to be totally bored hearing this same old trite trotted out

[curryfreak]

Get this all the time from parents of boys.
How difficult they are, how much more of a handful they can be in relation to girls, how much they eat in comparision to girls ffs,- who cares.
The one though, that has been in vogue for a while,(courtesy of daily mail headlines and the like) is how terrible boys are faring in the education system, and how these dreadful female teachers are feminising the poor little mites,- how they have no male role models, because there are so few male teachers (particularly in primary schools)
Yawn yawn yawn...
Simple facts are girls have been on the backfoot for years. Nobody gave a toss, when they were lagging behind educationally, and in some cases activly discourgaed from taking subjects which were considered male dominated.
Boys are having to wake up to the fact that their sense of entitlement is no longer acceptable.
So, thoughts.

I'm pregnant and from what I have heard from mothers of sons I can't say I'd be over the moon to get one

Hope you've got a few months to come to terms with it Milly . I have 2 boys and they are completely different from each other. Both are normal boys

It's people like you op that mean with three boys close in age I often felt like an outcast when they were younger, affriad to take them anywhere in case they got a bit boisterous and then I'd have to face the wrath of the up their own arse mothers of just daughters like you.

[This comment is by no means directed to all mothers of daughters, just the smug ones like op that think they are better than other people].

You make me so sad

Fuck off curryfreak.

Sorry. Not the mood for this shite.

PMSL ORM cut the crap and say it like it is

Amazing how the OP has done her magic disappearing act as per usual. Wonder what her next thread will be ? AIBU for consistently coming up with threads just for the purpose of winding people up? Perhaps!

I have 2 boys and I honestly don't understand why people would complain about boys. As a mother in in all male house, you get to be Queen Bee in a way that mothers of daughters will never be .

My boys are noisy, energetic, lively, talkative and messy, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

yeah, knackered, but then they will grow up and (if heterosexual) find girlfriends who will turn into wives and partners and fight you for Queen Bee status. See MN threads too numerous to mention but along the lines of: 'My MIL is such a cow, she expects to see Dh once a year and even hold our baby without special velvet gloves, shall I cut her out of our lives now or mess with her head for a few years first?'

I would add a grin, but as the mother of an only ds, it's a bit of a scary prospect...

The OP sounds horrid and misandrist. She may not be, of course - I can't judge her. But that's how the post comes across.

Boys and girls need different approaches? Bugger me. Never have guessed.

the argument that females have always been subjugated therefore males should but up with it, is a poor one. The better argument would be equality of education for all.

edam, actually, you have a point there. I'll just enjoy it whilst it lasts.

That said, my MIL is mother to 4 sons and each daughter in law thinks she is fantastic, probably because when all 4 sons and husband are busying themselves around her, it is actually quite impressive.

Personally, I'm just making the most of it till the ds's get girlfriends/wifes, who I will almost certainly disapprove of terribly.

It isn't inevitable edam I have a fab relationship with my MIL, she is excellent and loves me like an extra daughter. My mum also has a great relationship with her DILs. If both sides want to make it work then it will. I have to admit it did cross my mind on finding out my new bubba was a boy (after the wave of relief ), was that I can still be the "girl" in the family. Not mature perhaps but I felt it nonetheless.

You now what winds me up in the playground with the little girl/boy thing? Watching people tell little girls they can't do something that boys of the same age are doing right then. It pisses me off no end. Why can't she climb to the top of the climbing frame like the boys? Why can't she hang upside down from the monkey bars? Why can't she balance precariously on the seesaw? Makes me want to shake people.

Oh quite. Remember when ds was little, in the park with my friend, she was encouraging her ds of the same age to go on the adventure playground bit with scramble nets and so on, even though he was very reluctant. While warning her older dd off!

Hmmm well perhaps I should apologise for being a little abrupt.

But honestly I can't remember a more spiteful mean-minded OP. As the mother of both sexes I don't see the purpose of point-scoring or tit-for-tat. I want all my DC to get a good education, however it is acheived.

People's main reason for having a girl seems to be able to buy pretty dresses when small and having a friend to go shopping with when older! It is all very individual and they should all be treated as such. Many girls won't want 'pretty' dresses as soon as they are able to form an opinion and they will hate shopping-full stop. It is much better not to have preconceived ideas. Some boys will have trouble sitting still at 5 yrs, but some will be able to sit and read a book happily for an hour-the same can be said of girls.

Wow who rattled your cage OP ? what a nasty misandrist you are !
Boys generally have a wider spread of ability than girls which means as a lower pass mark is set you get more of the cluster of girls.
You asked for thoughts -my thoughts TROLL !

When Preg 2nd and definitely last time I found out that bump was another boy - was disappointed to realise would never have a daughter, then remembered that DS #1 is gorgeous.