Keep having kids until a girl is born

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand people who keep having kids until they have a girl. I know two separate who have done this. And then the mothers whine about how hard it is “with so many kids.” What about how the boys feel?

[Anonymous]

More often it is the reverse; keep having kids until the boy is born. If you can afford it, why not?

[Anonymous]

I highly doubt the parents are saying this in FRONT of said boys.

[Anonymous]

My MIL had 4 girls until my DH was born (at age 43) and then sadly miscarried another girl very late.

[Anonymous]

I worked for an attorney who had five girls. I wondered if she was aiming for a boy but couldn't ask that. (One of the tasks she gave me was to make sure nobody went into her office when she was pumping. I couldn't leave my desk for the bathroom during that time.)

[Anonymous]

My cousin’s daughter married a man from a culture where sons are very important. She has six children now. The youngest is the only boy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked for an attorney who had five girls. I wondered if she was aiming for a boy but couldn't ask that. (One of the tasks she gave me was to make sure nobody went into her office when she was pumping. I couldn't leave my desk for the bathroom during that time.)

Couldn’t she just hang a Do not Disturb sign?

[Anonymous]

Math puzzle: suppose everyone does this: has babies until they get a girl, and then stop.

Some families have 1 girl. Some have 1 boy and one girl. Some have 2 boys and 1 girl. Etc.

What is the resulting overall ratio of boys:girls across the population?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked for an attorney who had five girls. I wondered if she was aiming for a boy but couldn't ask that. (One of the tasks she gave me was to make sure nobody went into her office when she was pumping. I couldn't leave my desk for the bathroom during that time.)

Couldn’t she just hang a Do not Disturb sign?

Apparently people had not respected a sign in the past, even when it was taped OVER the doorknob.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Math puzzle: suppose everyone does this: has babies until they get a girl, and then stop.

Some families have 1 girl. Some have 1 boy and one girl. Some have 2 boys and 1 girl. Etc.

What is the resulting overall ratio of boys:girls across the population?

That's a trick question. It's still 1:1 ratio because each birth is 50/50 random.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Math puzzle: suppose everyone does this: has babies until they get a girl, and then stop.

Some families have 1 girl. Some have 1 boy and one girl. Some have 2 boys and 1 girl. Etc.

What is the resulting overall ratio of boys:girls across the population?

Just guessing that if conceptions are statistically independent events, there's no effect on the usual ratio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt the parents are saying this in FRONT of said boys.

I was very aware as a young child that my parents really, really wanted their third child to be a boy. They talked about it a lot, and, yes, in front of the two girls they already had. I am sure they aren’t the only parents in history to have done this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked for an attorney who had five girls. I wondered if she was aiming for a boy but couldn't ask that. (One of the tasks she gave me was to make sure nobody went into her office when she was pumping. I couldn't leave my desk for the bathroom during that time.)

How long was a pump session?

[Anonymous]

2 boys is handful, 3 chaos, 4 anarchy. Most people stop at 2 boys despite wanting a girl. The chance of getting another boy is too great.

Wanting a boy is another story.

[Anonymous]

I know a family that wanted a girl ...,7 boys in a row and finally a girl. I imagine being boy 7.