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"Alex ran in and out of Nick&amp;#x27;s closet this morning, slamming the doors and trying on shoes and laughing hysterically. Let me preface this post by saying I do not care. At all. I want healthy, happy kids, as I know all of us do. Especially given that I&amp;#x27;ve had cancer and I&amp;#x27;m damn lucky to have a kid at all. How could I be choosy? But, as Nick and I consider going for baby number two, the girl thing has come up. As in, people saying, I hope you have a girl. You know, the clothes are cuter, they have tea parties, they bond with you over boy problems. And it&amp;#x27;s got me thinking...Should I want a girl? I mean, I&amp;#x27;m a girl. I think girls rock. And I can understand why women would want a daughter (one of the most compelling arguments I&amp;#x27;ve heard is that as they get older girls tend to stick around their families and boys tend to move wherever their wives want). And I definitely get why men would want a son. I was one of three girls and while I imagine my dad would have liked to have a Tim or Tom or Chris, he never let on&amp;amp;#8212;probably because he raised my sisters and me like boys. I can shoot a gun, bait a hook, pull-start a boat engine, throw, kick, shoot, hit, swing, etc. (I cannot, however, change a tire...not sure how we missed that one). Maybe that&amp;#x27;s why I&amp;#x27;m not so obsessed with boy vs. girl. Would I like to have a girl? Sure, though at this point I can&amp;#x27;t imagine it at all. But I&amp;#x27;d also like to have another boy. I love having a boy. Yes, he is a handful. Yes, he has no fear (he dove into a pricker bush after a ball over the weekend and currently looks like he was mauled by a tiger) and yes, I can already imagine how much he&amp;#x27;s going to eat as a teenager. But he&amp;#x27;s the best. I would take three of him in a heartbeat (I&amp;#x27;d also need to take three valium a day if that were the case, but still...). I came out of the bathroom and Alex was in Nick&amp;#x27;s suitcase&amp;amp;#8212;never a dull moment with this guy! I know women who&amp;#x27;ve had two boys and decided to go for a third in hopes that they&amp;#x27;d &amp;quot;get their girl&amp;quot; and...whoops, three boys! I don&amp;#x27;t know. I only have one right now. And I&amp;#x27;m not&amp;amp;#8212;I repeat, not&amp;amp;#8212;pregnant. So who knows how I&amp;#x27;ll feel someday. How about you? Did you/do you have a preference? I know it&amp;#x27;s un-p.c. to talk about, but this is what blogs are for.... If you could have your pick, would you want a girl or a boy?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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