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Why Am I So Sad About Having a Boy?
New York Magazine ^ | 1/15/2016 | Jenn Gann

Posted on 01/15/2016 10:42:54 AM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 01/15/2016 10:42:54 AM PST by nickcarraway
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This is how we get mixed up kids who believe they are the opposite sex. Or at least one of the reasons.


2 posted on 01/15/2016 10:45:04 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard then Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
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New York Magazine must be desperate to have published this drivel.

Makes me want to gag.

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3 posted on 01/15/2016 10:46:21 AM PST by Mears
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“My husband and I shared a daydream that was incredibly specific — and I believed that meant it avoided simplistic gender norms.”

Jen Gann “I was born in Alaska and currently live in Brooklyn.”

New York values.


4 posted on 01/15/2016 10:47:05 AM PST by demshateGod (Trump for press secretary! Cruz for president!)
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Because you’re an idiot.


5 posted on 01/15/2016 10:47:07 AM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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Pathetic. It’s not about you and what you want. Get over it.


6 posted on 01/15/2016 10:47:28 AM PST by Jenny217
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Am I wrong for finding these deranged people so entertaining?

Or is this satire?

7 posted on 01/15/2016 10:47:41 AM PST by skeeter
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There's no reason my son can't be a tiny ballerina. There's no reason I can't sign him up for a class, even if it is full of little girls. The next day I went out and bought him some useless pink ballet slippers, with bows, in the hopes of having a child who is a better version of me after all.

This poor kid's doomed.

8 posted on 01/15/2016 10:48:08 AM PST by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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But as our conversation went on and I described a tiny ballerina I'd seen on the subway, she helped me realize: There's no reason my son can't be a tiny ballerina.

There is if he turns out to be the size of an NFL defensive tackle. And if he turns out to be my size, he'll never be an NFL defensive tackle no matter what idiot fantasizing he does. He's a boy, honey. Deal with it.

One dream, at least, remains. She's going to enjoy the experience of being dumber than her kid.

9 posted on 01/15/2016 10:48:10 AM PST by Billthedrill
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Anyone who is disappointed in the gender of their child isn't fit to be a parent. Each gender has their own joys as well as challenges.

We were blessed with only girls. My only daughter with two or more grandchildren has only boys.

We love them all.

10 posted on 01/15/2016 10:49:10 AM PST by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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Time for a preemptive call to Child Protective Services.


11 posted on 01/15/2016 10:49:11 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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Why? Because you are a whiney bitch and an idiot.


12 posted on 01/15/2016 10:50:01 AM PST by huldah1776
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If she can’t have a girl, she will try to manufacture a metrosexual boy.


13 posted on 01/15/2016 10:50:03 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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There are probably thousands of couples who desperately want to have a child but for some reason can’t due to medical reasons, who would more than likely love a child no matter the gender.

Unfortunately, God has chosen to “bless” these idiots...

I would wager 2-1 that these people terminated the pregnency....


14 posted on 01/15/2016 10:50:12 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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She's going to enjoy the experience of being dumber than her kid.

Silver Lining for every ultrasound.

15 posted on 01/15/2016 10:50:23 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: miss marmelstein

“My name is Bill and I’m a head case.”


16 posted on 01/15/2016 10:50:42 AM PST by dfwgator
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Give that boy up for adoption, you selfish creeps. You don’t want a child, you want a vanity pet.


17 posted on 01/15/2016 10:51:05 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: nickcarraway
Why Am I So Sad About Having a Boy?

Because you are a confused, urban metrosexual with a severe case of cognitive dissonance over true human nature and the PC progressive world you live in.

Oh, and your husband is a spineless fairy.

Anyway, just a guess...

18 posted on 01/15/2016 10:51:12 AM PST by PGR88
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That’s why I hate the question “do you want a boy or girl?” - it’s as if there’s any choice in the matter, and sets the parents up for disappointment, creating a choosable vision with a 50/50 chance of failing to meet it. At the time, I adamantly & consistently responded “human.”

I have both. They’re both wonderful. I’m not disappointed, because (in light of this thread) I did not speculate about what I “wanted”. I got whichever I got, and had no delusions otherwise.


19 posted on 01/15/2016 10:52:10 AM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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Exactly. This damn narcissistic generation sees everything revolving around themselves. Worry less about what you want and worry more about what God wants. Every child is a blessing. My only prayer while my wife and I were having our children is that they be healthy.


20 posted on 01/15/2016 10:52:23 AM PST by reegs
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