Would you be offended?

[CathyBogart]

I don't think I would have given it a second thought! Did your mom tell you why she was offended?

PS I also like pie

She just told me that it was "inappropriate" to talk about human infants that way.

[CathyBogart]

"pie" was how another forum I went to made the "other" option. I liked it, so I kept it.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Ah....

[Laura's Babies]

I don't think you said anything wrong either. That is like someone said, would she get mad if you said something was large instead of big? Life is to short to get so picky about things like that. SHE should understand how you are when you work around animals that is the first choice of words to use so CHILL OUT!

[MajesticCollies]

It just goes to show how much of a pet lover you are. Most pets when they are born we say, Male or Female. lol I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.!!!

[Dorothy39]

Yeah, The Baby was a Female!!! I don't have a problem with that phrase!!! That means it was a girl, right?

Loosen up Baby~~~ Life is just too short to sweat the small stuff
(oh, I need to tell you that :It's all small stuff)

[Flatcoatluver]

It just goes to show how much of a pet lover you are. Most pets when they are born we say, Male or Female. lol I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.!!!

So that must be where I got it from. A couple months ago my cousin told me she was preggy and I asked her male or female, and she says "excuse me?". I really never gave it one thought. Whoops. So I guess us animal lovers have different brains!!

[Alysser]

I don't really think I would care. How ae you gonna know if it offends your mom?? Although, I get mad when someone calls Sassy a "he".

[CathyBogart]

Well, I'm glad to know that I didn't say anything too offensive. I guess I'll be more careful in the future, just in case

[IRescue452]

I think male/female are more rationally loaded terms, while boy/girl are emotionally loaded terms social wise. I wouldn't care either way, but some people think into it too much. I personally refer to animals as boy/girl and most people I know do also.

[Twisterdog]

I wouldn't even have noticed if someone said that. But, then again, I have been known to refer to babies as "it." Oops.

I like coconut cream pie.

[finn's mom]

I might have teased you, but, I wouldn't have gotten upset. But, I still say "he" when I don't know the gender, because that used to be the way you did it...now, you have to say he/she, but, I'm not all that politically correct, so, I still say "he" if I don't know, or if whatever you're talking about could be referring to either gender.

[Cataholic]

Vanilla ice cream for me, and my male baby!

[Husky15]

I don't think your mom should have gotten so offended by that. I mean even on application forms and stuff like that they ask if you are a male or female. I mean a boy is male, and a girl is a female. It's inevitable and undeniable logic. I agree with Lady's Human, definitely sounds like she was too sensitive. I don't think you have to worry a whole lot about this being a problem in the future .

I voted no - obviously - but I also love pumpkin pie so it was quiet a hard decision .

[trayi52]

Nah, you didn't say anything wrong! Just don't worry about it. I don't find it at all offensive, and I'm 53 years old.

Willie