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

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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?

god- i really really wanted boys! and i got them! and i was thrilled!

but do you know what? if i'd have had girls, i'd have been thrilled too!

I really wanted a boy because I thought girls were wet and would want to play with dolls all day. I had a girl and am glad beyond glad that I didn't get to choose. Having a DD has been a revelation for me.

DC2 is a boy and I was euphoric to have one, but up until he was born I was happy to have another girl as I'd realised how rewarding the mother daughter relationship is.

I had no idea that there was a general preference for one over the other. I would imagine that it comes down to family dynamics and your relationship with your parents. I don't have a close relationship with my mum so I'm sure that influenced my preference.

I have not read the entire thread but I will say this:
I was never, have never and will never be disappointed that I had a boy.
I love my boy!
I had a SD who is also fantastic.

fucking bollocks. That idiot does not represent 'most women'. She's a fucking knobhead who doesn't deserve the poor baby she's having, if all that shit is true.

What? No!

YABVU.

Is the the same person who was going to have an abortion in order to appear on a TV show. I remember lots of threads about it at the time.

So she kept the baby?

she's not exactly thinking ahead, is she? at some point, her kids might see all this crap. then what will they think?

Ridiculous! We didn't find out what we were having, but both DP and I secretly wanted a boy. We were given what we wanted and were over the moon... But that doesn't mean to say that if it was a girl then we wouldn't have been as happy and proud. You've made something so precious, how could you not be?!

Stupid, horrible article. Typically DM.

no smoke without fire.

Ridiculous, and cba reading it.

I really wish people wouldn't keep going on about this woman
She is thick as pig shit and every time she's in the paper she thinks its adding to her "fame" she has a few thousand followers on twitter who mostly insult her but she thinks she's made it.
I think its like that one person you had at school who was getting laughed at by everyone and thought they were laughing along with them and didn't know.
The woman thinks having small boobs is a medical condition.

What absolute twaddle!

I was overjoyed when I found out I was having a boy. Looking at my little man right now and am overwhelmed with the love I feel for him. He's awesome! Of course I'm a little bias

This is shallow trash from people who do not have two brain cells to rub together. Anyone who really thinks this way should think long and hard about whether they are cut out to be a parent. Disgraceful.

I've got a thick twat related to me who told everyone and anyone how disappointed she would be if she had a boy. She had a girl and her mum proceeded to tell us all how much better girls are and how lucky she is. I have two boys, I just laughed in their faces.

I had no gender preferences - nor did DH.

I know other women who expressed preferences but it covers both genders and is often in relation to what they already have or based on their own history. There are no general trends I can see.

IL wanted girls and didn't get them - they also told their DC that - however they were still good parents and they didn't damage their DC.

There are gender stereotypes for both sexes as well – lots of pink girly things and limited views on what girls should be interested in and lots of stereotyping of boys and what they should be like. Doesn’t mean a family raising DC has to take them onboard or that DC can’t completely ignore them ( looks at DD2 who has so many attributes previously described as typical boy when in DS yet isn’t a tomboy).

YABVU - just for reading DailyFail.

People keep asking me if I will have another so I can have a girl...the answer is fuck no.

A) I don't want to ever be pregnant again in my life. I'm happy with one child.

B) I wanted a little boy, I don't have to deal with a teenage girl. Personally if I were my mother I probably would have gone insane raising 14year old me.

C) me and DP wanted a boy, we really were uncomfortable with the idea of raising a girl.

when I was first pregnant, I secretly hoped for a girl as h has 2 boys from his previous marriage, but found out was a boy t 20 week scan and I was fine with it. After that my preference was for boys if I could have chosen but happy s long as healthy.

Boys are easier anyway (mum of 2 boys and girl)

Yabu on two counts - first your OP and second for propogating that shitheap of a paper. Get your head out of your arse if you really think a lot of women think that about having boys.

Well done on getting so many replies though. Made your day no doubt.

What kind of women do you know?!

I always wanted boys.

The thing you need to know about Josie Cunningham is that she is isn't very well.

Not long ago she was going to have a termination to be on (IIRC) Big Brother.

I wouldn't trust a word she (or the exploitative DM) says.

Josie Cunningham clearly has a lot of issues. She seems to make her money of making vile statements to the gutter press and acting like some sort of pantomime villain. It's really quite sad - as someone else has said her child(ren) will one day read all this.

Many people I know have / had a gender preference but they are very secretive about it -and are not actually upset when they don't get what they want.

I think there is more of a thing about wanting "one of each" to get a "perfect little family"

She wants to be a model.

This is just publicity to her, something to get her name out there and keepi it out there.

Hence the boob job on the NHS story, then the nose job, then it was something else and now this.

Ignore the silly attention seeking media whore.

Yabu, I have a boy and secretly wanted a boy, although a healthy baby first and foremost and I would have adored my child no matter what.

Although when I say I'd love another boy people are always surprised and assume I'd want a girl.

Three boys here. Can never 'get' people who are 'hoping' (like their Christmas list or something) for a particular sex. He/she is already in existence by that time. Weird.

..and this woman is weirder..

Still no sign of the OP coming back?