you are a girl. no i am not, i am a woman. but, you are a girl, too. no.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. My dad was a military officer

My brother had a bunch of GI Joe dolls - I had Barbies. We both played with Narbie and GI Joe - and I had a lot of military themed toys because I was fascinated with war ships and tanks as a little girl.

The year I got the Barbie townhouse - my dad made my brother a GI Joe "house".

Joe was always beating up Steven and Ken and my brother and I had a " plot" where Joe stayed home and took care of the house and Barbie was a Lawyer who paid the bills!

It was my fathers idea!

I'm sharing this because we had gender based toys - but my parents encouraged us to play outside of the box.

Thinking of my dad today because it's our first Christmas without him - and my brother shared with my fiancé how I always got slot cars and remote control cars . . . Along with him . . . So I was distracted enough that he (my father) could goof around with the Barbie stuff so he could imagine being a stay home dad!

I can even remember him saying Ken had the best life ever - Christie and Barbie were the ones who HAD to have a career or two.

I'm fortunate to have been a little girl in the 70s with parents - and quite important - a father who was 50 years ahead of his time. I picked a man who knows his way around a kitchen and laundry room - my brother picked a woman who has ambition and a career.we both have equal energy relationships!