to think that actually a lot of women secretly think like this about having a boy?

[channing55]

I just read in the papers about this silly woman who had a boob job on the NHS, is now pregnant and said if she had known it was a boy she would have had an abortion and is drinking and smoking throughout her pregnancy because she doesn't care because it's a boy.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2673898/Im-drinking-smoking-boy-Pregnant-model-boob-job-NHS-says-shed-abortion-shed-known-wasnt-girl.html

I know most women who are pregnant with a boy wouldn't go to the extreme of having an abortion or smoking and drinking but I have heard so many negative remarks from mums pregnant with a boy about how disappointed they are and even when I was pregnant people made rude comments about (me) having a boy.

I actually think a lot of women are secretly disappointed when they find out they are having a boy and that this woman's horrible attitude is just an extreme example of how much prejudice and nastiness there is now towards little boys and the nasty cliches society now attributes to them?

Nonsense. She's an idiot.

Bollocks.

Nope

Never crossed my mind

I know there are plenty of threads about gender disappointment on here though so I know some people do feel that way

Boys are fab.

Not at all. I always wanted a boy.

Rubbish, I think most people are happy to have a healthy baby regardless of whether it's a girl or boy.

Nope, don't recognise this at all, and haven't seen it in any of the baby-heavy circles I frequent. If anything, there is a certain amount of familial approval offered when a boy is born.

I wish little girls were more valued, not less.

(I have a boy, BTW, who is my sun, my moon and my stars, and would be so whatever sex he had been born. When I was pregnant I was expecting a baby, not a stereotype.)

Wasn't she the one who said she would have an abortion so she could go on Big Brother? I wouldn't believe a word she says, she is desperate for any attention and limelight she can grab and obviously comes out with utter crap like this.

I know lots of people who have little boys and they never expressed anything other than joy when they found out they were having a boy!

What are you on about? What prejudice? What nastiness? I have 2 boys and have never noticed this.

She's a half-wit simple as that.

As a side issue, the person in question clearly has massive issues which the DM are happy to exploit in a bid to make her famous so that they can sell more papers/get more clicks when her screwed-up life falls apart.

some people are because some people are fuckwits.

Also, in some minority cultures, there is pressure to produce a boy, and girls are more likely to bring disappointment.

Really?

A lot of women I have had this discussion with (not man admittedly) actively wanted a boy over a girl for their first. I did, and although I'd have loved and adored girls just as much, I'm very pleased that if I was only going to get one gender I got boys.

I think a lot of people probably have a gender preference, they just know I it's not acceptable to publicly voice it because we are supposed to be just be happy we have a healthy baby, and it's probably fairly evenly split.

I agree there is prejudice towards boys though.

I have 2 boys, they are wonderful.

My preference was for a girl, before I saw the light, but there was no way I would do anything but the best for my boy.

Don't be stupid. You don't actually think 'a lot of women secretly think like this', do you?

Dear God, what an idiotic thing to propose.

And I won't be clicking on your Daily Mail link.

but this woman has the mental capacity of a slightly deranged guinea pig. I think shes best ignored

I know a few people who felt like this (not to the extent of the DM girl but certainly disappointed by gender). One of my SIL's has said she only wants one girl. I think she's foolish to be so open about it.

I always hoped I'd get both and I was lucky enough to do so

Bollocks.

Doubt she means it.

She'll say anything for a bit of publicity/£££.

I was initially disappointed when I found out I was having a boy, but never in a million years would I have behaved as she has. I (obviously) accepted the fact and wouldn't change the fact that I had DS 12 years ago for anything, boys are indeed brilliant!

I'm actually a bit offended that you would insinuate this. I have 2 boys and 1 girl. I felt exactly the same with them all.

I think you're clueless op. Not even going to comment on that link.

I was petrified when I found out I was having a boy. I had 2 girls close in age who were absolutely lovely, didn't argue, fight or tantrum when they were younger, I saw another girl just slotting in.
Found out during my scan that it was a boy and my heart sank.
Nothing secretive about me either if people asked I told them. It's not shameful to have those feelings if you don't act on them. And if people do secretly feel that way, what is it to you?
I would never have done anything to harm my son when I was pg, that's extreme (haven't read the link).

^ all of the above. I have two of each but my first was a boy. Shes a twat and comparing her thinking (however small in comparison) to how normal women think is ludicrous. Gender disappointment I get, My auntie had 5 boys and longed for a girl but can honestly say she never did or dreamt of doing half of what this dimwit does.

Of all the parents I know (I only mention this due to working with babies and toddlers hence having a lot of parent friends), only one has been upset at having a boy. That was XP, a man, which was nice

Seriously, most parents are concerned about the health of their unborn child, not the sex. YABU.