[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

Greek tradition seems to prefer boys, and I must say I would rather have sons than daughters. I guess that makes me a sexist bastard. My grandfather had five daughters before scoring a son, and would never have stopped trying otherwise. What are your thoughts? Γερό να 'ναι κι ό,τι να 'ναι, ή άλλο τα �παιδιά� κι άλλο τα κορίτσια; wink

This post has been edited by ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ: 02 February 2010 - 02:43 PM

[whyyounogreek]

as long as they are healthy, nothing else matters

[TZAKI]

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

[Greek for Life]

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 10:12 AM, said:

[font="Georgia"]Greek tradition seems to prefer boys, and I must say I would rather have sons than daughters. I guess that makes me a sexist bastard.

Well it's not like people have to plough feilds for a living anymore and as for keeping the family name going, well ... pios tous niazi

What's so bad if you had a couple of well educated streetwise daughters who could think for themselves

[TZAKI]

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 03:41 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

no not really i've never heard of that saying, a son now at my daughters age, would probably be totally independent, wouldn't confide in me on his daily life and wouldn't give me a facial as my daughter does.

I go shopping with my daughter, go get our pedicures together, go out for coffee, she helps with the house and im sure i couldn't do that with a son...

However, knowing what i know now, if i had a son first, i would definitely be trying for a daughter..

[whyyounogreek]

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 02:41 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

Youre not serious

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

Greek for Life, on 02 February 2010 - 08:28 PM, said:

Well it's not like people have to plough feilds for a living anymore and as for keeping the family name going, well ... pios tous niazi

What's so bad if you had a couple of well educated streetwise daughters who could think for themselves

I didn't say there was anything wrong with having daughters. This is purely a question of preference.

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

whyyounogreek, on 04 February 2010 - 08:08 AM, said:

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 02:41 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

Youre not serious

You're obviously not a Greek mother.

[TZAKI]

no but i am

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

TZAKI, on 04 February 2010 - 01:42 PM, said:

no but i am

Doesn't mean you're representative of Greek mothers in general. Besides, you're more Australian than anything.

[TZAKI]

why would you say that???

[whyyounogreek]

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 04 February 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

whyyounogreek, on 04 February 2010 - 08:08 AM, said:

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 02:41 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

Youre not serious

You're obviously not a Greek mother.

And you are?
This is 2010, get out of the stone age.

[whyyounogreek]

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 04 February 2010 - 03:30 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 04 February 2010 - 01:42 PM, said:

no but i am

Doesn't mean you're representative of Greek mothers in general. Besides, you're more Australian than anything.

Is there anything you dont know?

[thraki]

my thoughts are as goes;

i dont have any kids but for me.... it is either, why? only thing what i found was that the boys played as what boys normally do. but the girls, they always cute and at times cheeky too. i cant compared it at all. i love both any ways.

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

whyyounogreek, on 05 February 2010 - 12:01 PM, said:

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 04 February 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

whyyounogreek, on 04 February 2010 - 08:08 AM, said:

ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ, on 02 February 2010 - 02:41 PM, said:

TZAKI, on 02 February 2010 - 01:43 PM, said:

as a mother and a woman, im glad i have a daughter, we are close, a closeness that i don't think i would have with a son.

Having said that, i would of been grateful with either sexes...

Don't you wish you had a son too, though? They say that having a son is what completes a woman. You know, the way Olympias fulfilled her dreams through Alexander's conquests.

Youre not serious

You're obviously not a Greek mother.

And you are?
This is 2010, get out of the stone age.

What, I'm not allowed to have an opinion now? So much for it being 2010. wink

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

TZAKI, on 05 February 2010 - 07:08 AM, said:

why would you say that???

Well you obviously have a completely different mindset, as you yourself have stated on multiple occasions.

[DemiK]

I love the fact that I had boys.

True story.....When I was expecting, I was really hoping for a boy. Don't get me wrong, if it ended up being a girl I would be happy but when I found out it was a boy, I was ecstatically happy!

Now that I have two boys and I look at oldies with only sons, battling it out at home without a daughter around, complaining that they are lonely...it kind of bugs me. SO the million dollar question....Will I try for a girl? Hmmm.

[TZAKI]

yes a little demik, a house is not complete without a baby girl..

[ΜΑΝΙΑΤΗΣ]

A baby girl is fine as long as there is a baby boy or two to balance things out.