Things that make you go ARRRGGHHH!!

[theHandpuppet]

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.

[sufrommich]

1. That woman is obviously swimming in

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

[Squinch]

2. Oh, god. May that child have others in her life who love her and who show her her value.

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

[longship]

3. Poor girl...

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]

4. Even the guy who said "It sucks" was taken aback by the level of her disgust

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]

5. I don't envy that girl being born to such a mother. The kindest thing that

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.

[theHandpuppet]

7. Compare that to loving parents like these

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113738202

[sufrommich]

9. I'm glad you linked to that wonderful story.

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

[ismnotwasm]

6. God that's sad

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]

8. Congrats to her and to you!

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.