Since the wife and I have started telling people that we are expecting a baby the reaction is almost universal. The standard congratulations followed by the question "what are you having?"
Then we give them the answer. We are not going to find out. We really want this to be a surprise.
Now, the naysayers want an answer for a multitude of reasons. Some just out of idle curiosity, others because they want in on something they think is a secret, and then the practical people that can't find or don't want to give gender neutral gifts.
I have noticed the seeming lack of gender-neutral anything and I think it is sad. And, while knowing the gender of the baby could be fun, I like a good secret.
The idea that I will have the opportunity to come out of the delivery room and announce to the world that we have a girl or a boy; it makes me smile just thinking about it.
It seems like the hardest part of all this will be not accidentally finding out. We have an anatomy scan coming up and the first piece of advice we got was "if you don't want to know you must tell anyone that gets near the ultrasound machine". I'm debating wearing a sign around my neck.
For anyone reading this wanting to know the gender of our baby- even if it slips somewhere we aren't telling. It has to be a surprise to someone.
Now I'll throw it out to all of you. Did you find out what the gender of your baby was? Of course if you have a guess leave it in the comments, all the wives' tales leave us at a stalemate.
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