If you could, would you pick the gender of your baby?

**JustAPotato** · 10-16-2002, 12:01 PM

I don't even wanna know until the baby is born~* I like surprises!

linkie

**NuTs62** · 10-16-2002, 12:22 PM

i'm with ya on this one.. i'd like it to be a surprise.. its one of the many things I don't want control of.. if you pick the gender, and the kid turns out to be a nuissance, you can blame yourself becacuse you chose the gender.. it could have been the other gender..

**elf** · 10-16-2002, 01:18 PM

Yeah...another pimp to run the family business!!

**NuTs62** · 10-16-2002, 03:10 PM

Originally posted by DarkFury
"IF" we could... yeah, I'd choose havin' a boy anyday. Pretty much, you have to have a lil' man to carry the name.

(but I did get lucky and get a boy on my first try. Wheeeee!!!!! )

but if everyone wanted boys.. like in China, where they practiced killin off the girls or aboring if they knew it was a girl... then if this gets to a global scale, where will all the ladies be?

of course if they are no more ladies left, you can go for the "alternative".. no thanks..

**kain9i6** · 10-16-2002, 03:18 PM

Originally posted by NuTs62

but if everyone wanted boys.. like in China, where they practiced killin off the girls or aboring if they knew it was a girl... then if this gets to a global scale, where will all the ladies be? of course if they are no more ladies left, you can go for the "alternative".. no thanks..

It would be like that really big party that is a complete swordfest..
Too much testosterone = broken stuff

**Nija** · 10-16-2002, 03:41 PM

I would, and I want a girl and a boy.

I just want the girl so I can be the most evil father ever and scare the hell out of the boys' she brings home

**creampuff** · 10-16-2002, 05:05 PM

haha. nija you're funny.

anyway, hm, i was thinking about it. nah, i wouldn't want to be able to choose the sex of my kid. i want it to be a surprise. but these days, don't doctors almost always tell you the sex of the baby? it seems like people very rarely are surprised--they all know ahead of time

**hapoo** · 10-16-2002, 05:25 PM

i want both, boy first, girl second.
ya just gotta have a girl, they may not pass on their names but they're the ones who still come back to the family once they're married.

**sbp** · 10-16-2002, 08:25 PM

I wouldn't.

Its understandable there are times when people might.

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Originally posted by NuTs62
but if everyone wanted boys.. like in China, where they practiced killin off the girls or aboring if they knew it was a girl... then if this gets to a global scale, where will all the ladies be? of course if they are no more ladies left, you can go for the "alternative".. no thanks..

For countries that do this: that means the competition for brides will become even greater, women will become even more valued and there will be more of a selection of a mate for 'em. In short instead of dowry's coming with a bride as done now, dowry's will have to be paid for a bride.

**Nija** · 10-16-2002, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by creampuff
anyway, hm, i was thinking about it. nah, i wouldn't want to be able to choose the sex of my kid. i want it to be a surprise. but these days, don't doctors almost always tell you the sex of the baby? it seems like people very rarely are surprised--they all know ahead of time

the few people I've known who've been preggers lately have all had the option to know the sex of their baby. I only knew two couples that didn't want to know, and just kept the results in a sealed envelope. But it seems most people wanna know so they can start getting clothes and doing the baby room up and crap like that... doesn't matter that the baby is nekkid for the first couple of months anyways

**NuTs62** · 10-16-2002, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by creampuff
haha. nija you're funny.

anyway, hm, i was thinking about it. nah, i wouldn't want to be able to choose the sex of my kid. i want it to be a surprise. but these days, don't doctors almost always tell you the sex of the baby? it seems like people very rarely are surprised--they all know ahead of time

hmm, docs will tell you what the sex of your child is, only if you ask. You can always request not to know. And also, this is a lil different than the doc telling you what sex your child is, because in this case, you are actuallying picking it out instead of it being random.

**NuTs62** · 10-16-2002, 10:43 PM

Originally posted by DarkFury

Not everyone wants boys... I was just expressing my own personal opinion on the subject which did not include trying to detail the "world female shortage".

That IS ok with you... right?

True true, but if many people have their way, they will have boys, well, at least I think of it that way. And to carry on the family name... What family name will there be to carry on if you have no one to mate with? Of course there are always test tubes to create the women population in the world..

and no, you aren't entitled to your own opinion.. it isn't ok with me!

hehe.. i wasn't tryin to get at your case..

jus stating a hypothetical situation..

