I was never told I was "supposed to be a girl", but I am the youngest of 3 boys, and I know my mother would have liked to have had a girl. She told me once at a very young age that my name would have been Mary had I been a girl. I also remember older relatives who would remark, "You're so 'purty' (this was the deep south...), you should have been a girl!" One adult cousin in particular always wore bright red lipstick and would kiss me on the lips, leaving my lips red and then tease me that I was wearing lipstick. Did that have any effect on my CDing? Dunno.
