Update on Daddy Shirt
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 5:49 pm
I wrote about my youngest child's obsession with his dad's garment tops a while back and I thought I'd add some things that have happened and some additional thoughts. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2923&p=38186#p38186
Now that my son has his own daddy shirts, my husband has become more possessive of his own. Interesting.
When my son had his surgery there were two nurses who commented on it. The first was when I was alone with my son and she said, "That is so special that you have a shirt that makes you feel safe and close to your dad when he's not here. I'm sure he's glad that you have something that makes you feel so much love." Yeah right, was all I could think. The second nurse was after the surgery when my husband, kid, and me were there. She asked what the shirt was and I said it was an undershirt of my husband's. She said, "That is the sweetest thing ever. He must feel so much love from you (my husband) to want those shirts and choose them to feel safe." I don't think my husband has ever looked at it like this before. We've not talked about it since.
My son wears this shirt around. One afternoon his older brother put him in the red wagon and let it go down a hill. My youngest told me later, and repeatedly tells me, that his daddy shirt kept him safe. He says it protects him from falling in the street and from getting hurt in other ways. For the record, neither my husband nor I have ever talked about garments in this way. Ever.
I've acknowledged to my son the great deal of safety and comfort the garment has given to him. And frankly, I think it's probably the most comfort and safety almost any garment has given anybody. I think it's a shame that someone like my husband, is so paranoid by the underwear and sacrednotsecret nature of the garment that one of the actual stated purposes of the garment is in danger of being hindered.
Happy to add, that my son is currently stuffing the garment top partially down his pants to make a tail since he says he's a squirrel today. Good times.
Now that my son has his own daddy shirts, my husband has become more possessive of his own. Interesting.
When my son had his surgery there were two nurses who commented on it. The first was when I was alone with my son and she said, "That is so special that you have a shirt that makes you feel safe and close to your dad when he's not here. I'm sure he's glad that you have something that makes you feel so much love." Yeah right, was all I could think. The second nurse was after the surgery when my husband, kid, and me were there. She asked what the shirt was and I said it was an undershirt of my husband's. She said, "That is the sweetest thing ever. He must feel so much love from you (my husband) to want those shirts and choose them to feel safe." I don't think my husband has ever looked at it like this before. We've not talked about it since.
My son wears this shirt around. One afternoon his older brother put him in the red wagon and let it go down a hill. My youngest told me later, and repeatedly tells me, that his daddy shirt kept him safe. He says it protects him from falling in the street and from getting hurt in other ways. For the record, neither my husband nor I have ever talked about garments in this way. Ever.
I've acknowledged to my son the great deal of safety and comfort the garment has given to him. And frankly, I think it's probably the most comfort and safety almost any garment has given anybody. I think it's a shame that someone like my husband, is so paranoid by the underwear and sacrednotsecret nature of the garment that one of the actual stated purposes of the garment is in danger of being hindered.
While I'd agree that this is the standard interpretation, that the protection of the garment is really for the endowed person for whom it was made, I doubt any TBM would squander the opportunity to use the example of my son who has some serious medical issues to resolve, taking it with him and having it "heal or sustain him through the power of the priesthood" through this difficult time. The convenience with which TBMs utilize anything to defend their POV is sickening.
Happy to add, that my son is currently stuffing the garment top partially down his pants to make a tail since he says he's a squirrel today. Good times.