Sometimes I wish we could stop having this conversation. People are beginning to believe this applies to everyone. I have two sons aged 13 and 8. I have always been so happy and grateful for my sons and would have been happy if they were girls also. Then I had a daughter, who is now almost 2. The amount of people who presume we tried again for a girl is just ridiculous. We’ve had comments from family, friends, doctors and even strangers “you finally got your girl!” and in ear shot of my sons too. How insulting. I want to validate people’s feelings who are disappointed when they have boys, but I also want to say that you probably need counselling. There’s no guarantee that your daughter will want to have a close relationship or that she will like pink and frills or anything. I think it’s important for us to deal with our own issues prior to having children so it doesn’t affect them.