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If you could have ONLY 1 child a boy or a girl which one would you choose?

246 replies

SleepDreamThinkHuge · 21/04/2023 15:56

Someone asked me this question hypothetically if you had no children and you were only destined for one child what would you choose if you had the chance?

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FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 21/04/2023 15:58

I always wanted a boy.

7Worfs · 21/04/2023 15:58

Boy

TonTonMacoute · 21/04/2023 15:59

Boy, which is what I got thankfully.

SmirnoffIceIsNice · 21/04/2023 15:59

I always wanted a girl and ended up having two DDs so I was very happy. I would choose girl if given this choice.

BarryK3nt · 21/04/2023 16:00

Girl, so glad I’ve got one.

Twizbe · 21/04/2023 16:00

Boy.

Delectable · 21/04/2023 16:01

Girl but would love for my DH that we have a son too. 😊

Coffeeandbourbons · 21/04/2023 16:01

I would’ve said girl before DD was born, now I have one of each and love them both so much it’s impossible to say!

TomatoSandwiches · 21/04/2023 16:03

I've got 2 boys and one girl and I honestly don't know which I would choose.

ASGIRC · 21/04/2023 16:07

Girl

RedToothBrush · 21/04/2023 16:09

A girl.

I got a boy.

I'm glad. My choice would have been wrong for me. Id have projected a shit load of stuff onto her in a way I can't for DS.

TooBigForMyBoots · 21/04/2023 16:11

Before having children I would have answered girl. Now I have 2 boys and they're brilliant.

Gingerlygreen · 21/04/2023 16:11

Girl, dh also always wanted girls and we have two.

Mummynew08 · 21/04/2023 16:11

I thought I wanted a boy but then I had DD and she's the most perfect being in the world...how wrong I was!

marshmallowsforbreakfast · 21/04/2023 16:12

Boy, so loving and uncomplicated.

hiredandsqueak · 21/04/2023 16:13

I wanted a boy, I have both and I'm very glad about all of them. If starting from zero and knowing I'd only get one I'd want a boy.

DaisyWaldron · 21/04/2023 16:14

I'd leave it up to chance. I don't have a preference.

rubadubdubascrubinahottub · 21/04/2023 16:18

I have both but I would choose boy.

SausageinaBun · 21/04/2023 16:19

Girl and I have 2. When I first read the question, I was wondering if I had to choose which of them I'd keep.

cptartapp · 21/04/2023 16:21

Boy.
Stats show men are far more likely to leave the family unit when their offspring are solely female.

icerosenovember · 21/04/2023 16:21

Boy.

Bigpinktrain · 21/04/2023 16:21

Either, both are equally wonderful and infuriating 😌

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 21/04/2023 16:24

SausageinaBun · 21/04/2023 16:19

Girl and I have 2. When I first read the question, I was wondering if I had to choose which of them I'd keep.

Easy for me.

Neither.

BonnieGlasses · 21/04/2023 16:26

I don't have children but if by some miracle I could have one now, I'd want a girl. I've just always pictured myself with a daughter.

motherstongue · 21/04/2023 16:27

A wise person once said to me “it doesn’t matter their gender, you will get what you always wanted, you just didn’t actually know that’s what you wanted until you got it”.