To ask why little girls seem to be preferred?

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Is it just me who has noticed this?

Why do we have to Slag of girls in order to get the point across that boys are just as favourable.
And I agree with another poster in many countries girl babies are aborted abandoned and sold on Purley because they were born female so overall I would say boys are preferred.

‘Although I love her very much, I don’t have an emotionally open relationship with my mother. I wanted to recreate that mother-daughter relationship with my own DD and make up for what my own relationship lacked.
I like my DSis a lot and have much more contact with her than DB. I wanted two DD’s for this reason.’

I can relate to this. But I guess it is projecting a little. I don’t mean that unkindly, it’s so hard not to.

The ‘stroppy little madams comment’ is pretty disgraceful.

Certainly if people have preferences for babies on here or other message boards I’ve been on it tends to be for girls. Tedious.

I’ve never noticed a preference for girls, and I have several.

A bizarre and intensely irritating relative of mine had all boys and we never heard the end of how she wept with joy every time she found out her baby was a male.

IMO, showing any preference for either sex seems nothing but ridiculous. A baby is a baby - irrespective of the sex.

Just had a juicy gossip with dd 20. Couldn’t have had that with ds as he’s just not interested. Wanted another dd when I had ds but it’s just so different having a boy that I count myself lucky to have had the experience of both. Having said that I’d have felt blessed with whatever I had.

Never come across this at all. I wanted boys and I got them!

There was also a study done apparently where they said that the happiest families are those with 2 girls. Closely followed by those with 1 of each hmm

From what I’ve observed, same sex sibling pairs can be very competitive in a way that “pigeon pairs” are not.

I've had several people ask me if I'm disappointed I don't have girls. Boils my piss.

I love my boys! ( I also love my nieces and my friends' daughters.)
I don't think I would have been the best mum to girls. I'm a bit of a tomboy, not that interested in appearance and I'd worry that my girls would take after me and be judged 'wanting' by their peers.
I'm a widow and worry about the lack of fatherly influence on my boys but I am happy to play football and lift weights with them and indulge their love of gaming. I like their absence of emotional game-playing. But I'm definitely caring and nurturing and a girls' girl. Maybe I'm just gender neutral?

Couldn't care less to read through! Most parents want a healthy baby. Anything else. Being poilte. You're entitled idiots.

I love my son to bits, but honestly does it matter? On this forum of all, where there are so many women desperate to conceive or struggling with the grief and pain of (sometimes multiple) miscarriages.

It actually makes me so angry that people have these petty preferences where there are posters on here who would give quite literally ANYTHING to birth a healthy baby.

As an older mum I was probably only going to have 1 child.I would have been happy either way but preferred a girl as I thought if they were a spoilt child despite my best efforts,if we became very close a girl would fare better in the future,as an adult.A woman who expects a lot and is close to her mum would stand more chance than a man a man with the same.If I had had a boy it would have been fine,but this is with hind sight as I did not know what kind of mum I would be.

Can't say I've noticed this in RL, in fact the opposite. Lots of comments about girls being little bitches, catty, how wonderful it is "raising a man"

I had no preference for DC1. I was convinced I was having a boy and we had to wait until the birth before we found out (in the 90's before consultants didn't have to tell you the sex if they didn't want to). It was a girl.

DC2 I wanted another girl because I wanted DD1 to have a sister. It was a girl.

DC3 Everyone assumed I'd got pregnant to try for a boy but I wanted another girl. It was a girl.

In all honesty, it didn't matter if I had a boy or girl. Yes, I did have a preference but I would have loved them whichever sex they turned out to be. I just wanted a baby.

haven't noticed a preference here to be honest. most mums are happy with what they have surely?

Boy / girl is of no consequence ; they are all individual. Their personality is not related to their sex.

is it just me that wants one of each? LOL

I have noticed this on MN but I think it may because baby girls clothes are so much nicer. You get so much better choice. I have 1dd and 2ds and am very happy with all but baby girls clothing is nicer to choose.

HeadoftheHive55 Yes, i agree. it depends on genes etc

caringcarer i was just wondering if it was to do with that. i feel boys' clothes are a bit boring in comparison. mens' clothes too

You can never have one of each - too many combinations of genes.

Boys are so much more cuddly and fun

No, they aren’t. Some children are cuddly and fun, some aren’t. Nothng to do with their penises.

It is exactly this type of gender stereotyping that the o/p means. Girls are “easier”, better behaved, more responsible, more mature, more sociable. You can go shopping and get your nails done together. Then they get married and naturally they want their mums when they have their own babies.

Whereas boys are just like labradors, feed them, exercise them, and provide affection. Then they sniff a girl and off they go. And of course because girls stick close to their mums he’ll be more involved with her family.

It’s stereotyping at it’s worst. And self fulfilling. If you spend time with your dd doing “girly” shit, but assume your ds won’t be interested and leave him to his xbox, of course you won’t be as close.

Chienrouge or my DD1!

I genuinely had no preference first time and had a boy. I adore him and so wanted another son because they are wonderful. I got a DD. I love them both so much but my two are so different and neither are gender typical yet both have their positives and negatives.

I don't understand wanting a girl or boy due to gender assumptions and that always feels rather naive to me.

Agreed reallyanotherone

And don’t get me started on that old tosh “a son’s a son til he takes a wife but a daughter’s a daughter for all your life”. I’ve known a lot of people upset at that shite being parroted at them.

Surely we all love our children for who they are as people which really has very little to do with what’s between their legs.

I only have boys but I always wonder really what these differences are in parenting the 2 sexes that people seem to think they are. Children all have the same fundamental needs ie to be fed, loved, kept safe from harm, nurtured etc. Any specific nuances beyond that aren’t related to their sex, surely? I have lots of nieces and honestly the “parenting” experience (from the outside admittedly) doesn’t look to be hugely different