My mom was an only child who never had any male children around while growing up, and always said she knew absolutely nothing about raising boys. It literally never occurred to her, until I popped out, that she would ever have a baby boy. She already had drawers full of girls' baby clothes waiting for me (which she didn't use; I was never fully dressed as a girl growing up), and had picked the name "Melissa" for me.
She dealt with it, in general, but couldn't resist playing with makeup on me from time to time.
- Diane
