Everyone thinks my second daughter is a boy, and I generally laugh when strangers say things like, "Oh, he's so cute!" I chuckle and kindly correct them and we all have a nice friendly laugh.
But. Yesterday I was at the grocery store holding DD2. She was wearing pink pants, white top, pink hoodie, and pink socks. I could not have made her look MORE girly. Then a stranger asked, "What a pretty boy!"
WHAT the WHAT?!?!?! *punch in the face*
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
OMG! I would've snapped. Seriously she is the cutest thing!! I can honestly say I don't think she looks like a boy AT. ALL.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
I don't get it! She doesn't look like a boy to me.
pomelo / 5469 posts
Umm, and she was wearing pink?! People often thought LO was a boy when she was younger, but then I dressed her in a lot of gender neutral colours. Still, if you're not 100% sure, why would you guess at gender?
pomegranate / 3401 posts
Omg I don't get how this happens! People say that to my LO when she is wearing a big bow in her hair and I'm screaming her very girly name. Sigh. SMH.
grapefruit / 4862 posts
I get the same thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone told me once how handsome my son was when we were on a plane. I had her in a gap outfit - offwhite and teal striped with BOWS on the side. WUT?
pear / 1955 posts
My uncle is color blind, and loves to say things like this to his nieces/nephews when they're particularly decked out in pink/blue.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I had an old lady in the grocery store yesterday telling me how cute HE is. I kept just responding with she but she didn't get it. To be fair I don't think c looks super girly and she was wearing gray and orange, so I let it slide.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
Yeesh. I get boy comments sometimes, but it's usually when she's wearing neutral colours/clothes, and she's in the beco (so you can't see much of her).
Why can't people just say "what a pretty baby!" and leave it at that.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
We got/get the same thing in reverse. DS1 was in a blue outfit with airplanes and a bellhop could not stop cooing, "Preeeeetty giiiiirl!" at him, ha. I just laugh.
And DS2, well, I gotta admit, I would probably think girl initially too!
GOLD / grapefruit / 4555 posts
@Mrs. Yoyo: I used to have the opposite reaction! Everyone thought DD was a little boy until almost a year old!
PS - I need to visit soon, I need to squidge some chubs. 
coconut / 8483 posts
Oh gosh! That's annoying. People always assume DS is a girl if he is in neutral clothes!
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i often get comments about my son that sound like "she is so pretty/cute"
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