A common question for those who haven’t had kids, is “Do you want a boy or girl?” As the mother of two boys and a girl I like to think 
its a silly question. Sons and daughters are both wonderful…and terrible. But then I realized, depending on your personality, you may prefer one over the other based on their pros and cons. My kids are still relatively young, but here’s a list of boys’ and girls’ traits as told to me by other mothers
Boys just do damage to your house that you can measure in dollars, like a hurricane. Girls, like, leave scars in your psyche that you find later, like a genocide or an atrocity… That’s the difference between boys and girls. -Louis C.K.
What the mother of a boy has to deal with:
- Fighting
- Broken objects
- Aggressive-aggression
- A greater empty nest syndrome
- Making sure he’s a gentleman
- The toilet seat up
What the mother of a girl has to deal with:
- Drama
- Passive-aggression (even with my five year old)
- Manipulation of dads (even with my five year old)
- Drama
- Screening boyfriends
- Menstruation and all the jazz (thankfully not something I have to deal with yet)
- Did I mention drama?
But there is plenty of good stuff with each too. There’s nothing like the protective love of my momma’s boys, and my little lady is my partner in crime.
