I agree. I had gender disappointment and was made to feel like a bleep. I had my two girls close together and they were both of the sex I didn’t want. I didn’t love them any less as I was overjoyed and filled with love with them but when I was pregnant I was disappointed to not getting what I wanted. I was not into girls at all and wanted boys ever since I wanted children. Funnily enough im so glad I got what I got and if I had another I would want another girl lol I have no desire now to have a son. So I’m now of the view that you get what you are supposed to get.I am in favour of gender selection. It used to really rile me how some people (usually always women who had a boy and a girl) would guilt-shame me for having a preference over what sex my 4th child would be, when I already had 3 of the same sex. In the end, my 4th was of the opposite sex, but I would definitely have had gender selection afterwards if not. I pay for all my kids myself, I don't even get Child Benefit, and it wasn't just me who yearned for a child of the opposite sex - it was my husband and children as well, so I would have had no problem paying to ensure our family was made complete. If the science makes it doable and you have the means to do it, bring it on.
I think having a gender preference is a completely normal feeling, especially when you already have multiple children of the same sex. It's just people's reactions to it that makes it feel like a dirty little taboo secret. Unpopular opinion
So someone can’t grow or become a better person in ten years? I’m not saying she has or hasn’t, I don’t know her, but judging someone by their actions ten years earlier is a bit much in my unpopular opinion. It was an opinion. A single minded rude offensive opinion. Emotive yes. But who doesn’t get emotive about everything anyone says these days? I could get emotive about a lot on Twitter for example or this forum but for my own mental health I scroll on. Not everyone has the same views and it’s something to accept.If it was the 70's it might have been different but we're talking 10 yrs ago , those things were as emotive then as they are now .
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