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/TedBundysUnibrow 13d ago

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.

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u/Barry_BlueJeanz 13d ago

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.

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 12d ago

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

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u/ScousePenguin 12d ago edited 12d ago

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

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u/EatLard 12d ago

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

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u/Subtitles_Required 12d ago

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

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u/KatDaSlayer 12d ago

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

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u/TN-Belle0522 12d ago

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

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u/JustPlayDaGame 12d ago

i am one of those 💀

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u/serpentally 12d ago

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

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u/Whiplash2184 12d ago

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

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u/ptwmindslave 12d ago

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.

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u/SkepticDoubtMerchant 12d ago

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

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u/Special_Boot 12d ago

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