to be disappointed that royal baby is a boy

[Madmum24]

I know IABU, baby is healthy etc, but for some reason I really thought it would be a girl.

I don't know what has got into me, I am certainly not a royalist but I have been so interested in the birth.

Yes, I thought that for a split second, because the new succession laws wont be tested for another generation. But a bit unreasonable to be so disappointed to post on IABU board???

Horace Happy Birthday! I dont even know what magic baby you speak of

All that's happened is a baby as been born. I want naked Harry pictures!

I think it's a very good thing it was a boy. I hoped it was before it was born, for its own sake, because I think any girl would just be treated horribly viciously by the press all through her teenage years and as a young woman. Look at how awful people are about Beatrice and Eugenie.

The Crown Princess of one of the Scandinavian monarchies had anorexia as a young woman - growing up with the burden of being royal and female has got to have been part of that.

I would like to have seen them with a girl. No idea why, really!

Yowsa,the 1st reply deleted.clearly you've pissed folk off

Oh, so that's what a man hating feminist is. Didn't realise your hate extended to newborns. Gosh, at least give him a chance not to rape someone will you?

Come over to my thread about Maternity Worldwide and donate, all you "think of all the women who aren't as lucky as the D of C" people!

Well I mean there's disappointed in a "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! WHY, GOD, WHY?!" kind of a way and there's disappointed in a "ach, a girl would've been nice, eh?" way. Fairly sure the OP meant the latter. At the end of the day, it's not as if it's she's commenting on the baby of us or anyone we know.

"disappointed the baby isn't a half lizard."

Duh. They don't show off their scales do they...

FairPhyllis makes a fair point. The pressure on a Princess, being the first after the new legislation, would have been huge.

Why is it that woman haters get called misogynists (clearly negative)

Man haters get called feminists (how altruistic)

I prefer to be known as a feminazi boner killer myself, GoodTouch

Demonstrating your great understanding of feminism there goodtouch

Duh. They don't show off their scales do they...

Good point. So there is a chance its a lizard. Yay.

Primarily I am happy they (appear to) have had a healthy baby.

Secondry to that, I am a little disappointed it's a boy and not a girl, because it would have been nice to know there was another Queen in line. Of course that doesn't make any of us who feel like that, anti-boy, what a ridiculous thing to say.

However, the boy will probably have an easier life than a girl would have, so maybe it is best for the child that he's a boy.

I'd love it if they did call him Spencer I wonder what the bookies are offering on that!!

Don't tell Icke.

I reckon they'll call hm George.

Figured out why I would have liked a girl, it's because William came from and all-brother family so it might have been nice for him to have had a daughter. I'm sure they are very happy either way though!

Lemur would have better. Would have been news worthy than!

Prince William is the proud father to a beautiful male Lemur.

What would happen in the case of twins? Would it be whichever one was born first was king?

I was actually quite sad how many people outside the hospital said they wished the baby had been a girl. :(

Ooh imagine twins born by caesarian! That would mean the surgeon got to choose which would be the king!

JEEZ, ThisReallyIsNot, why do you hate female lemurs?!

Yanbu. I am not a monarchist at all but I would far rather have seen a female baby born. Taxpayers supporting a prominent female national figure seems more palatable to me.

I'm quite pleased it's a boy. Just because I heard this annoying and smug woman being interviewed on the radio this morning and she was loudly proclaiming how she had a "feeling" it was a girl and she was never wrong.