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If you have just one child or several but of one sex only, have you ever wondered what would it be to have at least one of the other gender?
I think I'd love to experience being a dad to both a boy and a girl as I'd like both experiences. I bet they're quite different but each is enriching in its own, unique way, in ways the other just cannot be.
If you have only boys or girls have you ever wondered in the back of your mind what would the other experience be like? Are you sometimes a bit envious of parents who can experience both?
My Dad grew up with 3 brothers. He ended up having 3 girls of his own, and he always said he liked that. My husband also has three girls, and he also says he’s perfectly happy with that. When his third daughter was born, a co-worker asked him if he was sorry it wasn’t a boy, and he set him straight.
There’s nice things about having all boys, or all girls, or a combination of each. Since we can’t (yet, at least) pick what we get, you just have to accept what ever gift God gives you.
^Good to hear that as in my experience it isn't that nice for the lone-gender parent, who often feels oppressed by the group think of the others. Maybe it's that way in our culture and the US is different.
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The ones I know with all one gender seem to be fine with it. They all had in mind a certain number of kids they wanted to have (2,3 or 4), and that is when they were done having kids. None of them seem to mind it at all.
A few moms of all boys volunteer with girls and some dads of all girls volunteer with boys in families I know.
Between my husband and myself, we have 3 grown boys. Me personally, I loved having little boys...and I would've loved having little girls if that's the way it went. They're all blessings, and they're all maddening. lol
My stepson has 4 daughters, and counting the cousin he adopted, there's 5. Soooo...I got grandaughters, and they were delightful. And he has 1 son, and a cousin he adopted, so I have 2 grandsons, and they're delightful and sweet.
When they were little my wife I used to think about what it would be like if we had a little girl. But, it was short-lived. They are 9,9 and 4 and now we don't care.
Sure I use to wonder what it would be like having a girl and thought I would like to have one. I would look at all the cute little girl clothes, etc. But I dint want one enough to try again. Two boys, I was done. As time went on friends would say girls were worse than boys. It wasnt long before I was glad I had just boys.
Then the day came when I got to be a grandparent and was hoping for a granddaughter. Two boys. LOL. I have no regrets and maybe, just maybe I will live to see a great grand.....daughter.
No, I had 2 girls, and I'm happy with that.
I'm secretly happy that I didn't have boys.
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