Are You Trying for a Girl? Silly Answers for Stupid Questions.

Sunshine: I grew up with a sister with Type 1 and both my parents have developed Type 2. "Addicted to insulin"..Never heard that one. My family's biggest worry was that my sister wasn't taking her insulin at all.

As for you A. Y. I think the flat blunt truth usually shuts people up quick.

You going for a girl this time? Nope.
How many times are you going to try for that girl? Not trying, just like making babies.
How many kids ARE you going to have? As many as we want.

And, if I do end up finding out it's a girl or boy - I'll probably get...

If it's a boy - You disappointed? Yes, (Sad sigh) I was hopping for a guinea pig.
If it's a girl - Are you excited? No, still no guinea pig.
Or, It's about time.... Eh, a guinea pig would have been cheaper.

Just tell them "well it's like a poker game, right now I have 3 of a kind, and 4 of a kind pays better, if we have a girl it will be the wild card, thanks for asking."

Oh we're not even worried, have you seen the new studies on transgender surgeries for infants?

Aaaaaaaaand walk away.....

Well, if you get the "are you going for a girl?" one, you can ask THEM: "Is there a way to DO that??" with a sort of surprised excited look on your face.

If it's a boy: You disappointed? You can respond with: "Are you?"
If it's a girl: You excited? --- "Its a BABY. Of course I'm excited!" with a smile.
How many times are you going to try for that girl? -- "Trying for a girl? What are you talking about?"

Congrats on your soon to be newest addition. FWIW, I am so glad you are looking at this with a fun sense of humor. I think that MOST people who make those awkward comments only do it because they feel the need/desire to acknowledge your pregnancy and don't know what to say. Maybe they think that after you've been through a few pregnancies that the simple "Congratulations!" is a bit 'stale' and are trying to say something more specific to THIS pregnancy. ? Most of them mean well. So good for you for recognizing this in advance and keeping a sense of humor about it.

My former pastor has 5 kids. With the last one, (the first 4 were girls!) everyone was excited for them, of course, and even though we knew it was stupid, we all made those dumb "ooohhh are you hoping for a boy?" comments. LOL We all meant well... but had used "Congratulations" a few times by then and didn't want to sound bland or disinterested, I guess.

You going for a girl this time? "Actually, we're hoping for a Shar Pei!"
How many times are you going to try for that girl? "Until we figure out how this pregnancy "thang" happens!"
How many kids ARE you going to have? "Is it always a 'kid'? Dang! We were hoping for a puppy! We'll love it even without papers."
If it's a boy - You disappointed? "Only in friends with enough balls to ask that question!"
If it's a girl - Are you excited? "Meh....whatever!"

I just want to say that in the grand scheme of things, you are lucky those are the questions you get.
My kids have Type 1 diabetes and these are serious questions that people have asked me, in front of my kids (who, are in perfect health aside from diabetes and are old enough to completely understand what the person is asking):
"So, have they started to go blind yet?"
"When will they need their legs amputated?"
"Are they addicted to insulin?"
"Are you sure they should eat that?" -That question gets asked ALL. THE. TIME. Drives me insane. It's a graham cracker, people! Not rat poison! :)

People don't have a clue. They also assume that since they are capable of forming an opinion and stringing together a sentence that they have carte blanche to spout their questions and opinions to the world.
I don't mean to take the weight off of your frustration or belittle your question at all. Just know that soon the gender questions will end in due time.

If you are having a boy, just say "I couldn't be happier. Now I'll have a family of boys, and I shall be their queen!" :)

Are you disappointed? - yes, but the hospital said he was too young for a sex change operation so we have to wait a bit.
Are you excited? - about having a baby? of course, who wouldn't be excited? I'm sorry, is that not what you meant?

My favorite when I was pregnant with my fourth was "you know what causes that right?" and this came from complete strangers some times! One poor old guy got me on a bad day and I told him I just couldn't keep my husband off of me. Hormones get the best of us sometimes!
Congrats by the way!

Trying for a girl? Nope, a puppy.

How many? - a whole litter.

Is it a boy or a girl? Yes.

Oh, good luck with the stupid people! Congrats on another baby!

OneandDone, I keep telling DH that a puppy would be so much cheaper & less work than another baby! LOL!

We're hoping for a goat this time

I just joke with people. I usually make the first comment before people can open their mouths, I have 2 girls now and about to pop with girl #3.
So i get the whole, so is this 1 a girl or boy.
Ill say, another girl, adn the look they give before they respond I just say, I know... I dont know what my hubby was thinking, or dumb stuff like, my husband is thinking of becoming a raper, we need lots of back ground dancers.. lol stupid stuff like that

I have three boys of my own and a stepson and I am expecting our first girl. I totally get it! I get asked those questions constantly...and got asked before I got pregnant again- "Are you going to try one more time for a girl?"
Now that I know its a girl, the conversations are shorter, something like, "Yes, we're excited! Its been fun buying pink", and that's usually the end of it. But it is really hard to convince people that I would have been absolutely, positively FINE and HAPPY with another boy!
Good luck fielding the questions and congrats on your baby! Big families are great!

My response would be to laugh and say "Hoping to start our own baseball team shortly."

Congrats on your next addition. I had 4 and people thought we nuts but really it's not up to anyone else how many children you have. As long as you can support them financially and emotionally go for it.

Oh I sure hate hearing those kinds of questions! When I was pregnant with my 3rd child I already had two girls so everyone asked if we wanted a boy this time, we did (and he was a boy) but I would have been happy with a girl too. It was hard to know what to say. But that didn't bother me nearly as much as when people acted shocked that I was having ANOTHER baby (like 3 is SO many!), the worst is when they say "don't you know how that happens?" to which the best reply is "no, how?" I also had people tell me that because my kids are spaced a bit far apart (3 years between he first two, 4 1/2 years between the second and third) that they would not get along and could not be friends. Which was REALLY annoying and not true and I had little control over spacing since getting pregnant is not easy for me and requires fertility treatments. Which leads to another annoying question, “how much did this one cost you?” as if it were any of their business and as if I would think that the baby was not worth the cost!

So I was never brave enough to say this, but I read it in a novel, when people would ask a pregnant woman if she was hoping for a boy or girl she would say “Just as long as it’s gay!” and people would be totally floored! I would pay to see people’s reactions to that but like I said, I was too chicken.

Another funny story, when I had my first baby she was born sick and had to stay in the NICU, while she was in there I was talking to a NICU nurse and she was saying that generally baby girls fare better than boys (healthy wise in the NICU) and that African- American babies do better than white babies. She said that she explained this once to a white couple that had a baby boy in the NICU and they told her "Well we were trying for an African-American girl!"

Err, sorry, but I just had to point out you haven't even received any of these questions and you are already frustrated, ergo this post?

I am just saying this because humor masking frustration usually comes off as bitchy. It sounds like you are trying very hard not to come off as bitchy. Soooo maybe work on why it bugs you?

I have four kids and they go boy girl boy girl, I still got stupid questions. They aren't trying to pry, they aren't trying to annoy, they are just making small talk. So I would just answer them while in my mind thinking clever one there. :p

I have two girls.

When I get asked "Are you hoping for a boy?", I respond with "I'm hoping for a baby."