Rant about gender

You should hear some of the things people say to me on a daily basis. Just today when I was checking out at Target the cashier said "It is a good thing you finally got the boy". Does that mean that girls are not good enough? My usual reply is something like "A girl would have been good too." Believe it or not people do not get the hint and say something like "Well your husband must be thrilled you finally had a boy." Actually Matt never once said he hoped Akiva was a boy. After people tell us how happy we should be that Akiva is a boy they feel it necessary to tell us we can stop having more children because we got the boy. Believe it or not we did not get pregnant with Akiva because we wanted a boy, we wanted another happy healthy child and we got it.
When the twins were first born people would gravitate towards us because they wanted to see the twins. They would ooh and aah at them and then tell me how sorry they felt for me. Why feel sorry for me, I had two beautiful healthy little girls, why feel sorry for me? I know they were trying to be funny but eventually kids understand and hear what people say and begin to take it to heart. I never want the girls to feel that they are less because of their gender. Why am I ranting about gender today? Why not and I am sure it will not be the last time.