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RE: [apmultiples] another rant from Valerie

Now see, it seems like no matter how feminine I dress my girls I *still*
have people asking "so are they both boys" (or one of each). I'll admit
I'm not big on dresses (Except for church) or tons of "frills" because I
figure I dress for comfort more than "style" my kids should get to as
well. And sometimes they're wearing stuff that's gender neutral enough
that people can't tell, at that point I'm fine w/ people asking
(although "so are they boys or girls?" seems like a more logical
question than to "guess" what they are at that point) but I have people
ask when they're wearing their one piece solid pink sweatsuits!!!!

I'm also still trying to figure out the checkout clerk who asked their
names, I said "Ashlyn & Lexie" & the clerk said "oh a boy & a girl, how
nice" I was sure I must've just heard her wrong, but she made a couple
more comments that made it obvious she thought they were one of each (I
was in a mood of being SO tired of talking to people that day that I
didn't even bother to correct her).

LaRee & the twins
http://pages.ivillage.com/lareebrown/

-----Original Message-----
From: Amy [mailto:a mn rr com]
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:55 PM
To: apmultiples yahoogroups com
Subject: Re: [apmultiples] another rant from Valerie

I don't know why- but suddenly soccer is hot for girls. Maybe it's Mia
Hamm
:) lol
I agree- I want Lily to play sports. She's built like a linebacker so
far,
so maybe she'll be a great defensive end or hockey center :)

BUT I must also say, that having only 1 girl- I do have a little bit of
an
obsession with dressing her more feminine than her brothers.... I like
that
people can tell she's a girl then. Dumb I know....but I still like it.
I was NOT and am still not a "girly-girl" but I do have a new found
fondness
for dresses now that I have a daughter.... :)

-Amy
Mom to Ben, Lily and Sam- 17months
----- Original Message -----
From: "JGETZ" <jgetz cinci rr com>
To: <apmultiples yahoogroups com>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [apmultiples] another rant from Valerie


> I only have 3 boys, so I'm no expert in the area.  I do have one boy
who
is more into traditional "girly" things, like he prefers art to sports
and
plays with my purse.  I've tried to be gender neutral as much as
possible,
bought dolls, etc.  I even got them toy makeup when they wanted it.  But
they do seem to be rather "boyish" in general, except for the one I
mentioned, but even he can at times.  Oh, did I mention that his
favorite
color is pink.  : )
>
> One thing I've noticed of many girl's parents is that they really seem
to
steer them into girly activities at an early age.  My boys' basketball
team
is coed and there's not one girl on it, they're only 5!  I'm shocked
that
parents don't sign their girls up for sports, you do see more in soccer,
but
not in baseball.  If I had a girl, I'd put her in sports, but I'm sure
it's
hard if there's no other girls on the team.
>
> Oh, did I mention that the new baby is also a boy?  : )
>
> Jenny
>
> I am also continually bombarded with people attributing my own
children's
> characteristics and personality to their gender.  Whenever someone
says,
oh
> boys are this or girls are that I always contradict them and state no,
> that's just so and so's personality. My first daughter goes against a
lot
of
> the gender stereotypes in that she was slow to talk and she is the
only
one
> of my six children to have learning difficulties.
>
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>
>
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