Toby Young Toby Young

Status Anxiety | 23 February 2008

A high-status Mr Toad lookalike like me is bound to produce more sons than daughters

issue 23 February 2008

It’s a boy! This was the news following my wife’s 20-week scan last week. I know it is infra dig to find out the sex of your baby in advance, but Caroline said she needed to be psychologically prepared just in case it was a boy. She wanted another girl, obviously, and she didn’t want to risk bursting into tears in the delivery suite when the midwife held up the little tyke for her inspection.

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