Comments on: Dropping http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/ Life in the Flood Zone Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sonya http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164625 Sonya Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:41:12 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164625 I like how everyone automatically assumes it's a girl! That's sexist isn't it? I had plenty of sexist comments made to me when I was pregnant with Julian. A lot of my friends are women or sensitive, nerdy men so for many of them, having a girl was preferable. Girls seem to be the sensitive person's choice. People assume that all boys are little monsters with ADHD, little balls of testosterone tearing up everything in their paths. Several people actually said to me that they only want children if they could ensure it would be girl. A few people said, "I don't like boys." It doesn't get less sugar-coated than that. I like how everyone automatically assumes it’s a girl! That’s sexist isn’t it?

I had plenty of sexist comments made to me when I was pregnant with Julian. A lot of my friends are women or sensitive, nerdy men so for many of them, having a girl was preferable. Girls seem to be the sensitive person’s choice. People assume that all boys are little monsters with ADHD, little balls of testosterone tearing up everything in their paths.

Several people actually said to me that they only want children if they could ensure it would be girl. A few people said, “I don’t like boys.” It doesn’t get less sugar-coated than that.

]]> By: Sophmom http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164607 Sophmom Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:10:53 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164607 Hearty congratulations! Hearty congratulations!

]]> By: george http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164559 george Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:53:38 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164559 We didn't know the sex of our triplets until they were born. The doctor knew, of course, but we asked him not to tell us. We have three boys. Possibly identical... we can't really tell them apart except for some birthmarks and one being smaller than the other two. We didn’t know the sex of our triplets until they were born. The doctor knew, of course, but we asked him not to tell us.

We have three boys. Possibly identical… we can’t really tell them apart except for some birthmarks and one being smaller than the other two.

]]> By: justine http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164551 justine Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:49:20 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164551 Ha ! That's great! Someone told me this horrible joke. When you have a boy you worry about 1 zipper when you have a girl you worry about every zipper in the world! That's really tasteless. Girls are tops! Ha ! That’s great! Someone told me this horrible joke. When you have a boy you worry about 1 zipper when you have a girl you worry about every zipper in the world! That’s really tasteless. Girls are tops!

]]> By: spab http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164547 spab Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:13:57 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164547 I have heard girls are easier up to puberty, then watch out, here comes the drama! :) I have heard girls are easier up to puberty, then watch out, here comes the drama! :)

]]> By: julesb_town http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164546 julesb_town Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:59:41 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164546 cool- you will love having a girl! as a mom of both a boy and a girl, I can tell you that each are unique and fabulous in their own way. I can't believe people sometimes... cool- you will love having a girl! as a mom of both a boy and a girl, I can tell you that each are unique and fabulous in their own way. I can’t believe people sometimes…

]]> By: chrissieroux http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164534 chrissieroux Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:48:22 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164534 That is too funny. We got a lot of those kind of remarks when I was pregnant with Sydney. And now that we're working on #2 I get a lot of "are you hoping for a boy?" It's kind of unreal. That is too funny.

We got a lot of those kind of remarks when I was pregnant with Sydney. And now that we’re working on #2 I get a lot of “are you hoping for a boy?”
It’s kind of unreal.

]]> By: spab http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164530 spab Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:06:08 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164530 I'm guessing you're having a girl because it seemed when we had a baby that people were happy I was carrying on my last name. Our families were going apeshit to know the gender. I’m guessing you’re having a girl because it seemed when we had a baby that people were happy I was carrying on my last name.

Our families were going apeshit to know the gender.

]]> By: Garvey http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164526 Garvey Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:27:30 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164526 We were told we were having a boy but wound up with a girl! We were surprised, but never disappointed. And after watching both boys and girls, I can honestly say that I am so glad to not have a boy (and that feeling will likely shift when she's 12 or so). We were told we were having a boy but wound up with a girl! We were surprised, but never disappointed. And after watching both boys and girls, I can honestly say that I am so glad to not have a boy (and that feeling will likely shift when she’s 12 or so).

]]> By: liprap http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/comment-page-1/#comment-164525 liprap Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:19:05 +0000 http://b.rox.com/2008/02/17/dropping/#comment-164525 My grandparents gave me the end of my brother's bar mitzvah challah bread shortly after I was married. They insisted on it. When they were asked why, the response had me nearly spitting out the "shpitz": "So she'll have a boy!" I am now quite deferential to the middle of a challah. Mazel tov to you guys, no matter what the sex of your child is. Any sort of -ism imposed on your child before birth (and any of 'em imposed afterwards) is bullshit. Chazzerai, as my grandparents would say. My grandparents gave me the end of my brother’s bar mitzvah challah bread shortly after I was married. They insisted on it. When they were asked why, the response had me nearly spitting out the “shpitz”: “So she’ll have a boy!”

I am now quite deferential to the middle of a challah.

Mazel tov to you guys, no matter what the sex of your child is. Any sort of -ism imposed on your child before birth (and any of ‘em imposed afterwards) is bullshit. Chazzerai, as my grandparents would say.

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