Weirdest response so far RE: Gender Reveal

[ladystardust]

BIL was over a few days ago and we went out to dinner. At the restaurant DH told him about our last ultrasound and finding out it was a girl. I think his response was something like this: "Oooh...(pause)...heh heh that makes me think of something (DH's cousin's wife) said." We asked what it was and he said it wasn't appropriate to talk about at a restaurant. So after raising an eyebrow we moved on. 

Sidenote: DH was never close to his cousin, but BIL is. Cousin has 3 boys.

On the car ride home he asks us if we wanted to know what he thought about, so we said ok. I guess cousin's wife thinks that gender is all dependent on penis size since male sperm swims harder but not as far. So having a bigger penis gets it closer to the egg. At this point DH and I looked pretty stunned and I asked if she just wanted a way to tell people her husband has a big dick. Or maybe to make her feel better about only having boys. BIL then goes on to say something like "So she'll probably think about that when she finds out you're having a girl. Just so you know."

WTF am I supposed to say to that? I did say that was pretty idiotic and asked how she explains families with both boys and girls. I guess she hasn't thought that far. This is just the dumbest thing I ever heard and I am totally confused why BIL would even think that was something to bring up.

I think I'm also a little annoyed that he has yet to say any kind of congratulations. But seriously, that's what you say when you find out you're going to have a niece?

[joolz]

Your BIL sounds immature. What a ridiculous thing to say!

I'd hope the cousin's wife would be classier and wouldn't bring it up.

[ladystardust]

Ha! I think you hit the nail on the head with BIL being immature. He is, but for some reason it still seemed out of character for him. I doubt cousin's wife would say anything. I would only see her if I have a shower anyway, but BIL wanted to make sure we knew she would be thinking about it...for whatever reason.

[urbancowgirl]

How old is BIL? That sounds like something a junior high kid would say.

[baconlettucetomato]

Sounds like someone is jealous to me.

Hopefully cousin doesn't bring it up. That's just odd.

[mudslide]

Wow. How old is he?

[ladystardust]

Jan 20, 2013 13:03:56 GMT -5 urbancowgirl said:

How old is BIL? That sounds like something a junior high kid would say.

He's 33. DH's older brother! Most people are surprised to learn DH is younger than him...

[sleepyheads]

Both the cousin's wife and BIL are complete idiots and have no social grace. I am astounded at how stupid people are in this world. She's probably jealous because she has no girls, and BIL sounds immature. I would ignore it.

[littlemisschatty]

People are f*cking weird

[winecheery]

I'm not sure if this comment itself would bother me. I would def be like, "Wow, you guys are fucking idiots." just because it's a stupid thing to say/think. Not shocking some people are dumb enough to think things like this, but also who cares at their ignorance?

However, like you stated in the op, I think I WOULD be bothered by the fact that he didn't have the courtesy to at least say congrats on your happy news. That bit makes me mad/sad for you. The baby will be his niece and that would get most normal people a little excited at least!

[iamgrace]

That is pretty much the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And I've heard plenty of really stupid things come from the mouths of adults.