Did you know that you can play Barbies for four hours straight????
Maybe I knew a long time ago but I had forgotten.
I just had my 3 year old niece spend the night. She was non-stop Barbieing. She would want me to be a particular Barbie and then proceed to tell me I couldn't do anything with my Barbie. I'm just supposed to sit there and hold it???
So on the sly I would change Barbie's clothes. (one of the things I always loved about Barbies - we had the fanciest, coolest homemade dresses when we were little) It was funny. Barbie has changed. Her hips are bigger and her boobs are littler. This was really evident when I put on some of the dresses that I still had from when I was little and put them on my niece's newer Barbies.
So what is up with that?? Is Barbie getting old? Has Barbie had children and now her hips are bigger? Are her boobs sagging now due to being, what, 60ish? This all seems kinda wrong to me. Are they going to start giving her wrinkles too?
I don't want reality in dolls. After all, who can jump up to the top level of a house really? Who sits to go upstairs in their own house elevator when it only has two floors??? Whose TV never changes and only shows horse movies??
Barbie should always be the same. How else will we know if we have "outgrown" her? After my niece's visit, I feel more like Barbie than ever!
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