If you will only have one child, would you want a son or a daughter?

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@g3n3j0rd (721)
Philippines
May 28, 2007 11:31am CST
...and why?
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@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
28 May 07
I would want a daughter. Maybe it's because I am a woman. I don't know. LOL
@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
28 May 07
That's what I thought when I started this, the women would prefer a daughter while the men would prefer a son. But, you're right, whether it's a boy or girl we would definitely love them. Thanks!
@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
28 May 07
Don't get me wrong, though. Whatever gender of child I would have, I'd love him or her TO BITS! :-)
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@lpipe0240 (1161)
• United States
28 May 07
I would want a son. I feel I could better acquint myself with a boy and understand him more. With a girl she might be to prissy or into all that gily stuff. But either way, I would feel blessed to have at least one child of my own.
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@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
28 May 07
Yeah. She might make you wear bright red lipstick and strong perfume and go around with a frilly lace hat, fancy dress, and a dressed up Barbie doll. The HORROR! LOL
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@lpipe0240 (1161)
• United States
28 May 07
You know, I would proably do it to...just to see the smile on her face.
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@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
28 May 07
I would want to have a son too, if I have to choose. Good thing for me, though, I've been blessed with a son, a daughter, and another son, in that order. Thanks!
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@mdchennai (2129)
• India
29 May 07
Well frankly speaking i am ok with any gender. Its like most of the the mother would prefer a girl because she will have someone with who she can share everything whereas the father will prefer a boy so that he is able to have a good understanding with him. I have heard from many girls who feel for not having a sister. Usually girls like to have a sister with whom she can share her views and secrets. So in that case, i wont have problem in having a girl child as even my wife will feel comfortable with it.
@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
30 May 07
You're right! As long as the child is healthy, any gender would be okay and we should be thankful. Originally, I have two or three paragraphs describing this discussion giving the pros and cons of having a son and/or a daughter but I opted to delete them since the outcome sounded too sexist and biased which I'm sure would incur the wrath of our ladies here. So I decided to make an open ended question for everyone interested to give their point of view. Thanks for replying!
@psyche49f (2502)
• Philippines
28 May 07
If I have only one child, I want a daughter because young girls are nice to dress up, and they are more loving, expressive, gentle and polite, just like my daughter when she was a girl up to now. I also like little girls in their cute, fancy, ruffled dresses, ribbons, bags and all. With a little girl, a mother brings out the creativity in her as she dresses her little angel. Actually, I have two children: my son is the rough type when he was young, used to play rough and tough in school; at the end of the day, he gets so untidy. The opposite is true with my elder daughter. She is clean from sunrise to sunset because she just plays with dolls and house. But I am lucky to have both a son and a daughter...
@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
28 May 07
That's a good one! I wish I could say the same for my daughter, however, she's one of the rough and tough kind, probably because of having two brothers and two boy cousins as playmates. She's sweet, however, and a charming little angel.:)
• India
29 May 07
i wud prefer to have a girl...coz i feel galz are better to tackle than the mischievious boys(one of which i used to be in my childhood days...n my parents wud sweat tackling me..lol)... i wonder y is this topic posted in a interest like COMPUTERS..
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@g3n3j0rd (721)
• Philippines
30 May 07
I apologize that this topic was posted in computers. I usually have three to five open windows for myLot switching back and forth, responding to different topics or opening discussions. I probably lost track and open this topic in Computers, lol! As soon as it was saved, I saw the error but can't do anything about it. So sorry. I'll be more careful next time.