My son was the little boy my mother never had. I 've always known that she hoped I'd be a son to remind her of her dead husband, Instead she had a daughter! Was she disappointed? at the time possibly, but at no time was I ever made to feel inferior or unloved, in fact quite the opposite. I can totally understand how she felt, I might well have felt the same. Have I ever resented it? Not for a moment. Mind you she was pleased to see my son, and I was pleased for her. Parents can hope for a boy/girl and when they get the opposite love them just as much as the one desired and not cause any anguish to that child.
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