Anyone else fed up with grandparents who have their hearts set on one gender?

[canadianmum]

I have beautiful twin boys and am now pregnant with my third child. DH and I really couldn't care less whether we have a girl or boy and are not planning to find out.

HOWEVER, my mother, father and mil are all desperate for a granddaughter and feel they have to mention it EVERY time I speak to them. It is really winding me up, especially when my mil says that she is "praying every night for a girl". FFS! Then my Dad told me that he knows I want a girl, I just won't admit it -

Anyone else getting this? Any snappy comebacks? I almost don't want to speak to them anymore.

Exactually! My two boys couldn't be more different, even if they were different sexes!!

When I was pg with DS, Step MIL told me she would give me 100 quid if it was a boy because FIL already had 6 granddaughters and didn't want another .

I got my 100 quid

When I was pg with DD Step MIL told me that if it was a boy she was never going to talk to me again.
I prayed and prayed for a boy

Really, ghosty??

LOl at praying for a boy to avoid speaking to MIL though!

Truly pinkchampagne ... Step MIL is a complete and utter witch.
I did pray for a boy so that she wouldn't talk to me again though

Was delighted to have DD though, just gutted that that meant Step Witch in Law would continue to give me the time of day

DS1 was the first grandson, my nephew was the second, and ds2 was the third in just 22 months. Ds2 was practically ignored by mil, who made it very clear all she wanted was a girl. He's nearly 8 and she's never shown much interest in him.

Mil has 3 sons, and only ever wanted a girl.
All three of her sons knew they would have been the last child had they been a girl!

Personally I'm delighted with two boys, and always dreamed of having two boys; so I don't care two hoots what she thinks.

My brother has just had a baby girl, so I can buy pink frilly things for my niece now if I wish ... but won't have to cope with the teenage hormones! But my mil still doesn't have a granddaughter, and no sign of anyone producing one [evil grin]

this is also starting to get to me but from a slightly different angle.

We have two lovely boys and I am pregnant with DC3 (a little girl). I always feel a little defensive for my boys when people wax lyrical about us "getting our girl". We didn't try for a girl (she wasn't actually planned). Although I am happy that we'll have a touch of pink in our lives, I just don't get the big deal people make about it (especially when it's not their own child).

tell them not to speak with you about it - after all it is the father that determines the gender isn't it??

have just given birth to our third girl ( last Fri) and I got lots of comments throughout the pregnancy about dh and I obviously wanting a boy - I just said - nope we were hoping for a girl actually - or pretended I hadn't heard them.

Mt MIL told me at the weekend that she's decided we're having a boy!. WTF !! That's it then all settled I'll start buying blue babygro's shall I???

Apparantly she told my SIL the same thing and she produced a boy 7 weeks ago. It's all because she had two boys and has also said she 'doesn't really like girls' !! Someones going to be disappointed as my Mum has made it clear she'd prefer a girl.

3 weeks to go to scan when we find out hopefully.