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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, in sum: people should not make comments on the composition of another person's family. It's rude and inappropriate. It is not a benign small talk topic like the weather. Why people do not understand this is beyond me.[/quote]

and why people get annoyed by comments or questions like the ones bitched about here is beyond me.  i think we would all be better off if we stopped reading too much into questions people ask to make conversation and just get over themselves.  the truth is, very few people in the universe are out to get you.[/quote]

They don't have to be out to get you. It is still completely normal to be annoyed and offended by a comment that implies or states outright that I should be disappointed by the gender composition of my family because such a comment is RUDE. You don't even have to read anything into a lot of these comments for them to be offensive! If someone asks "are you going to try for a [boy/girl]?" that's one thing, but that is not all people say. When I tell someone I'm having a boy and they say, "oh, I'm so sorry," or "oh, are you disappointed?", I shouldn't be offended by that? Because I've gotten both of those, and more. Just because someone is "trying to make conversation" or whatever their lame ass excuse is, does not mean they are not being uncouth.[/quote]

no, i don't think you should be "offended" because some one asks you a question like that.  i don't think it implies that you SHOULD be disappointed, it is just  a question about how you feel about something.  it is, in fact, a neutral question.  if you had a boy and were pregnant with a girl, would you be offended by the same question?  sure, you have the right to be annoyed and offended by just about anything, I guess.  I just don't see why you want to be.

now, if someone looked at you and said "wow, that's going to be an ugly baby" THEN you can be offended.   :twisted: [/quote]

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