Sugar and spice and all things nice

[eien_herrison]

The Beckhams are about to welcome their fourth child into the world, rumoured to be a girl, after three sons - Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

So what's it like to swap muddy football boots and dinosaurs for all things pink - and how far will parents go to try to improve their chances of having the boy or girl they long for?

Comments

[kangofu]

"All the little girls I knew were manipulative, evil creatures hell bent on mental torture and showing off.

"Boys, I know - mud, bundles of energy and heart-on-sleeve personalities. No hidden motives or emotions."

[grace_om]

Great gif! Appropriate for so many occasions!

[teacup_werewolf]

"All the little girls I knew were manipulative, evil creatures hell bent on mental torture and showing off.

*side eying this hard* Judgey woman is judgey

[teacup_werewolf]

I know it's terrible

[maladaptive]

But she raised this little girl just like the boys, her dread and dislike of girls didn't have a hand in her daughter's upbringing!

[roseofjuly]

I know, I was thinking her poor daughter would have a hell of a time being raised by a mom who believed that about her before she was even born!

[dearmisterecho]

"It hadn't been planned, but I felt that as long as I was having another boy I would cope," she says.

"I felt that I was pregnant for the first time again, carrying this alien being. I didn't know what to prepare for.

"All the little girls I knew were manipulative, evil creatures hell bent on mental torture and showing off.

"Boys, I know - mud, bundles of energy and heart-on-sleeve personalities. No hidden motives or emotions."

[lemonsherry]

ugh. i was reading purseforum recently and one expecting mother made a post saying that the findings of her ultra-sound had been redacted by docters and she would be having a boy instead of a girl. and all the mothers kept replying with variations of 'you should be so happy! girls are all right but boys looooove their mothers.' or 'take it from me, boys are best! you'll enjoy being the only girl in the house'.

it was just really weird, and its been on my mind since i read it. and now this article, sigh. maybe the reason girls are 'manipulative and hell-bent on mental torture' is because some mothers let them know from the get go that they see them as ~female competition~ and so set up a me-against-her dynamic, instead of giving them the uncomplicated loooove that boys apparently automatically warrant.

[thedorkygirl]

Maybe they were just trying to make sure she was excited to have a boy in case she was disappointed it wasn't a girl?

[lickety_split]

My friend's mom was always totally in competition with her growing up and it was SO WEIRD. I could never imagine seeing as child as a threat to my position in the house.