I think in my case a lot of it was (over)reacting to the fear that people would think I was "like those other girls"
Oh, I'm sure that was part of it for me, too.
Seeing how cruel other people were about it was part of why I backed off.
Yeah, same. For maybe a year or two, it was fun, but then it started to get really mean.
I played with Barbies into my teens. Shh. ;) Though I will say, they were always more props for story-telling. So it was less "lalala make Barbie's hair prettyful" and more the way I'd eventually play The Sims. For instance, one of my barbies was a teen mom.
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Date: 2024-01-22 10:11 pm (UTC)Oh, I'm sure that was part of it for me, too.
Seeing how cruel other people were about it was part of why I backed off.
Yeah, same. For maybe a year or two, it was fun, but then it started to get really mean.
I played with Barbies into my teens. Shh. ;) Though I will say, they were always more props for story-telling. So it was less "lalala make Barbie's hair prettyful" and more the way I'd eventually play The Sims. For instance, one of my barbies was a teen mom.