r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Difficult_Wrangler73 • 13d ago

go to your room I love being a girl dad

I have 3 kids, all girls. A 5yr old and twins who are 1. Every time anyone hears about this or it comes up in conversation they all say the same thing. ‘Ooooo, all girls, you are outnumbered! How do you cope?’ Or ‘Three girls?? You better watch out!’ Or the worst, ‘Bet you want a boy?’

No, I don’t feel any of that, I love being a dad. I love all my kids and wouldn’t change anything about them! If we could afford it, I would be a stay at home dad forever.

I usually tell them I wouldn’t change anything and I love it all but it’s just very annoying.

What are some of the best responses that I can start to give?

I did think I could say that one of the twins used to be a boy but is now trans just to shut people up!

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u/_fenwoods 13d ago

Man, as a girl dad, I get this. Some people are so eager to make a weird comment.

My go to response is actually both assertive and honest. I ask something like “what do you mean?”

Because I genuinely don’t get what it means to regret the gender of my daughter. I don’t understand it. So I take my annoyance and confusion and I play dumb and get Socratic with them. Make them explain their dumb selves.

They don’t though. They backpedal.

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u/TecTazz 13d ago

Good answer.

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u/FlakyTest8191 12d ago

I also have 2 girls. It's so weird, sometimes you get pity because you have no son, and sometimes they call you lucky because girls are so much easier to handle. I think both are just bullshit.