A MILLENNIAL’S POV
WE’RE HAVING A THIRD BOY By Kimberly Elliot Kimberly Elliot is an associate with a Toronto-based marketing agency.
When my husband and I decided to have a third
fact having our third boy, people assume that I am
child, it was because we wanted a third child. Not,
somehow disappointed about this. “Oh, poor Mom!”
after two boys, because we wanted to “try” for a girl.
is the most common response I receive today when I
This was the assumption many people made when
happily announce that we are expecting a third baby
they discovered we are having our third. “Going
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boy.
for the girl?!” or “hoping for a girl?” were common
This really bothers me. To assume that my little
responses we got when we first announced our
Mommy heart could only be made whole by a
pregnancy. Now, after discovering that we are in
daughter is ridiculous. To assume that only a
SIDEONE SUMMER 2021
