Oh! You have no son?

I will never forget the moment when i first saw my baby. Oh! How i felt. Such a beautiful girl I have got. I am a MOM.

Then the whole lot of remarks that followed day by day hazed the excitement of becoming a mother.

A (some relative): Oh! Such a beautiful baby! Don’t worry next time it will be a boy.

I thought, "Why the damn should I worry?"

B(temple priest): May God bless you with a son next time.

I thought, "Why can’t you bless my daughter, damn it? She's right in front of you"

And so on and so forth.

I quietly went on to bring up my daughter. Somehow felt futile to argue on such notes.

Then after three years I gave birth to another daughter. And it was like a shower of comments on my family members.

C(my hubby's friend who also has a daughter): Heh heh, now u have to spend for two dowries. I have to spend for only one.

I thought, "Dowry? Which generation are you in?"

D (a lady in bank, who chats with me): Oh! Both are daughters? ... (Rest very loud even though unsaid)

I thought, "You urself are a lady and you too...”

E ( a relative to my mom-in-law): Your daughter in law should go for another kid, hopefully it will be a son next time.

I didn't think anything this time.

And as time passes, I have got used to such statements. As my daughters are growing up, sometime back I got to hear something very interesting

F (my mom-in-law's friend to my mom-in-law): Who the hell tells you have 2 grand daughters. My god, they are so cute, so well mannered... They are going to surpass all your three sons.

Am I happy with this? No, I wouldn't say that. That's still a comparison.

I just hope a time will come when will stop comparing between GIRLS and BOYS. I am doing my bit by nurturing my KIDS, who will shape our future.

Are you doing your BIT?