My friend
By maximax8
@maximax8 (31046)
United Kingdom
October 30, 2010 5:56am CST
My friend already has five daughters and she had a rocky relationship with her husband. She desperately wanted to have a baby boy so she tried to sway to get pregnant with a son. During her pregnancy she could have found out the gender of her baby but she didn't want to. She split up from her husband three months ago. Last week her sixth daughter was born. Now she worries she won't ever have the baby son she has dreams of having.
What do you think?
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26 responses
@deriellevc73 (982)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
hello maximax8!
of course its nice to have a son too but she should be thankful for what she have.its no use if she keeps on being anxious to have a son, especially now that she has separated with her husband. she has to focus now on her daughters, and should be thankful for their presence in her life.
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@sweetmary86 (822)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
awww..that must be totally disappointing for her... like shes going to have a dozen daughters before havin a son. my bestfriend's family is also like that. theyre four girls and her parents wanted a boy luckily the 5th and 6th are boys.
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@snowy22315 (179771)
• United States
30 Oct 10
It sounds like she has enough children. I hope her rocky marriage is not impacted by the birth of the new baby. It sounds like it could be. A new baby is always a stressful thing. I hope that she will be OK, and if they really want a son, they could always adopt one.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
30 Oct 10
I think that she has some serious psychological issue here going on. I met an exhausted women who had had 7 daughters and was pregnant again - with another daughter but it was her jerk of a husband who wanted a son.
What is it with her? She will probably have grand children who are boys. I just don't get it- she really is in need of counselling.
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@littlemomma83 (58)
• Philippines
30 Oct 10
I think she should be thankful of what God gave to her five beautiful girls and of course another one new born baby girl.
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@pkdaftari (68)
• India
30 Oct 10
Why does your friend need a baby boy? I myself have two daughters and I got operated for family planning immediately after the younger daughter's birth. I am thankful to God for giving me such a lovely and caring daughters. Today, they both are very happily married.
In fact, I know many instances where the Son instead of supporting Parents, actually harasses and creates a lot of problems for them.
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
1 Nov 10
Hi Maximax
I do not want to sound harsh here and I know a lot of People would always like one of each, I am lucky because I have
But after 6 Daughters and hopefully all Healthy, she needs to be grateful for the Children she has got and that they are healthy
I was told I could never have Children, I was very lucky, yes the Pregnancies where hard and it was hard to hold onto the Babies ok I was lucky and had one of each but even if I hadn't I would have just been grateful for the Children I was blessed with
I am sorry though that her Marriage did not work out in the end
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
2 Nov 10
I think that its crazy for somebody to want to have a baby to stay in a relationship. Kids don't bring couples together if there is nothing to keep them together. That's backwards thinking if you ask me. She should start looking for a nice place to raise her kids because she's going to be doing it alone.
@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
3 Nov 10
Its too bad she and her husband split up. Thats alot of kids to raise alone. I sure hope he continues to help with the children in every way. Money and moral support. Shared custobdy is usually best. Thats what your friend should be thinking about. However if she desides she can handle it she can still have more children. But she has to accept what evr God gives her.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
5 Nov 10
I had a male cousin and his wife go through this they eventually had the boy after six girls but now she is alone because he left her for a younger women. Disgracefully! I had two girls and wanted a boy but I knew what I could afford and deal with. God gives you only what you can handle I beleive and he knew two girls was my limit.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
2 Nov 10
I hope she has already accepted that maybe it's really not meant to be. I'm sure that whatever pride she'll get in having a boy, could be more than be met by one of her daughters. And I just hope that she has moved on from this dream, and from her relationship with her ex-husband so that she could focus on taking care of her 6 daughters.
I wish her luck!
@HeiressOfSlytherin (31)
• Philippines
4 Dec 10
i guess it's a blessing..maybe there's a reason why she won't bear a baby bot
instead of worrying for it, i think it's better if she'll think of her daughters' futures
@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
31 Oct 10
maximax8,
I can understand her pinning but I hope she realizes after 6 daughters that the gender of a baby is really dependent on her partner. Sorry for sounding off here, I really thought she should know and realize this fact by now.
I am sorry to hear that her marriage is not working out and hope that it has nothing to do with her inability to produce a son to the family. It would not be fair. On the hindsight, I have a business friend who did not have a son until after they have 16 daughters. That's right, you can understand how all his friends felt each time he announces that his wife is being pregnant again. We had to BEG him to stop but as marriage like relationships takes 2 to clap - his other half is just ever so willing or rather determined to give him a son.
Hope your friend's children will be having proper care and upbringing.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 Oct 10
If it were me, I'd be happy to have healthy daughters...
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
1 Nov 10
After 6 daughters, it is extremely unlikely that she would have ever had a son with that man. It is the man who determines the gender of the child.
@sweetloveforeve (13120)
• Portugal
31 Oct 10
sorry that your friend and her hubby split up but if things were not ok already she shouldnt had try to get pregnant anyway now that she has 6 daughters is ok but if she wants a son maybe that can happen^^ im sure that later on in her life she will find other guy that will love her^^ and maybe she can get pregnant again^^ tell her to dont think negative^^ for sure she will find a guy that will love her. things didnt work with her ex hubby but will work with other guy that she will love and he will love her too^^ and if she cant have a son is ok she can try to adopt one^^ if is so important for her to have a son she can try to adopt one^^
@enthusiasticone (348)
• China
31 Oct 10
hello friend. where are you from ? china or america ? the history of china is that most of parents like their son more but not daughter . so this is the history . and with the time going on . more and more parents dont pay enough attention to this . and they like daughter more. so change this attitude asap .