Delightful Daughters

You know how in our culture, boys are preferred over girls, especially when you have a single child? Well, I'd say that girls are much nicer to have around and society would be so much more pleasant if we had more girls. Not that you could actually chose, or if there was anything wrong with having boys - in fact, I have a boy too, which is why it is easy for me to compare.

Girls are delightful because:
  • They make cards for you, for any occasion
  • They draw heart shapes all over the place
  • They want to buy gifts for you for any reason and really do it
  • They offer their food to you during meals for you to sample and get offended if you don't take it
  • They give you hugs and kisses, even when it seems they have outgrown it
  • They dance around the house and ask you to watch
  • They recite the names of their classmates and make you repeat after them - and then proceed to describe the colour and length of their hair and explain who's friends with who
Boys will:
  • Not bother to do up a card
  • Forget it's your birthday until they see their sister wishing you
  • Rather watch TV than get into the picture during photo taking
  • Eat up all their food and then ask for yours
  • Forget to do their homework and still insist on going out to play soccer
  • Answer "good" to everything and not go into more detail - and only mention one other boy from his class over a period of five years
It's still a long way to go, but I believe Shannon and Amber will continue to be as loving and caring as they are today, even many years from now. You might call it Daddy's Little Girl syndrome but they are genuine and sincere in their thoughts. For example, Amber would come up and ask me how I feel about things and Shannon would gladly sacrifice her favourite food or possession for me - something which Nigel hardly does without prompting.

I think it is down to male/female DNA. Men are the solitary hunters who have to fend off enemies and wild animals. Women are nurturing and social and live in harmony with others. Boys like fizzy drinks which make their teeth soft while Girls would rush home to do up cards for their Dad and play with Rainbow Loom and soft toys. Cute.