Nope, not failed. I think the days of measuring a woman's worth by her offspring are long gone... and good riddance I say!

And I hear you on stereotypical gender roles being irritating. My husband, being the father of four girls, can braid hair and do all sorts of cute little girl hairstyles like you wouldn't believe (and a lot better than me!) Our oldest was getting ready to show at the fair once and Brian whipped her hair into the most perfect French braid... the people in the crowd around us were just astounded by that because he's a man and made so many comments to that effect. Brian was like, "What... since I'm a guy I can't braid hair? I have four daughters!"

We still laugh about that, lol. I tell him he missed his calling. He could have been the next Jose Eber.