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SMOG you say? “Smug Mother of Girls” It made me giggle. It referred to some of my friends as DMOBs – “Defensive Mothers of Boys”
It made me think about the assumptions we make about our little boys and girls and made me question...”am I really smug about my girls?”
I have to confess I LOVE having girls – maybe because I can relate to them easily and can recognise them in myself? Then there's all that sparkly, shiny, fairy type stuff that I love! Although if I had a boy I am sure I would love him just the same.
When I was pregnant with my no. 2, I was convinced I was having a boy. My pregnancy was so different from the first and as I am one of two, (my sibling being a brother); I just assumed I would have one of each. I really did. So much so that I wanted to find out the sex of the baby for sure so that I wouldn’t go into shock in case I was wrong. My husband didn’t want to know so he left the room and the lady doing the scan told me it was a girl. I asked her 3 times if she was sure. I was shocked but I was glad I could get used to the idea.
I kept my secret so well, not telling anyone (if my husband didn't know I couldn’t share with anyone else) right up until it was time to push and I screamed...”GET HER OUT!!!!!!” Surprised husband looked at me and knew a little lady was coming. He smiled. He has never been the type to pine for son (he is one of 3 boys himself) and has fully embraced the girls in his life!
A lot of my friends have boys and they always say...”lucky you don’t have boys, then you’d know you’re alive”. They do seem different. They seem to have a lot of energy and move a lot.
What the DMOBs don’t realise though is that girls talk a lot...all the time. I get exhausted from the constant noise of chatter and arguing and commentating about everything that moves. My brother dubbed Miss 6. “Little Cometti” after Dennis Cometti, football commentator. It can be so exhausting.
I did think at one time that it would have been nice to “have one of each” but I have to say that I love my pigeon pair and have no desire to “go for a third” to have a little man in the house. I do feel for some of my DMOBs friends though that have a yearning for a little girl. Oh well...boys always love their mammas and ...there’s always the daughter in laws!!! Good grief!
PS I know I have made a lot of generalisations here and my tongue is firmly in my cheek!!
* Article – “The Unfairer Sex” by Angela Mollard. Pg 16 in Sunday (Sunday Herald Sun Magazine)
Sometimes I think life throws you what it thinks you can handle! I have two boys, who are sporty, noisy and always on the go - just like me! I'm pretty sure I would be no good at tea parties and fairies, I'd rather be outside kicking the footy, fishing or walking the dog to the park! ( but there is a small part of me that sometimes wishes I could brush long hair and fill it with pink ribbons!)
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Having both sexes it is definitely true that men are from mars....... they are so different.
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Regardless of sex I think we all need to be like your husband and embrace and be grateful for what we have. Having children isn't easy, so being blessed to have them at all is a complete joy.
boys definitely are full on but I come from a big family of 8 brothers so I get boys.. my girl sometimes drives me up the wall with her tears and diva like antics.. lol
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