Posted on 01/15/2016 10:42:54 AM PST by nickcarraway
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"Once we found out we were having a boy, we cringed over new visions: video games. Mud, chaos. Boring and time-consuming sports. "
What kind of man cringes over mud and sports?
What I saw in this article was the incredible narcissism. I agree with you — it’s not about the parent, it’s about the new child. But then this appears to be a fashion webzine, so perhaps it’s OK to talk about your baby as a trendy fashion accessory
I’m surprised this woman hasn’t already aborted the boy baby and written about how fulfilled she was to dismember a member of the non-female gender.
She should have married a man.
But usually their was an age limit on that.
I have one of each, both of which I was quite sure of the gender well before any confirmation. The whole time it didn’t matter to me either way, I just had a very strong sense and happened to be correct both times.
The woman in the article is NUTS!
She cut her hair short, wore boy clothes, wanted tools for birthday and Christmas and was generally my little shadow for three wonderful years.
One day, I was trying to teach her how to throw a baseball from the shoulder rather than the elbow. It wasn't going so well. On about the 29th try I blurted out in frustration "You've got to throw from the shoulder, hon, not the elbow. You are throwing like a girl!"
She took one look at me, threw down her ballcap and glove and stalked off with the explanation "Daddy, I am a girl!"
Of course, she's the one with the two little grandsons, now.
I was only able to have one child. I was really pleased he was/is a boy. I was a tomboy and knew I could relate better to a boy. Funny how things work out.....his first child is a girl......and we adore her. That being said, I have some mild concern that so many girls are being born......afraid there won’t be enough boys to go around for the number of girls in this generation. Counting all my friends with grandchildren, approx 70% are girls. I have wondered if there is anything in our food supply causing this. Seriously. Any anecdotal stories that someone else notices an inordinate number of girls being born these days?
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I thought I was the only one noticing that there are way more girls than boys out there. In my stream on FB almost all the new babies are females. Some are babies of under 26 moms, all are babies of under 39 moms. All Girls with just two males born out of approx. 20.
On the other hand I have an acquaintance with 6 grandsons and one granddaughter. Rare though.
Odd that women wouldn’t have held a place of higher esteem in China with multi husband families and a precious wife who would bear each a child and be cherished.
It could have been such a more positive outcome for a terrible situation, instead it was made more terrible.
Because she’s an idiot.
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The others are merely hirelings and not shepards.
Sad? Because you are an entitled ingrate, girl.
Being disappointed at the initial finding of the gender of your child is normal. It’s something that you understand can happen, and parents usually are thrilled with their child, regardless of the gender.
The person who wrote this should never be a parent. She has major psychological issues (she doesn’t want a smart son because she already is made to feel inferior to males, etc.) and I feel sorry for ANY child she conceives.
Absolutely! Horrible article, horrible woman.
Are people aborting boys? Nothing surprises me.
You know? It was funny when the Who did that song about I’m a Boy. It’s not funny anymore. It’s sad & it’s sick & it ought to be illegal.
I was disappointed that my third child was a boy. It took a month for me to get over it and rejoice in him being a boy. I got over it. No harm.
OTOH, it CAN do lasting harm if a parent remains disappointed in a child’s sex at the age where the child is aware of it.
“But usually their was an age limit on that. “
Nope. It’s sometimes a lifelong process.
You can decide to own less land, see less of the world, put less time into a fulfilling career, see less of your friends - there are many blessings where people make trade-offs according to how much energy, time and resources they have.
But your point is well taken, and I think many people come to wish they had another blessing or two or three to love and carry on after them.
Here’s a link to one short but interesting article:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/one-wife-many-husbands
Apparently it’s a real problem there.
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