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I had a very Christian coworker who already had a daughter and who was part of the maga pipeline. He didn't hide his disappointment when he told me the gender of he and his wife's next child had been revealed as another girl. Sent a shudder up my spine how he paused and said it in a sad tone, the way you would if you were a teenager expecting a Mustang for your birthday and instead having your parents roll up in a Saturn for you. What kind of world do we live in where folks are disappointed that their next kid will be female? It's dumb society has been crafted this way, stupid af.
I'm probably giving more credit than is due, but:
I don't think it's inherently bad for a parent to have a preference for their kid's sex. If a mother already has a son, I can understand her wanting her next child to be a daughter. Similarly, if a father already has a daughter, I can understand him wanting a son next. All parent/child relationships are special, but I understand parents who are particularly interested in cultivating a mother/daughter or father/son relationship.
Obviously no parent should ever be disappointed in their child for simply being one sex or the other; that's not okay. But I can understand a parent being disappointed that things didn't turn out how they had hoped in that regard.
Disclaimer: My father was very transparent that I was a last-ditch-effort for him to finally have a son after having 3 daughters. Thanks dad.
Fair point. Even in this case that could be true, but the added context made me fill in the blanks to believe the disappointment was more about him not being able to pass certain things on since he believed in traditional gender roles.
that's so sad.
I can't imagine growing up with your own parents being disappointed in your for just being born.