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Well, we're now 90% sure it's a girl.The wife had another ultrasound and it basically confirmed the earlier findings. I wanted a boy. I'm sure most fathers want a boy and most mothers want a girl, but if you had to choose a "least desirable scenario", this would be it.
A mother will always have a special bond with her children because she carries them for 9 months and nurses them. Fathers can only develop that bond through parenting and hard work. This is why it's easier for a father to have a strong bond with his son, because it is more likely they will enjoy similar things.
I imagine there is not much difference between the sexes when they are toddlers. They all scream and run and play and make messes. It's when they start developing interests and hobbies that it gets difficult for the father/daughter.
Let's face it, ...it would be easy for me to counsel my son when it comes to dating, etiquette, playing defense, friendships, or fighting. I've been through all those things from a boys perspective, ...I've suffered the bumps and bruises, endured the scorn of coaches, failed and succeeded at dealing with the opposite sex. I know all this stuff, and I feel a desire to impart it to a son.
But what will I face with a daughter?
Judging by my sister's childhood (which I witnessed as an older brother) and her daughter (who is now 10), ...I will attend ballet recitals, see at least one room in my house morph into a pink nightmare, attend make-believe tea parties, be forced to interrupt my sports watching so she can watch Dora the explorer, and eventually deal with pimply-faced cretins showing up at my door trying to score with my daughter.
It goes from bad to worse.
What's odd is that only three of my buddies have had children, ...and they've all been girls. Four pregnancies in my extended group of friends. Four girls. Why is that? Are we being punished for the way we've treated girls our whole lives? The cheating, the scamming, the lying, the "using", ...now it's all blowing up in our faces.
Where's the justice?
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