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To be so bloody happy to have another BOY on the way

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blueberry23 · 26/04/2023 19:41

Lighthearted thread

But I see so many threads with gender disappointment towards having a boy

My reasons for being over the moon for DS#2 in my tummy....,,

I will remain queen of my house (bar the dogs!)
Boys adore their mummies
Less emotions to manage
Less pink and glitter hopefully 🤣
Brothers
Dirty knees and climbing trees and rough and tumble

I'm just here for it all

What are your reasons if you love being a boy mum like me?

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Coffeeandbourbons · 26/04/2023 22:09

SheikYerboutiii · 26/04/2023 21:50

I wonder if MN will be around when your wikkle princes grow up? I hope it is, because any future DIL is going to need a LOT of advice about how to deal with …. this.

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Enjoy your lovely baby boy OP and don’t listen to nasty bat shittery like the post above. This is an awful thread full of awful people.

babyproblems · 26/04/2023 22:09

Well there’s certainly a lot of ‘issues’ being aired on this thread!! Come on now, it’s just a thread and it doesn’t mean girls are crap or boys are the best.. this is an internet thread 😂😂😂
congrats op!! 🥂✨

MakesMeFeelSad · 26/04/2023 22:10

Coffeeandbourbons · 26/04/2023 22:09

Enjoy your lovely baby boy OP and don’t listen to nasty bat shittery like the post above. This is an awful thread full of awful people.

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Just a bit isn't it 😕 some sound really bitter

ChachiChichi · 26/04/2023 22:11

I hope posting this 'lighthearted' thread has made you feel better about your clear sense of bitterness.

ItsBritneyBitchhhh · 26/04/2023 22:15

HinCogNeetOh · 26/04/2023 19:53

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😂😂😂

Pollydolly13 · 26/04/2023 22:16

Enjoy!
But embrace little boys emotions that they often keep hidden. They are allowed to cry. Which is possibly why there are a lot of angry men in the world….
I have a mess avoiding boy who was partial to a bit of nail varnish in his younger days. They are all different!

Cm078 · 26/04/2023 22:17

I have a boy, 3. I am currently 13 weeks and people keep saying "i bet you want a girl this time" and their faces when i say "no actually, I'd quite like another boy"
I don't get it either why so many people feel differently towards boys but quite frankly I'd love another. I would be happy if it was a girl too.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 26/04/2023 22:17

Blossomtoes · 26/04/2023 22:09

I think we all know about them. We were spared no details. 😂

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Indeed. Those poor lads have had plenty of emotion in their lives.

VestaTilley · 26/04/2023 22:18

But you might have a boy who loves pink and glitter. And if so, good on him.

ArianahX · 26/04/2023 22:20

I know a man who wears pink sweaters and likes glitter.. he loves his mum a lot too!

Newmay · 26/04/2023 22:21

@blueberry23

“I will remain queen of my house”

Poor future DILs.

Misspacorabanne · 26/04/2023 22:24

Some bitter people on this thread! Op congratulations on another boy! I’m a boy mum too and I love it!
It’s a special kinda love between a boy and his mum! Not that girls don’t love their mums, obviously they do, but I do think it’s different with a boy!
My friends with both girls and boys, say the boys tend to be easier to deal with in general, and before anyone jumps on that, these are just people I know, so I’m by no means saying everybody thinks the same!
I think many little girls like to be very independent from a very young age, and I do feel that little boys take longer to reach wanting to do it all themselves, so do like to be mothered perhaps more than a little girl might!
Enjoy your boys op! They grow so fast!!

Questionquestionqu · 26/04/2023 22:25

Misspacorabanne · 26/04/2023 22:24

Some bitter people on this thread! Op congratulations on another boy! I’m a boy mum too and I love it!
It’s a special kinda love between a boy and his mum! Not that girls don’t love their mums, obviously they do, but I do think it’s different with a boy!
My friends with both girls and boys, say the boys tend to be easier to deal with in general, and before anyone jumps on that, these are just people I know, so I’m by no means saying everybody thinks the same!
I think many little girls like to be very independent from a very young age, and I do feel that little boys take longer to reach wanting to do it all themselves, so do like to be mothered perhaps more than a little girl might!
Enjoy your boys op! They grow so fast!!

How do you know it's a special kind of love if you only have boys ? That makes zero sense 😂

Tekkentime · 26/04/2023 22:27

Out of all the men i've known, only one adores his mum. The rest are resentful about various perceived slights such as their mum apparently favouring another brother etc, or they're totally indifferent to their mum.

