My friend’s sis-in-law is expecting a baby and my friend’s parents were hoping to get a granddaughter as the first grandchild is a boy.  During the sis-in-law’s recent check up (she’s in her first trimester now), the gynae said, "There is nothing to suggest that it is a boy".  When this was conveyed to my friend’s dad, he immediately rang my friend and said, "It’s a girl!".

My friend told her brother what the dad said and he promptly asked her to help clarify things with their parents.  My friend was surprised that her dad would jump to such a conclusion since being a lawyer, he really should know better than to assume that "nothing to suggest it’s a boy" means that the baby is a girl.

I suppose the difficulty/confusion is when the opposite of a negative, i.e. "nothing to suggest…", does not equate to a positive.  Bottomline?  Don’t assume there’re just 2 sides to a coin. 

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