do you have or know anyone who has 3 boys?

[belleandbete]

Please tell me nice things about life with three boys, either your own, or a family you know- especially anyone who knows a family like that who are now grown up and still get on well. I need to hear some happy, encouraging stories as I"m feeling quite down about never having a DD.

(if you have awful stories feel free to share those too, I guess- need a realistic picture!)

thank you!

My daughter has four boys who are all completely different in character. At times they are very noisy and argumentative but they all stick up for each other and are supportive when necessary. As someone else said, don't get hung up on 'what boys are like' they can be however they want. Also they can all, but the youngest, cook a meal and they all have household jobs.

I have three boys. They are 8, 7 and 3. They are a handful at times but get on really well with each other and the older two are so caring to the youngest. They can be like a herd of elephants together but also kind of gentle to each other.

I’m pregnant with my third boy and while I did sort of hope for a daughter, I’m now over that and very excited to meet my third boy. I have loved reading this thread on Wednesday morning!

@SimpleSimonSaysU2

We are a blended family with 5 boys. And I love it

They are all teens / early 20s now and are great fun.
All very different to each other but when I have all 5 round the table I am the happiest mom/step mum of my brood.

2 now have girlfriends and it is lovely getting to develop friendships with them.

After a horrible divorce when my boys were tiny - I feel very blessed to have our boys.

My friend has 4 boys. The eldest is 16 and the youngest 6.
As an outsider looking in they're all great boys. My friend spends a lot of her time at football, but they are noisy, funny, loving and very family orientated. The x-Box is on a lot!

My Dsis has 3 girls, all grown now. All very different. The eldest was very well behaved and easy, the middle was outrageously hard work with huge violent tantrums and anti-social and difficult behaviour (she's now studying Engineering and is delightful company) and the youngest very quiet and shy.
She was told plenty of times on the birth of her third dd that she must be 'devastated' at having 3 girls.

I agree it's not gender but personality. Enjoy your boys and congrats!

Having three boys is amazing.

But I've never had the urge to have a daughter, and I adore being the parent of boys.

So I think it's just something you are going to have to learn to love because you can't stop yourself wanting a DD, and you'll love your kids regardless.
It's common to want a different sex child though so you aren't alone.

Yep I have 3 - I'll admit I did always want a daughter but i wouldn't change my boys for the world. They all get on very well. I also get 'comments' "Wow 3 boys?!" like its a freaky thing, but I have 2 friends with 3 boys and a few families at school as well.

DH is one of three boys. There is 11 years oldest to youngest so they each have had their own space within the family. They get on very well - not in each other’s pockets but in touch as much as I am with my DSis. DMIL did spoil me rotten when I first turned up (DH is the oldest) and she gets on extremely well with me and DSIL without it being overwhelming.

I have two boys and whilst my DH has wanted a girl from before we had any DC neither of us would change them.

My cousins are 3 boys. Growing up my mum would make smug comments about how my aunt was really missing out by not having a girl but they're all grown up now and very close to my aunt & uncle, closer than my sister and I are to our parents.

My husband was one of four boys and his aunt and uncle had 5 boys.
All seemed to be fairly close to their parents.
My son has three boys, 22, 16 and 10..all still at home
Lovely family.
All fairly close
The hope is you get a lovely daughter in law to fill that gap..or a granddaughter
My friend has two boys..very close..she gets on well with her dil..and now has a lovely granddaughter

I have a friend with three boys. 11, 8 and 5. They are a lovely family. The boys are very different characters but very close and really look out for each other.

My youngest son was a single dad aged 21 and still lived at home with his baby.
I had parties here with as many as 8 of his mates at a time..every week
I got to know them all well
All great lads..all dadS themselves now.

I used to know a family with eight boys, their ninth was a girl. No problems, they all got on well.

One of my closest friends has three boys and it's loud and messy but so much fun. They all get on well and play together brilliantly, and the older two are absolutely amazing with the 'surprise' who's quite a bit younger than them (they are currently 12, 10 and 5).

DH is the oldest of four brothers and they're all really close as adults. They live in different parts of the country now but we all get together at Christmas and at least once over the summer and they just slot into a lovely relaxed friendship with each other, and invariably pick up guitars and make music together.

@SilverySurfer I was once sitting in a supermarket car park and a huge people carrier pulled in next to me. Seven boys of various ages poured out, and then the dad reached in and brought out the pinkest, frilliest baby car seat you ever did see, containing a tiny little girl, all in pink. I could just imagine the mum going 'Finally!'

I have three boys, 7, 3 and 7 months. I have found out the sex with each of mine during pregnancy (I couldn’t wait!) and while with my third I did wonder what it would be like to have a daughter (in an excited/ positive way) as soon as I found out he was a boy I felt content, relieved and excited. I’m quite relieved not to be raising girls in this day and age - social media pressures, early sexualisation etc. I can already see the girls in my DS1’s primary school class having more complicated emotional friendships than the boys. But I’m loathe to generalise really as my older two are both quite different but both sensitive, kind and thoughtful people.
My mum is just as close to my brother as she is to me and my sister and in fact finds my sister very hard work.
My DH and his brother were both very close to their late parents. I aim just to bring them up with as much love and closeness and confidences as I would daughters as I imagine that will keep us close!
Ps I’ve never had any negative comments, people have always been pleased/ admiring! The odd ‘oh gosh you’ve got your hands full!’ (I have! ) but the mum in my class with 3 girls has the same so...

I have both and my girl is by far the most demanding.

I have 3 boys 19, 15, 10. They are just lovely.
Kind, generous, loyal, helpful, supportive of each other and our family as a whole.
They fight. They try and get one up on each other they rib each other, the toilet banter is endless. But they look out for each other, in a way my mixed siblings and I never did. They are good chums and just gorgeous. And the girlfriends come around for tea at least once a week. They do whiff a bit through the teenage years, and the deodorant, aftershave, and hair products can be intoxicating at times. The endless washing of rugby kit, and wet smelly boots and sports kits can be overwhelming (invest in lots of towels).
But Boys are the best and 3 is definitely the magic number.

I have three- it’s very much hard work a lot of the time- but we’re unusual: DS1 and DH have ADHD diagnosis and DS2 & 3 don’t but do have (ahem) traits of ADHD. They fight a lot, I suspect they would if any/all were girls too.

I have four nephews who are adults and get on exceptionally well- they go on holiday together and for a while recently none had girlfriends and they all lived together! One is having a DS with his DP now though so more boys on the way.they have supported each other through some pretty tough times in their young years too.

I am intrigued. Does no one have non boisterous boys? So much of this is ‘my boys were a handful but are now sensible adults.’ I have two sons. Neither has ever been a handful or boisterous. Both have done craft, enjoyed reading, board games. We are not a rowdy household and DH has never encouraged any boisterous behaviour OR maybe that’s their personality. Now I am worried they are going to grow up to be rambunctious and loud adults!

@IVEgotthesparklersBIATCH

I have four boys and a girl who is the most demanding child by far. Although i feel she feels left out by her brothers

Yep, 4 boys and 1 girl here, too. I completely agreed with your comment!!

I have 4 boys, 6, 5, 2 and 11 months. I won’t lie it’s a wild house at times but I love it. They all play together even the baby and the big two go to school together and are best friends.

I have three boys, 14/12 and 20months and I love it. All my ds have mixed personalities, sometimes Boisterous sometimes very feminine.
Actually I was quite a toy boy and was forever making mess and climbing on things.

The only reason I would of like a dd is to see how she would of looked etc, but I'm so happy that I have my 3 ds, and get to raise good, kind thoughtful men.