Much like this Texas woman, I always thought that if I gave birth to a boy, I would want him to be gay.
The Salon writer's reasons are different from mine. She wanted someone to watch musicals with and whose interior design judgment could be trusted. Me? I'm not much into Project Runway and sort of hate shopping. I just don't need the competition from eventual girlfriends and female life partners a son would have the insensitivity to drag through my house -- MY HOUSE! -- and who would take his attention away from me (me!).
Case in point, from Salon:
I hadn't counted on my gay son's being delivered to me via a
wonderfully winsome girlfriend with a whiff of the young Audrey Hepburn
about her, yet that is what has happened. Overnight, my offspring, who
believed that Oliver Twist and other plucky motherless orphans had
gotten a sweet deal, became willing to do anything my heart desired.
Just so long as Audrey was on board. And since Audrey adores board
games, art openings, nibbling delicate sandwiches in precious cafes and
hanging out with an old lady whom she reminds of the young Audrey
Hepburn, that is precisely what we've been doing. Sigh.
As I suspected -- said competition for my son's attention would be skinny too! Audrey Hepburn ...
Call me insecure, call me needy, but one of the biggest rewards of parenting isn't necessarily seeing all your hard work paid back in the offspring's happiness in the world. Rather, it's how every day my two girls once again pronounce me the still undefeated winner of a popularity contest, beauty pageant and Quiz Bowl -- all before I've finished my morning coffee.
Hey, I don't need any real competition.
Moms of boys, what's your take?
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