They also have rivalries with their brothers, to the extent that they barely see each other.

RaginaPhalange · 26/04/2023 22:28

I'm a boy mum, love them to bits.

But I also work in child care and I can guarantee your stereotyping is un true. The girls in the room I work in love getting muddy, love their mummies and can be way less emotional than the boys.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 26/04/2023 22:28

blueberry23 · 26/04/2023 19:52

@Sissynova no you're misunderstanding 🤣 I mean that the mother/son relationship is such a special one and I find my DS and nephews to be so loving and protective towards their mothers. I think it's lovely 😊 of course I'm not saying girls don't love their mums. It's just different. No need to take offence :)

My DD is, and always has been, extremely protective of me.

You're talking shite!

DyslexicPoster · 26/04/2023 22:29

I had three sons then a girl. Once my daughter came along another boy mum.told me "your not a boys mum, you don't understand' I assure you I bloody do! I love glitter and my daughter didn't need to validate that.

My eldest son used to lay on the sofa facedown and scream into it during puberty. Scream that we repulsed him in front of the neighbours once getting him into the car for a holiday. Drama? Oh yes please.

No glitter? He is now bi and wears dangle earrings.

Ones at an all boys school and says most of boys who interested in sex are gay because it's the only current option ( they aren't gay, they like girls but are happy to make do with who's available and willing ). Asked him what he learns at his school? Woman are to be feared. Genuinely. Woman scare him. Run and hide. At 15.

The best thing about sons is that I have three gorgeous inteligent males in my life who adore me. Apart from my dh and dad I'd never have that without a son.

RebeccasConfidence · 26/04/2023 22:29

ExtraOnions · 26/04/2023 19:52

What a load of misogynistic shite … I hope your children confound the gender stereotypes you outlined. Here is to girls climbing trees, boys wearing pink & glitter for all.

This

Misspacorabanne · 26/04/2023 22:29

@Questionquestionqu just my feelings on it!

PickoftheMix · 26/04/2023 22:32

blueberry23 · 26/04/2023 19:52

@Sissynova no you're misunderstanding 🤣 I mean that the mother/son relationship is such a special one and I find my DS and nephews to be so loving and protective towards their mothers. I think it's lovely 😊 of course I'm not saying girls don't love their mums. It's just different. No need to take offence :)

It's not always like that. My dd has most definitely always been a 'mummy's girl' even now at 16, whereas my ds is a dad's boy. Of course girls love their mums and have a special relationship too. How many women go to/rely on/feel more comfortable with their own mum when they have their own dc. Then how many mils miss out because their dil feels more comfortable/prefers to go to their own mum re their dc whilst the men just lay passive to the whole situation. The men who are "mummy's boys" often put the feelings and unreasonable demands of their mum before their girlfriend/wife, which is never a good thing.

Children love their mums, some are closer to mum/dad than others.

Peppadog · 26/04/2023 22:32

SheikYerboutiii · 26/04/2023 21:50

I wonder if MN will be around when your wikkle princes grow up? I hope it is, because any future DIL is going to need a LOT of advice about how to deal with …. this.

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This is so evil and malicious, probably makes her glad she has boys even more 🤣

Questionquestionqu · 26/04/2023 22:32

I have one of each and I love them both the same, as they love me the same. Find this #boymum thing deeply irritating.
I think it's lovely to celebrate boys, too often on here there are negative posts about having sons. But boys are not superior to girls. Children are all individuals with their own wants and needs, skills and abilities. Putting children into neat boxes based on sex is wrong.

CharlieBoo · 26/04/2023 22:32

My teenage sons mood swings are on another level compared to my dd! He was a delightful toddler, absolute nightmare teenager! So far so good with dd, but she’s expensive lol!

GneissGuysFinishLast · 26/04/2023 22:34

blueberry23 · 26/04/2023 19:49

@Sissynova just my experience with 5 nieces and 4 nephews and a DS, plus countless friends kids. Appreciate not everyone's experience but it's certainly been mine.

Your nieces don’t like their mum?

Paintandpots · 26/04/2023 22:35

Congratulations @blueberry23 .
Have you been thinking about names? How is the pregnancy going?

And also i get what you mean, for me it's the pressure of having a girl and then navigating this crazy world of fake eyelashes, pierced ears at early age or no, make up, long fake nails etc so on with them that i would be really daunted by, as I'm not into any of that stuff and really disapprove of how much of that stuff some girls seem to be obsessed with.

So I'm also glad to have boys. Less pressure on that gender i think to be honest.