**NuTs62** · 10-16-2002, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by DarkFury

Hypothetically... BITE ME!

something tells me you'd enjoy that too much, no thanks

**DankNstickY** · 10-16-2002, 11:22 PM

hehe.... biting CAN be good...

but.... i would choose if i could... i would prefer a boy first... then a girl... then hell - give me another boy after.

u gotta have the older boy, to be the protecter of the others, he'll back his sis up when she'll be gettin all these guys chasin her n stuff. ya know.... smackdown.

i didnt think i'd ever want a girl, but then my lil cousin was born.... and she's just toooo cute. she just turned 4 yesterday. i think u gotta have a girl around too.

**Memo** · 10-17-2002, 04:49 AM

Ya i'd probably choose a guy and then a girl later on. One of each.

**hoey222** · 10-17-2002, 06:53 AM

we're hoping for a girl

**cheapie** · 10-20-2002, 06:35 PM

hmmmm....good thread. i don't think i'd ever want the option to choose! it would somehow take the magic out of the whole thing. we had a little boy 14 months ago. he's a ton of fun and i'm glad i didn't have a choice 'cuz i might have chosen a girl and missed the opportunity to have him. i do like knowing the gender though. i wanted to know but my wife didn't so the doctor only told me the gender. it was fun trying to keep it from her the whole time! i do hope we have a girl next time though...

**Kim** · 10-20-2002, 07:17 PM

Nah, I've got my one of each. If there is ever a third, I don't care what sex it is.

My SIL's both have all boys, and the one is trying different methods to concieve a girl. It will be interesting to see if it works.

**Jenny** · 10-20-2002, 08:56 PM

We found out with Josh (well, she was 60% sure it was a boy. lol).

We wanted to find out. Figured that the birth (especially since it was our first) was surprise enough.

But no, I wouldn't want to pick the gender. My friend Kathryn would, I'm sure. She has 3 boys and would love a girl.

**jujubees** · 10-21-2002, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by Kim
My SIL's both have all boys, and the one is trying different methods to concieve a girl. It will be interesting to see if it works.

Maybe they should try following that conception calendar.

I would want to know the sex of the first child, but I definitely wouldn't want to choose it.

**Kim** · 10-21-2002, 06:30 PM

Lol....They are actually trying the Shettles method.

**~~Cantacuzene~~** · 10-21-2002, 06:34 PM

I would. One thought: raising teenage daughters. ::shudder:: I don;t think I could handle the stress.

**sbp** · 10-21-2002, 07:00 PM

And raising teengage sons would be easier?

**hapoo** · 10-21-2002, 09:58 PM

Raising children at any age is a b*tch. I always feel like i take my parents for granted. I guess you just have to raise them with good morals and values and trust them.

**tweeteresa** · 10-21-2002, 10:22 PM

Originally posted by DarkFury

Probably a lil less worrysome with having boys rather than being a Dad with a shotgun protectin' his lil girls from the boys.

yea but that's cuz dads apply the double standard. his son can go out and 'score' and he's the man. but if anyone lays a finger on his daughter, he's a goner.

**sbp** · 10-21-2002, 10:37 PM

Yeah boys are more likely to get into trouble though.

Thats the way life goes. And there more "double standards" applied to men.

**LPMiller** · 10-22-2002, 07:27 AM

Originally posted by DarkFury

Probably a lil less worrysome with having boys rather than being a Dad with a shotgun protectin' his lil girls from the boys.

But I got the shotgun all picked out and EVERYTHING!

**~~Cantacuzene~~** · 10-22-2002, 08:44 AM

right, I wasn't saying its easier to raise boys, but less stressful. If my teenage son gets into trouble its his fault. If my teenage daughter gets into trouble, its my fault. Its a double standard, but heck, thats the way the world works. And frankly, I couldnt bear the thought of my daughter being out with a bunch guys who want to do to her, what I want to do to girls now.

**tweeteresa** · 10-22-2002, 02:19 PM

double standards SUCK!!!

**sbp** · 10-22-2002, 09:01 PM

Less stressful? I would think not. Might be interesting to get opinions from those who raised and have grown children of both sexes.

If your teenage son gets into trouble, its your responsibility. If your teenage daughter gets into trouble, its your responsibility.

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