Relatives really set on one gender

Crinita · April 2013

So I don't know how to react to this... but I have two relatives who are super set on me having a girl. They are already buying me girl clothes and have made it very clear that they want a girl. How am I supposed to react to this? I am not going to find out the gender for a while. One of them is an Aunt and the other is my MIL.

RhodyMomToBe · April 2013

Tell them they're crazy and for them to stop pressuring you about something you have no control over.

Painterlady · April 2013

That's creepy...I would say there's not much you can do about it. The baby is what it is. If it's a boy oh well...they look like fools lol.

AmandagStark · April 2013

Tell them your baby boy might look a little silly in those items! ;

blondolphn · April 2013

That would make me want to go team green. If I had a girl, I'd dress her like a tomboy. It doesn't matter what they want. You get what you get.

casey820 · April 2013

That is so bizarre. Maybe they need a lesson in basic science.

germanpickle · April 2013

Thank them for the gifts and ensure that you get the receipts as well. Then, if its a boy, you can go ahead and exchange them. If not, brace yourself to hear "I knew it" for the rest of their lives.

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greenet · April 2013

Ours are set on boy. Probably because we already have a little girl. But my MIL looked at our 8 week sonogram and said that is a boy. I just know it. That is a boy. DH got really upset at her. I just think she is crazy. But hey she was right about LO so m

Gwyneddlesliegrace · April 2013

They will be right or they will be wrong. Let them waste their money.

shelliescove3 · April 2013

Dear lord... remind them that gender determination was up to your DH at conception hahah and I would remind them to hang onto their receipts... dont feel bad.. they are the ones who are cray cray<img src="https://community.thebump.com/cs/emoticons/emo

Lhand11 · April 2013

My ILs were crazy set on a boy last time and we were team green. They called him a "him" bought a ton of boy clothes even called him Liam all the time. They bought boy toys and were so annoying about it. It made me wish and hope for a girl. I was pisse

bnikiz · April 2013

Keep the tags on everything and say thank you. People are crazy and being family you don't want to offend them. They will be fine if you have a boy.

finnybooboo · April 2013

I could have wrote this post myself. My sister has two boys, and 3 of my cousins who just had/having babies are boys too, so my family is dying to have a baby girl in the family. My aunt left a wrapped present on our doorstep yesterday and it was a Christ

msmarsh · April 2013

Right there with you. My MIL is convinced this LO is a girl. Calls the baby "she" and says she "just knows." She hasn't bought any clothing (at least that I know of) but I am already annoyed with her insistence and feel pressure about whether LO wil

EmJ&B · April 2013

That's so weird . . . I'd be keeing tags on!

SunnyMeg1 · April 2013

People are weird. Why would you buy girl clothes and actually gift them before the parents-to-be even know what they're having? It's one thing to buy them and tuck them away where no one knows just in case but it's weird to be so open and vocal about it.<

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