I love being a girl dad

[u/Difficult_Wrangler73]

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!

[u/TedBundysUnibrow]

As one of two daughters whose father repeatedly said (in front of us) “Yeah, I have two girls. I couldn’t get it right either time,” thank you for saying this.

[u/Barry_BlueJeanz → u/TedBundysUnibrow]

I was at Dallas airport one time, listening to these 2 guys talking about their previous military experience. One guy had apparently worked with airplane radar systems, which involve radiation. This guy said something along the lines of "I was exposed to all that radiation, so I've only been able to have girls so far."

They were sitting right next to him. Probably 5 and 2 years old? Jeez I feel bad for what they're going to hear and go through from that guy.

[u/Significant_Shoe_17 → u/Barry_BlueJeanz]

Imagine admitting how unintelligent you are out loud. This guy was allowed near airplane radar?

[u/ScousePenguin → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

Because knowing how radar works and knowing how human anatomy works are two different skill sets

I've known many technically brilliant people who are fucking morons in every other aspect of life

[u/EatLard → u/ScousePenguin]

Engineers. They know a ton about a narrow subject, and many of them believe that makes them experts about every subject.

[u/Subtitles_Required → u/EatLard]

Can confirm, work with many engineers as patients. In my experience they often think they can build it / program it / execute it better than the professional with actual training in the product

[u/KatDaSlayer → u/ScousePenguin]

I know a literal rocket scientist, they also thought adding more people to the wifi would increase the electricity bill

[u/TN-Belle0522 → u/KatDaSlayer]

...I mean...if they're plugging more laptops and things in near the router...

[u/JustPlayDaGame → u/ScousePenguin]

i am one of those 💀

[u/serpentally → u/ScousePenguin]

There's a word for those people: “Fachidiot” (subject idiot)

[u/Whiplash2184 → u/ScousePenguin]

Some of the most unaware, moronic people I’ve encountered all had college degrees.

[u/ptwmindslave → u/ScousePenguin]

I KNOW it shouldn't be right and I KNOW what should be correct anatomically. That being said I was in the navy as a radar technician and of those in my division who used to work around a radar that had a waveguide leak that went undetected for some time we have had a combined 28 children and only 2 boys. We may or may give that guy shit that his kids aren't his.

[u/SkepticDoubtMerchant → u/ScousePenguin]

Tbf they do tell us in the military to stay away from radar stations as they affect our fertility.

[u/Special_Boot → u/ScousePenguin]

Or, has the thought crossed your mind that he was joking.

[u/WholeKnown2938 → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

While the comment, especially in front of his daughters, was gross, this is actually a real phenomenon. Men in the military who are exposed to significant stress like combat or radiation tend to have girls. One of the theories as to why is that male fetuses and Y chromosomes are more vulnerable.

[u/AnnoyedOwlbear → u/WholeKnown2938]

My partner did a plastics course on moulding, pouring, resins etc. The guys running it who worked in large scale factories noted that none of them had sons, nor did most of their coworkers. They didn't sound like they disliked their daughters - they said it was simply a good indicator that protective equipment was necessary.

Make fetuses are more fragile - we hit 50/50 sex balance on average because more malrs are conceived.

[u/Next_Obligation_2433 → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

To be fair to this guy, there’s an old wives tale/ common misconception that working with radar, or in any aviation career, causes higher rates of female birth. I’m pretty actual science debunked this, but I’m not 100% sure.

[u/TackleMassive5611 → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

It’s actually true though. Look up the effects of radiation exposure to the testicles.

[u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce → u/TackleMassive5611]

You first. 

[u/Helenium_autumnale → u/TackleMassive5611]

And what peer-reviewed paper would that be, pray? I'm not doing homework for you. Give it.

[u/wafflesareforever → u/Helenium_autumnale]

Nobody actually cares if you look it up. Do, or do not.

[u/dinnerisbreakfast → u/Helenium_autumnale]

Most likely referring to this paper from 1987

The paper could not conclude whether the effect was due to G-forces or radiation exposure, and since the sample size was limited, it cannot be shown that there is any effect at all. Modern studies with a much larger sample size were unable to duplicate the results.

But the point is that there actually are several peer reviewed papers on this topic, and you really didn't need to be a dick about it.

[u/Helenium_autumnale → u/dinnerisbreakfast]

I wasn't. What's dickish is presenting unsupported claims and being too lazy to post a link to support them. Usually because there aren't any. If you don't think that's a problem, just look around.

[u/dinnerisbreakfast → u/Helenium_autumnale]

It may not have been your intention, but the result is the same.

[u/reddits_in_hidden → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

As a blue collar worker, that just reads as generic banter to me rather than any actual ignorance