wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 12:08 pm Quality bedding Steve. You can't cut corners on sheets.

I'd say that depends on who is between them BM.
Steve.

Gods, that woman has one annoying voice, but she makes a point. Historically, in different periods and cultures, skirts and dresses as we know them now were not "woman's wear". Most of the modern problem with men in skirts is that they are. Try the concept of human wear with lots of people...

Mr S, We mentioned eye glasses/spectacles in another thread, I got my share of bullying for that. Had jeans been the accepted wear for school and I wore trousers, that also would have made me a target. The consequences of wearing a skirt, worse, very very bad! Kids, especially boys are pack animals,...

I would never have been allowed to wear jeans at school, but girls had to wear skirts.
We would have been sent home to change and there would have been punishment, corporal for boys and academic for girls.
Steve.

Like it or not - we don’t all get “our own truth”. There is but one truth in every conversation. Present however you want, live as you wish, but don’t expect me to accept who you pretend to be if you couldn’t accept who you are. I am happy to say that I don't really give a damn about what you choos...

I’ve been here a long time (this forum) and very much appreciate one’s ability to dress as one chooses; however, it’s incredibly irresponsible for adults to participate in this madness. This is not a transgender girl - this is a boy. The biology is quite simple. Lying to our youth is dangerous. Who...

There was a recent national news story about a boy commit suicide after being receiving constant bulling over his eyewear. This is another common trauma a child face. This type of bulling being happening over the last 70 years and counting. I was five years old when I got spectacles/eye glasses. Ne...

When it comes to children, their official name should be chosen or approved by their parents. Imagine if a child decided to call himself "Hitler" or "Dracula". I have known of names officially chosen and given the parental stamp of approval which are worse than that Stu. EG Moon...

Stevie/Mouse, how about being Governors in Secondary Schools? Isnt that where the help is needed more? No school governors in Scotland BM and I wouldn't go for it anyway. My reaction here was largely based on the comments about a kid making "demands". "Seeking permission" means ...

Are we men just boring, or do we just have no imagination? I was exercising that "imagination" at 5 years old, and look at the trouble it caused. Men aren't boring, but, even now, boys are not encouraged to explore life in the ways that girls are. Girls can be positively tomboyish, ever h...

All sources had consequences. Indeed they did Mouse, and well we knew at the most fundamental and instinctive levels. Effective, don't share, tell or even ask, and trust no one. Looking back, I didn't actually give a rat's ass about discrimination against "boykind", in my world I was a ma...

I am speaking for the seven or so year old me here, and maybe it is more representative than you may think. Yes, I should have been able to demand that I was addressed and treated as a girl. The sad bloody fact is that I was too scared to ask nicely and suffered the consequences. Where I am now is i...

When I was a boy back during the 1960s, I had already felt stultified/suffocated by the Man-Box. Grok, I knew I was stuck back then too and the box didn't even exist. To everyone else, the major difference for todays youth is information, we had very little, they have too much. Our commonality, is ...

The name Andrew has a Greek origin and means “manly” or “brave.” It dates back to ancient times and was popular among Greek-speaking people. Interestingly, it’s also believed that the name Andrew was used among the Scythians, a nomadic people who roamed the Eurasian steppe in ancient times1. The Eng...