@thisismarilynb funny (not in “haha” way), I never wanted sons, because I grew up with five brothers who were doted and simply because they were boys, and they could do no wrong. I on the other hand, could get beaten up for something as simple as looking right when I was told to look left, so to speak. I grew up hating them, and hoping I never have any sons!

But where I grew up, boys were preferred to girls by all mothers - they were their “old age insurance policy” since sons grow up expected to look after their parents but girls are married off to look after their husbands and THEIR parents.

Turns out my son was the easiest of the three to raise! And as I said before, although I never wanted a son, the minute he was put in my arms it was love at first sight! Although the two girls continue to say I love him more “because he is a boy!” (absolutely not true - I continue to remind them I love all three equally, but treat them differently because of they are three different personalities) they love him to bits and they, in fact, are the ones who dote on him! lol.