[miss marmelstein]

This is how we get mixed up kids who believe they are the opposite sex. Or at least one of the reasons.

[Mears]

New York Magazine must be desperate to have published this drivel.

Makes me want to gag.

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[demshateGod]

“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.

[Fido969]

Because you’re an idiot.

[Jenny217]

Pathetic. It’s not about you and what you want. Get over it.

[skeeter]

Am I wrong for finding these deranged people so entertaining?

Or is this satire?

[mykroar]

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.

[Billthedrill]

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.

[Night Hides Not]

Time for a preemptive call to Child Protective Services.

[huldah1776]

Why? Because you are a whiney bitch and an idiot.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If she can’t have a girl, she will try to manufacture a metrosexual boy.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

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....

[dainbramaged]

Give that boy up for adoption, you selfish creeps. You don’t want a child, you want a vanity pet.

[PGR88]

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...

[ctdonath2]

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.

[needmorePaine]

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.

I hate this woman.

[2banana]

Why?

Because as a white make he will be discriminated all his life and not have the same opportunities as others because of his plumbing...

[Daaave]

I was really looking forward to being dumber than my daughter.

She should take some consolation with the thought that now she can look forward to being dumber than her son.

[bigbob]

Do you get paid by NY Magazine to promote their crap? Two articles in a row.

[Kickass Conservative]

Goodness Lady, just go to Planned Parenthood and then give it another try. What a friggin loon, poor kid if he makes it out alive.

Did I see that she referred to the clump of cells Fetus as a Baby Boy? I guess that’s progress.