gender disappointment Quotes

When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy.

When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.

What happens if parents pick an embryo thinking they're getting a boy who will grow up to be like former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck, but instead when the child grows up, he wants to be poet?

My father expected his first child to be a boy, and when it didn't turn out that way he didn't let the fact get in the way of a good story.

When I was born I brought no joy, my father said he wanted a boy!

Andy Kaufman's mom wanted a girl, his father wanted a boy, and they were both satisfied!

My father wanted a boy badly and didn't get one, so I was happy to be the surrogate boy. I was very strong, always doing manual labour.

I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy.

In some ways, I'm relieved that I didn't have a son.

I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.

I grew up with my dad. I'm an only child. My father was a cowboy, and he really loved me very much, but I think he wanted a son occasionally.

My father wanted a boy. I was supposed to be called Albert. That was probably the beginning of why things got so complicated, because I wasn't a boy.