If you have never had a daughter?

[Justbecauseidid]

I was having a conversation with a neighbour earlier who has 5 sons and no daughter. She often expresses how she would have loved a girl. She then went on to say those who only get to experience the one sex will never get the chance to experience full motherhood. As in they would never know what is it to mother a daughter or vice versa.

It got me thinking...

Those of you with boys, would you like a daughter and those with girls would you like son?

I suppose she has a point about having a full rounded experience of motherhood.
It got me thinking.

Will you be disappointed if you only end up with grandsons?

If so please don’t express this to your daughters

Not experience full motherhood? Well I’ve read some silly things on this forum but this one really takes the top prize!

I don’t have daughters, I have no desire to have one and I’m very happy with my boys.

If I'm being honest, yes, I see what she means. I wouldn't say it's not 'full' parenting as we can't all experience everything - parenting twins etc - but yes there is an element of wanting to have both.

Why do women on this thread keep using ‘gender’ when they mean ‘sex’?

The people I know of who had multiple boys before they got a girl had girls who were more tomboys than girly girls.

I have daughters and a son. He is my 3rd
I did not start experiencing motherhood more fully.because he arrived than when I "just" had the girls.
Each child bring new experiences but that's due to said child.not due to them being a boy or a girl.

Mother of 2 boys and more then happy, never felt I've missed out on anything!

Its the same thing to me and I'm not changing my thoughts to save a minorities feelings

I had 2 boys, I would have liked a girl (at the time), if only to balance out the male to female ratio in the house! I'm definitely not sad I have only boys, I love the bones of them. I didn't long for a girl, just thought it would be nice to have one of each. I'm not disappointed.

I'd have loved a girl, but my boys are great.

The families that I know had multiple boys crammed into one bedroom, whilst the youngest (a girl) had her own bedroom.

I think people are being disingenuous out of politeness. If you had a child who was very severely disabled for example, would you be a bad person for having a second child for the opportunity to experience a more typical parenthood? I would be unable to judge someone for that.

Absolutely 💯 why should we change the word to please people or to be politically correct. P off.

I almost had a daughter. At the very last moment, her umbilical cord prolapsed and she died. Obviously, I wish that has never happened because I loved her from the very moment I first knew of her existence. However, nothing about her would have been special, better or more complete because of her sex.

If she had been another boy, then the loss of that child would be equally painful, just different. A part of my heart will always be missing, and there are experiences I will never have, but that doesn't make me incomplete as a mother.

Im so sorry @HarpieDuJour

I have 5 children and a nice mix of both sexes and I do feel very lucky to have both boys and girls

So sorry @HarpieDuJour for the loss of your lovely girl and to lose her so late like that, tragic x