r/teenagers • u/personthatisapersons 17 • 2d ago

Advice My mother keeps insisting I wear this hoodie, cause she bought it

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I can't stand it, partially because it had something to do with a baby shower which was before I was born anyway

But mostly because it's AI slop, probably made in a sweatshop, and it's not even that warm or comfortable

Any reason I give is instantly shut down, per usual

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u/FemboyUwU67 2d ago

Don't wear that, that is bully bait, it's a trap

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u/personthatisapersons 17 2d ago

Whats Bully Bait? If you don't mind me asking, and like how is it a trap?

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u/FemboyUwU67 2d ago

Bully bait is basically something that will make you more likely to be bullied, whether it be an item, clothes, or a part of your body, as for how it's a trap, it's a trap sent by your mom bc it's bully bait (I was joking about the trap part originally tho figured I would just clarify what I ment)

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u/personthatisapersons 17 2d ago

Ah okay, thanks, my friends do infact laugh at it, but they try and give advice, usually, theres some friends I know that would shit on me for it.

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u/IdealDesperate2732 2d ago

could you have one of your friends "steal" it? Borrow it and never return it.

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u/RedGuy143 OLD 1d ago

honestly good idea

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u/FemboyUwU67 2d ago

Yea that means u have good friends

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u/Zanytiger6 OLD 2d ago

A bully will find any reason to make fun of you. It’s like saying pride pins and flags are “bully bait”

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u/smoke_grass_eat_ass 1d ago

Pride pins and stuff have a purpose behind them. This is just an ugly monkey pic.

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u/Ok-Leopard-7038 1d ago

Never really understood the pins and flags, personally. If you're gay just be yourself and be gay. No need for the adornments and trinkets but to each their own, i guess.

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u/DahliaDominates 1d ago

At least for me, someone who grew up wear it wasn’t super accepted to be queer, it was a way that I could say “hey, you aren’t alone” to the closeted queer people

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u/grntq 2d ago

Is it something American? I genuinely don't get what's wrong with the hoodie

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u/crowmasternumbertwo 2d ago

He’s 17, bullies shouldn’t be an issue at that age. People at my school wear pokemon backpacks and no one cares because it’s ironic. Just own it.

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u/FemboyUwU67 1d ago

I'm 17 and whiteness bullying happen at my school daily, if u really believe that he won't be bullied then you haven't seen the education system

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u/Cmac_613 21h ago

He’s 17 and shouldn’t be bullied…. 🤣 a little out of touch are we?

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u/Sensitive-Ad9329 10h ago

Can you throw hands?? If so where the hoodie ull be fine.

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u/IdealDesperate2732 2d ago

It's a form of abuse where she's trying to get you bullied.

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 2d ago

Doesn't mean she is trying to get them bullied. She could mean well but is missing the mark

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u/SuperPlays123 2d ago

even if she meant well by the sweater, screaming at and verbally/physically abusing OP for not wearing it is the type of thing we call “unethical” and/or “illegal”

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 2d ago

Of course, and I agree. But we can't assume she is trying to get her kid bullied at school thinking it's a weird sweater. She probably thought he'd like it due to the monkey relation with his childhood, as OP said in other comments. She didn't buy it thinking of how others may see it and that she was actively trying to entice bullies.

Think she's probably just afraid of their kid becoming an adult and leaving, so the purchase based on a childhood reference can be a grasp at straws.

In no way do I think anyone should be forced to wear clothing with motifs they don't like or agree with

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u/SuperPlays123 2d ago

if OP already informed her they’d get bullied (or already have been) for wearing it and she still doesn’t give in, that $2.50 sweatshop hoodie and some cheesy rose-tinted memory is worth more to her than her child, at least in her eyes. now I might be wrong but that’s what it looks like to me

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u/MaxTheRealSlayer 2d ago

I agree, could be that. OP didn't mention they would get bullied, maybe they said they werre embaressed... Which leads to my next comment:

Anecdotally my lil cousin was bullied because they went to a public school like 10 years ago in a usually rich district, but my family wasn't wealthy... and so they had cheaper brand clothing or secondhand clothing. (No American eagle, A&F, Nike, northface, and so on)

They complained they got bullied at school, but my aunt and uncle couldn't buy more expensive, new, branded clothing so my cousin had to deal with the bullying that came from those rich snobby kids.

Perhaps that's what is happening here. If the mom is low on extra funds to buy expensive clothing, she may just be trying to do her best, and is a bit embaressed enough that she'll defend a purchase that had good intentions but it was not appreciated by OP (rightfully so based on this hoodie - but doesn't discount her possible intentions with her means)

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u/No_Touch4396 2d ago

I think I missed the part where it said that can you quote it

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u/FemboyUwU67 2d ago

Where does it say that she verbally or physically abused op? It just says she shuts down his attempts to not wear it that's not either of those it's being stubborn and insensitive but not abusive

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u/IdealDesperate2732 2d ago

I'm explaining the term my dude...

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u/professionRageBait 2d ago

OP deserves it