So one of the more humiliating things about living in Wyoming is that there are masses of "cowboy" posers. These are people who have never lived out of town, never spent a prolonged time around horses, cattle, etc, and for reasons unknown to me, still strut around in cowboy boots, unflattering tight pants and actually wear cowboy hats in a not funny and/or drunk and ironic way. Naturally BM is one of these. And she's 50+ pounds over weight so those clothes are not flattering on her. And her balding, 20-years-older husband is also over weight and dresses in this style that actually seems to make his beer gut look like a fashion accessory.
The issue here is that she's actually gone as far as to dress SS4 up like a wannabe cowboy too. The result is not flattering. SS4 has a lazy eye, coke bottle glasses, and BM is much too lazy to actually iron the button up flannels she puts on him. So the result falls far from enduring :sick: . Add to that the fact that SS4 is the most accident-prone child I've ever met. Cowboy boots are smooth on the bottom, I honestly think that when dressing SS4, safety should be a main priority.
If SS4 really liked dressing this way I'd let the matter drop, but when he comes to our house we ditch the outfit and dress him like an actual kid. SS4 doesn't object, and I think one of the reasons he gets hurt less with us is that he has real kid shoes, actually made for him to run around in (and we supervise them). I think that BM, when she was out to "catch herself another man" started dressing SS4 this way to impress the potential victim (and I hear THAT marriage of 2 months isn't going so well }:) ).
I have smuggled out, destroyed, and, once (for a home craft), cut up and framed more of those stupid flannel cowboy shirts than I can count (I like to think of that as "scalping" them). I suspect that BM is spending $30+ a shirt, on a 4-year-old for his everyday use.
The worst was a few weeks ago when we were all at SD7's volleyball game. She had added a grubby-looking vest and tied a bandanna around SS4's neck. We took the kids to dinner after the game and the second we got in the truck, I had SS4 take of the vest and bandanna. BM had tied the knot at the back of his neck so tight we had to slip it over his head, which honestly seemed dangerous to me considering how often he gets hurt. I believe I've mentioned on here that BM is the village idiot. Now she's spreading the infection to her spawn. I just hope one day that have the sense to be embarrassed to be seen out in public with her.