Interesting poll over on Facebook right now
I have "liked" the Barnes and Noble Nook over on Facebook (love that product, BTW, I have two) and so sometimes on my newsfeed I get their status updates about books, authors, etc. Well, they're talking about a book called "Swagger," which focuses on raising boys in today's world. To generate Facebook discussion, they asked their fans the question, "Which are harder to raise, boys or girls?"
The answer, so far: 26 people said boys are harder, 83 people said girls are harder (and many added the phrase "by far" on the girl responses). Wowza!
Bear in mind, this is ~not~ me dissing girls -- I'm swaying pink! I want a girl! But I'll admit that part of my gender desire is fueled by this notion I have that girls are sweeter, cuddlier, gentler, more verbal, more intuitive, etc., and that only boys are difficult. So I can sometimes get resentful or self-pitying, thinking that I have it tough with my boys and all my friends with girls are just lolling around, getting mommy/daughter pedicures and eating bon-bons and talking about their feelings and never having any difficulties. :giggle:
So it's nice to know that, hey, raising girls evidently isn't all roses either. Not because it changes what I want -- my desire for my boys to get their little sister is massive! -- but just because it helps me to keep some perspective. The grass is greener, the hairbows are pinker, you get my drift. ;)
(It's nice and rare, BTW, for something on Facebook to actually make my GD feel better rather than worse -- every few months, I have to select to have a FB friend's posts stop appearing on my newsfeed because yet another one will find out she's having a girl and seeing the mushy-gushy pink posts is all heart-stabby each time I see them so it's easier to block them and spare my feelings)
^^^wowthatwasalongsentence^^^ :)