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The Boy

Wednesday 28 December 2011 | general

the boy

“If we have another daughter, what will I refer to her as on MTS?” I asked myself. The Girl is, after all, the Girl. I can’t very well switch to “Girl A” and “Girl B,” or “Alpha Girl” and “Beta Girl.” Besides sounding stupid, the Girl is the Girl.1

Enter: the Boy.

The Boy

Working name right now: Emil.2

  1. There are naturally other concerns. How does one raise a boy? Is it different from girls? Should it be? Yes and no seem appropriate answers. ↩
  2. Most likely spelled without the final “e”, as this is identical to the Polish spelling. ↩

3 Comments

  1. Papa on December 29 at 1:12 am

    Wow! What a wonderful surprise! We NOW have a male heir to my father’s name.

  2. nina on December 29 at 8:15 pm

    Congratulations! Fun in fours! Expected birthday?

  3. gls on December 29 at 9:30 pm

    Thank you. The due date is in mid-May, very convenient since I’ll just be finishing up school.