Comments on: Poor Barbie

By: bunny

bunny — Tue, 08 May 2007 06:20:46 +0000

I so loved my Barbie and as someone else said, the Camper, the townhouse, the swimming pool, the beauty shop, all of the clothes just everything about Barbie was pure joy for me as a little kid. Never gave her body a second thought in relation to mine. I was too busy looking for the newest addition to my already huge Barbie town.

I spent many, many hours playing with my Barbie dolls and yeah she “got down” with any plastic dude that moved into the hood. That was totally normal childhood play and nope they didn’t have pregnant Barbie either like they do now, which btw I would never buy for my god daughter.

I was 13 before I finally gave away all of my Barbie stuff. She was so much fun. Now I just laugh at the crap they have out now for kids.

Those Bratz dolls come with thongs on *smh* I don’t get that at all.

Lots of girls did enjoy Barbie. I didn’t play well with any of my dolls. Barbie wasn’t the only one that suffered at my evil hands.~skt

By: Alissa

Alissa — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:23:40 +0000

Oh, Barbie. I loved her as a kid. I never thought too deeply about her figure – I just thought she looked womanly and beautiful. Between her and Cinderella and all the other princesses, I desperately wanted to be a blonde. Now I have a beautiful blonde daughter who wants to be a brunette to look like Dora the Explorer! Go figure. At least Dora is a capable appropriately dressed little girl. Speaking of the Bratz series mentioned by other commentors, we were in the returns line at Target the other week when my 5 year old daughter spied a Bratz themed item that some smart mommy had returned. She said, “Oh! A Bratz castle! Mommy, can you buy that for me? Pleeeeeze?!” I was shocked that she even knew who the Bratz girls were. I thought I’d managed to hide that trash from her. Then I said, “Honey, one thing I can promise you is that I will NEVER spend even ONE dime of my money on anything in that line of toys.” (looks much more snarky in type – I actually said it in a somewhat sweet tone.) Every mother who was in line was nodding in agreement. I have no idea how that line of toys is still in business.

Back to Barbie… My daughter has some Barbie dolls and she thinks it’s fun to dress and re-dress them. Not that she’s terribly nimble at getting those clothes on her. About a year ago, she was struggling with one outfit in particular and she took it to her grandmother to ask her for help. Grandma tried to put it on her and couldn’t get it on her either. Her response was, “Barbie is fat.” Can you believe that?!?!? I was shocked. She didn’t say, “Oh, they made this outfit too small” or “Oh, I can’t quite get it either honey.” but “Barbie is FAT”
For two solid weeks after that all of my daughter’s Barbie dolls played together leaving one out because she was fat. My daughter was four at the time. It still makes me cranky.

That may be the first time in history that Barbie was called “fat,” Alissa!! One thing about dressing Barbie, is that it trains the small muscle coordination in your hands! ~skt

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:46:47 +0000

The only things I remember about my Barbie days are that I *had* to start every play session with the dolls in bed like they were starting a new day and that I loved the dog, Prince. I think that was his name. Unless I gave it to him during my “Purple Rain” phase. Thanks for the memories

I’m glad they were good ones ~skt

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:19:51 +0000

Could you imagine having to live with that woman??

Found you through Tea Mouse! Will be back!

Can you imagine having to work with her?? Welcome. Please DO come back.~skt

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:36:33 +0000

Did you and I share the same Barbie? The first thing my Barbies got was a haircut. Clothes? Who needs em!

Thanks for coming by!

You had a nekkid Barbie, too? ~skt

By: Cordia Amant

Cordia Amant — Fri, 04 May 2007 01:26:37 +0000

My favorite barbie was actually a Hawaiian barbie. She was just so much more interesting and exotic than the blond ones, though I have to say I did go for the blond Kens. Go figure.

Oh, Cordia. Hawaiian Barbie wasn’t around in my day, but I probably would have like her better. She still would have gotten tattoos.~skt

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:15:00 +0000

I ended up with mastectomy Barbie after my dog was finished with her. Her shoes were high maintenance to keep track of.

I like the idea of you waiting around for the driver to come back. Can only imagine what you wanted to say, but didn’t.

Now, there’s a case of “poor Barbie!” Yes, those tiny shoes were the devil to find. Can you imagine how sore her feet must be after all these years?~skt