Is it normal to worry about stepson being a girly man

I firmly believe in rigid gender roles.His dad and me the stepgirlfriend are adamant that he HAS to be a super tough man's man and he has to like everything I like. He is a total crème puff.He is never allowed to cry or show emotion, but he does anyway.He is overemotional and dramatic like his mother who spoils him.She buys him dolls. He wants to pick things out himself like he does with his mommy.But he pick the opposite of what we like , which is my worst nightmare.

Kids should mini versions of their parents. He is a pushover and lets everyone walk on him. His father and I are very aggressive and loud.We have had stern talks and I even punished him for not being manly enough but he just runs away from us like he doesn't care. I yell my head off all the time and He just looks at me defiantly like I can be whatever I want.He never says this but I know he is thinking it.

Most of his friends are girls, and he plays with dolls and loves to make art projects with bows. I got yelled at by his mother for throwing away his art projects and banning him from making more because he uses glitter and bows and no boy colors. We also got yelled at by several parents who we thought were our friends because he was running girly at a baseball game and we berated and screamed at him loudly for it.I am losing sleep over how he plays on the playground and makes sandcastles.All the other parents think we should pick our battles. But our culture seems hell bent on making our boys into girly men.

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Comments ( 13 )
  • nobodynose

    you make posts like this all the time troll, you're the worst step girlfriend ever congrats

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    • humptydumpty

      I need help , nothing I do works his mother is hopeless and family are hopeless. It's my job to force him to be absolute perfection like the lady in the tiger parenting book did with her kids and he refuses to fit the mold of a perfect tiger parenting kid.

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  • I was punished for expressing feelings too and now I'm homicidal.

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  • Murun

    Let him be however he wants to be. From my view he sounds like a far more pleasant human being than you or his dad!

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  • Boojum

    Somebody needs to get a life.

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  • Ellenna

    If this is true, LEAVE HIM ALONE. If it's not true GO AWAY

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  • RoseIsabella

    Get back under the bridge, troll.

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  • Zorak

    Just stop what you are doing. Stop it.

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  • LonelyBlossom

    Just let people be themselves

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  • CapriSun

    You sound like you just have a sissy boy fetish lmao

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    • Veroocasalt

      Or a wicked stepmother fantasy - but a pretty shit one.

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  • LionsMane

    For starters, I have no idea who you are. Your post was so garbled. That being said, sounds like a lot of unfair expectations are involved. What he likes is fine to an extent, but it's clear his environment, including people like yourself, has had an effect.

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  • e51pegasi

    Are you taking the piss?

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