AAAAAAND another thing...

[ailbhe]

While we were waiting in the hospital for our taxi home, a woman stopped and admired Linnea and Emer and then spotted Astrid and admired her and said "It's a baby brother, right?" and I said "No, another girl," and she said "All girls?" and I said "All girls!" and she very sympathetically said "Every time a disappointment."

I said "I LIKE girls. I AM one."

The receptionist, about 4 metres away, concealed a huge smile, and whispered to the man beside her "You can never get it right, some people think you need some of each."

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Linnea said "Maybe that's why your body makes girls, because it knows what you like, so that's what you get."

I said no, some people did want a boy and got a girl or the other way around, but I like babies, and I got babies.

She seemed to like that, so I was able to go on explaining the double-helix hanging from the ceiling to Emer. I didn't succeed, particularly.

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[barakta]

My dad also boggles when people ask if he minded having three girls. I think he was just glad that we were all mostly well - especially after I was very ill as a baby - I know that had a huge effect on him.