Tough Enough to Wear Pink....

Damocles

Damocles

Accedo!
Staff member
So, I get all prepared, put on my pink shirt, go out in public and everything.... I come back home proud of my accomplishment (not much of one I wear the shirt regularly, but hey... give me credit anyway) I'm wearing it to support my Grandma Shaw, who passed from breast cancer a few years ago.

So I get home all proud of myself for supporting Grandma...

I point out my massive accomplishment to my family at the dinner table when we do our, "What was your favorite part of today?" (We do this every dinnertime... It's an awesomely painful tradition where my daughters all try desperately to get out of finding something good that happened today.)

Only to hear my eldest daughter saying, "That's not pink, it's salmon."

I felt so deflated. Sorry Grandma. It was salmon. :(
 
Darla said:
That's okay it still counts.

Have to admit when I read the title I thought you were coming out. Or as some would say, finally coming out.
Click to expand...

LOL. Do you really believe I would ever be bashful enough to hang in the closet?
 
Pink-Wallpaper-pink-color-898014_1280_1024.jpg


Pink

cc-00.JPG


Salmon
 
It is strange how fashions change, pink used to be considered to be a male colour and blue was female.

In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s[SUP][12][/SUP] or earlier.[SUP][13][/SUP] An article in the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department in June 1918 said: "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."[SUP][14][/SUP] From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16][/SUP][SUP][17][/SUP] Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.[SUP][18]

[/SUP]
Click to expand...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink

http://kottke.org/11/04/pink-used-to-be-a-boys-color
 
Red is a strong color, the color of socialism and fascism. Blue is the color of pussy conservatives.

In America, this pattern still repeats itself, with our conservatives being blue and our neo-fascists being red. Our socialists and liberals are nowhere in sight.
 
Damocles said:
So, I get all prepared, put on my pink shirt, go out in public and everything.... I come back home proud of my accomplishment (not much of one I wear the shirt regularly, but hey... give me credit anyway) I'm wearing it to support my Grandma Shaw, who passed from breast cancer a few years ago.

So I get home all proud of myself for supporting Grandma...

I point out my massive accomplishment to my family at the dinner table when we do our, "What was your favorite part of today?" (We do this every dinnertime... It's an awesomely painful tradition where my daughters all try desperately to get out of finding something good that happened today.)

Only to hear my eldest daughter saying, "That's not pink, it's salmon."

I felt so deflated. Sorry Grandma. It was salmon. :(
Click to expand...

Grandma is proud of you, sorry for your loss.
 
Damocles said:
So, I get all prepared, put on my pink shirt, go out in public and everything.... I come back home proud of my accomplishment (not much of one I wear the shirt regularly, but hey... give me credit anyway) I'm wearing it to support my Grandma Shaw, who passed from breast cancer a few years ago.

So I get home all proud of myself for supporting Grandma...

I point out my massive accomplishment to my family at the dinner table when we do our, "What was your favorite part of today?" (We do this every dinnertime... It's an awesomely painful tradition where my daughters all try desperately to get out of finding something good that happened today.)

Only to hear my eldest daughter saying, "That's not pink, it's salmon."

I felt so deflated. Sorry Grandma. It was salmon. :(
Click to expand...
Relax Damo....Salmon is a shade of pink. :)
 
Damocles said:
Just so y'all know.

I miss my grandma. I'm sad today.
Click to expand...
I can relate Damo. My grandmother had exploratory surgery on my 17th birthday and was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. She died 3 months later. My Grandfather preceded her by a year. He died on my 16th b-day from a peptic ulcer. For a long time I didn't celebrate my b-day.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top