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Blue is for Boys

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Babysitter-painted nails.

Daddy-painted bruises.
Written for #SixWordStories.

I was a little unsure about posting this but *GuinevereToGwen encouraged me to. I was hesitant partly because I've already recently written a SWS about physical abuse, but mainly because this is essentially a rewritten form of *GuinevereToGwen's story A Babysitter Follows the Kid's Instructions. This is my choice of vocabulary and phrasing but the story and ideas belong to her. 

Anyway, at the very least I thought it might be interesting to be able to compare and contrast how two different authors have approached the same story ^^
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A couple months ago, my friend's six-year-old son saw his aunt painting her toenails and got her to paint his, too.  The next day, I got a panicked phone call from my friend, asking for help explaining to her son that being gay is okay, but your classmates bullying you by calling you it is not.

I like the terse-ness of this one.  It reads almost like a poem.