This morning at the doctor, Charlotte was dressed in a pink smocked outfit with a pink bib. A lady looked right at her, looked at me, and said "How old is HE?" HE?! Seriously, lady?! Since when do mothers dress their little boys in pink? I answered, "SHE is 6 months old." And, instead of letting it go, she said "Oh, she..." And then, if that wasn't bad enough, her husband came in and he said "Wide awake!" when he looked at Charlotte, and I hear the lady whisper to him "It's a she" as if he would not know either. Or maybe she just thought her husband was as ignorant as her when it comes to looking at a child wearing pink and still not guessing the correct gender.
Here's what Charlotte looked like this morning:
Now, I know, babies can sometimes look gender neutral until they get a little hair, but when a baby is dressed in head to toe pink, I would think that would be a dead give-away.
Okay, stepping down from my soap box.
I hear you!! I didn't have this problem with Peter, but with Spencer it was Christmas time, he was dressed in a darling red corduroy outfit and a woman came up to me talking about what a darling daughter I had. He had a full head of hair and looked ALL boy. Lady, if I had a girl, at Christmas, with that much hair, she would have been in a dress with a huge frickin bow. Not in red corduroy overalls!!!!!!!!! If you don't know, don't say anything! And, yes, Charlotte looks VERY girlie in that pic!!!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness what's wrong with some people! Bless her heart is all I can say!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so with Anne on this one. JW has/had a ton of hair and I cannot tell you how many times he was called a SHE.....even in a blue polo and khakis....amazing. If you don't know - keep quiet!!!
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