"Boymoms"

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All it means is that she has only sons. I always wanted a girl, but then had all boys. I realized that it was the perfect thing for me.

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Because it's pathetic that mothers put so much stock into having boys. They see all this girl empowerment stuff and they somehow think their boys are missing out on something, so they have to come up with ways to make their boys feel more special. They forget that it is a man's world and their boys are special BECAUSE they are boys, they have a leg up BECAUSE they are boys. They can be complete idiots and become president solely on the basis of their sex. And also the vast majority of boymoms are WHITE, so they are even MORE privileged. It's absurd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All it means is that she has only sons. I always wanted a girl, but then had all boys. I realized that it was the perfect thing for me.

Lady, I have two girls and you don't see me walking around telling everyone I'm a #girlmom. I'm just a mom. You are too. We're all just moms.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a son and always saw boymom as a negative term.

To me it's used to describe people with the "boys will be boys" attitude or use the excuse of "oh well they are a boy" for their poor behavior. Or that their life is more chaotic, loud, messier , etc just because they have a boy and have some weird stereotypical idea that boys are loud, chaotic, and messy and girls are polite and sweet

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This is how women proliferate misogyny and the patriarchy - holding boys and girls to different behavioral standards.

100% this. It's not because they have only boys, it's because they make excuses for their boys bad behavior or their inability to rein them in or manage a schedule. In my family, my siblings and I only have girls, there are 8 in total. Some of them are loud and crazy, some of them are quiet and sweet. Some of them are involved in a ton of activities and require their parents to drive them all over from one thing to another, some do not. Life with multiple girls is no different than life with multiple boys, even if boymoms seem to think they are somehow different or special.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people just hate. It usually says more about them than anyone else.

In my experience, boymom is a term that women label themselves with. I have seen moms use the hashtag #boymom on instagram and twitter. I have never heard anyone refer to anyone else as a boymom, it's not an insult, it's a label.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they think boys have unique characteristics that make them both more charming and more difficult. Like “ive got two under 5 and they’re both boys so you know im busy!” Or “i have two teen boys so I’m always at the grocery!”

Heads up, boymoms-kids of both genders have varied temperaments, teenage girls often eat a ton too, and your boys likely wouldn’t make such a mess if you had higher expectations of them. -mom of boys and girls.

Boys and girls are in fact different in many ways. For example, how on Earth can you be the mom of both and still pretend that teen girls eat just as much as teen boys?

Either you’re underfeeding your sons, overfeeding your daughters, or (most likely) you’re the mom of elementary school aged kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because it's pathetic that mothers put so much stock into having boys. They see all this girl empowerment stuff and they somehow think their boys are missing out on something, so they have to come up with ways to make their boys feel more special. They forget that it is a man's world and their boys are special BECAUSE they are boys, they have a leg up BECAUSE they are boys. They can be complete idiots and become president solely on the basis of their sex. And also the vast majority of boymoms are WHITE, so they are even MORE privileged. It's absurd.

Are you okay?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All it means is that she has only sons. I always wanted a girl, but then had all boys. I realized that it was the perfect thing for me.

Lady, I have two girls and you don't see me walking around telling everyone I'm a #girlmom. I'm just a mom. You are too. We're all just moms.

How dare you identify as a mom? How cringe. I’m just a human, we all are

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because they think boys have unique characteristics that make them both more charming and more difficult. Like “ive got two under 5 and they’re both boys so you know im busy!” Or “i have two teen boys so I’m always at the grocery!”

Heads up, boymoms-kids of both genders have varied temperaments, teenage girls often eat a ton too, and your boys likely wouldn’t make such a mess if you had higher expectations of them. -mom of boys and girls.

Boys and girls are in fact different in many ways. For example, how on Earth can you be the mom of both and still pretend that teen girls eat just as much as teen boys?

Either you’re underfeeding your sons, overfeeding your daughters, or (most likely) you’re the mom of elementary school aged kids.

Hey, boy mom. Everyone is different in many ways-on average I agree boys and girls are different.

However, since all of us are raising actual children and not an arithmetic mean of a child, the (small) differences seen on a population level are not nearly as meaningful as the idiosyncrasies of our actual children.

My willowy daughter eats like a horse and my lanky son like a bird, for example. But you do you, #boymom.

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Anonymous wrote:It came about mid 2000s because most women want daughters. They don’t like to admit it but they look down upon or differently at women who have only sons.

Ever notice how women complain about how ugly boys clothes are? They want, wish, and dream about the frilly girls clothing. When it comes to baby names, boy mothers always are asked if the child will be a junior, etc..

I have boys and girls so can’t claim to be solely a #girlmom or #boymom.

I have both genders and it’s far easier to shop for and dress my son. He actually lets me dress him so he is like my doll. My daughter is much more opinionated in clothing!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It came about mid 2000s because most women want daughters. They don’t like to admit it but they look down upon or differently at women who have only sons.

Ever notice how women complain about how ugly boys clothes are? They want, wish, and dream about the frilly girls clothing. When it comes to baby names, boy mothers always are asked if the child will be a junior, etc..

I have boys and girls so can’t claim to be solely a #girlmom or #boymom.

I have both genders and it’s far easier to shop for and dress my son. He actually lets me dress him so he is like my doll. My daughter is much more opinionated in clothing!

I think that speaks to the nature over nurture piece. We all know a mom or two who wanted a little girl/doll to dress up and instead got the girl who wanted nothing to do with it. I am the mom who hates all the pink, sparkles, shopping and makeup and got the girl who went allll in on it.

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Anonymous wrote:Recently discussed:


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OP here. Thank you for this. I had not seen this discussion.

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Boymoms are the awful MILs of the future.

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Anonymous wrote:Boymoms are the awful MILs of the future.

Yes