Are girls really differnt to boys, or is it just my DC?

[LynetteScavo]

A few things have happened reacently to make me think girls and boys really are quite different.
Firstly, DD's reception teacher has been off work (I think with a broken arm) this week. DD has been very concerned, and has made a Get Well car for her. There is no way my boys would have cared, as long as the suply teacher was nice, the would have been happy.
Secondly, I ordered DD a new dress. Dresses aren't her things, especially one with big pink flowers, which this one has, but I really like it. When I showed it to her she said "oh, Mummy, it looks to small, I think it will be very tight and un-comfy." She obviously hates it, but has kept up this pretence that she thinks it will be to small, and is refusing to try it on. My boys would have just said "That's horrid- no way am I wearing that!"

Is this really how boys and girls are, or have I been lucky with DD, or unlucky with my rude boys?

Boys aren't rude they just dont dress the truth up! They are different though done exactly the sme with our dd and ds but dd into what she wears and comments on what I wear DS needs cothes put out for him each day as otherwise cant find them in the draws! And wouldn't notice if I dyed my hair green!!

My DS would have wanted to make a get well card for his teacher in that situation and even though he is 13 I'd give him pretty high scores for "emotional intelligence". He is always thoughtful and thinks about how others feel. DD1 would never dress stuff up and would certainly say "that's horrid" if she didn't like an outfit I'd bought for her. It more of a personality thing than a boy/girl thing.

Ds is far more sensitive about people's feelings than dd, would have been far more likely to have done the get-well card, except that he feels very self-conscious about his poor writing. He's always been the peacemaker, the one who can't bear people to get angry, the one who always feels the need to step in to protect the underdog.

Dd is more blunt and doesn't care that much about feelings. Enough to be polite to people, but there is always a slight hint of irony about dd, always the feeling that there is part of her that stands apart and observes rather than getting emotionally engaged.

My big brother was (and is) very sensitive: I am the blunt, outspoken type. He cries more than I do, love and relationships play a bigger part in his life, I am more career focused (though happily married). This was very noticeable even when we were little: he liked his primary school teachers if they were kind (even if they were useless teachers); I liked them if they were efficient.