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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:30 PM Jun 2014

Things that make you go ARRRGGHHH!!

Standing in line at the convenience store today when the two folks in front of me turn out to be acquaintances meeting up after not seeing each other for a while. The woman is noticeably pregnant. The man congratulates her on her pregnancy.

Woman, disgusted: "Yeah, I'm having a girl."

Man: "Sucks, doesn't it?"

Woman: "Yeah, me and my husband, we don't want no damn girl."

Man, looking askance: "Um... you might want to be careful saying that, you know."

Woman: "I don't care who knows. I don't want no damn girl."


Sheesh. Good luck to that little girl.

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Things that make you go ARRRGGHHH!! (Original Post) theHandpuppet Jun 2014 OP
That woman is obviously swimming in sufrommich Jun 2014 #1
Oh, god. May that child have others in her life who love her and who show her her value. Squinch Jun 2014 #2
Poor girl... longship Jun 2014 #3
Even the guy who said "It sucks" was taken aback by the level of her disgust theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #4
I don't envy that girl being born to such a mother. The kindest thing that Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #5
Compare that to loving parents like these theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #7
I'm glad you linked to that wonderful story. sufrommich Jun 2014 #9
God that's sad ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #6
Congrats to her and to you! theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #8

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
1. That woman is obviously swimming in
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:36 PM
Jun 2014

self hatred.That poor little baby girl will likely inherit her mother's sickness.

Squinch

(50,932 posts)
2. Oh, god. May that child have others in her life who love her and who show her her value.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jun 2014

It sure does take a village. Because sometimes the parents are just ignorant.

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. Poor girl...
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jun 2014

Both the future mom and her daughter. How can this work out well? And how did this woman come to this conclusion?

As the only male sibling of three, my jaw drops. I just do not understand such rampant misogyny. I never will.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
4. Even the guy who said "It sucks" was taken aback by the level of her disgust
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 05:46 PM
Jun 2014

I mean, she was really pissed, as if she had been cheated from having a boy. My heart goes out to that future little girl. And heaven help her if there's ever a second child and it's a boy.

Louisiana1976

(3,962 posts)
5. I don't envy that girl being born to such a mother. The kindest thing that
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:28 PM
Jun 2014

mother could do would be to give her up for adoption. Because people who adopt do so because they want a child and someone might want a little girl. She'll grow up feeling a lot more loved than she would growing up with her natural--or maybe I should say, unnatural--mother.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
9. I'm glad you linked to that wonderful story.
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 07:00 PM
Jun 2014

I wouldn't have seen it otherwise. I need to start reading more forums here.

ismnotwasm

(41,971 posts)
6. God that's sad
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:36 PM
Jun 2014

My daughter is pregnant with her first girl--she's very happy but if it had been a boy that would have cool too. (she has three boys)

What a messes up way to feel and a horrid thing to say

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
8. Congrats to her and to you!
Wed Jun 4, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014


Yes, I feel so badly for that future little girl. It's hard enough in this world without feeling like you were born a bitter disappointment.
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