My mother wanted a daughter as well and let me know how much she resented me (being male) my whole life.
Wasn't she able to grasp the fact that you had no choice in the matter?
You should have always responded with, "Yeah - And I resent the fact that you weren't born a giraffe!"
Regards,
not uncommon
As a father of both types, I can appreciate most any argument concerning preference... lol
That’s sad.
My dead mother-in-law had 3 sons. She desperately wanted a daughter. She was a controlling, angry, mean, old-country Italian. She loved telling the story of when her 3rd son was born, she was so angry she wouldn’t look at him for days. Someone else had to care for him. She said the doctor had told her this time it was a girl, so it made her even angrier than normal. She finally started to take care of him after being pushed to accept him. She would tell this story in the presence of all three boys.
Needless to say, they are all angry momma’s boys. Sometimes parents are so damned stupid. I always figured God was sparing some poor girl from being her daughter - nasty woman. Ruined numerous lives with her sh!t disturbing.
I know the feeling.