Why is everybody so negative about second boys?

[Lenny86]

I recently found out I’m having another boy and I will admit I was a little sad not to experience having a daughter (this is going to be my last child), but I adore my son and can’t see why a second boy would be so bad...I’ve been so shocked by people’s comments....”oh dear, how are you feeling?” “You’re going to have your hands full”, “you can always try for a third”. Just wondering if there are any other boy mums out there who have experienced similar. It’s making me feel a bit down about having a second boy knowing that people feel so negatively about little boys.

Some of my friends have told me that they are purposefully trying to conceive only girls and wouldn’t want a boy. Why are little boys seen in such a bad light?

I know some all girl families and I know some of my friends in these do also long for a son, I think a lot is they'd love the idea of a little mini man version of their DH/ and or the DH has expressed a strong desire to have a son too.
I think its definitely less about all boys but more people still have a pretty old fashioned notion of 2.4 children with 1 boy and 1 girl as being the real "ideal" family unit. I have a boy and a girl and about to have our second boy.
I think if you skip ahead out of their childhood years, the thought of being an older mum and having two loving, caring, helpful sons around me (yes I know this is real hoping and not a guaranteed outcome at ALL!) will be lovely.

Bear in mind a lot of these people just have bias to their own experiences.
Plenty will only have daughters. I've found a lot of women with girls don't really understand why anyone would want a boy. They were girls themselves, they are bringing up girls, it's all they know, they're biased because of a lack of experience. Almost every woman I know with a girl was hoping for a sister for her daughter rather than a boy as her second. It's fascinating to observe the women who did end up with the 1 girl then 1 boy family become obsessively in love with their sons and tell everyone they had no idea!
Then there's the people who have at least one of each who think they have the ideal family because that is their family.
The number of people with only boys- the ones who know what they're talking about- is statistically smaller than all of the above people put together. Their support and enthusiasm gets drowned out.