"Boymoms"

[Anonymous]

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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.

Or some boys are naturally slim and some girls are naturally muscular. Do you honestly expect that Serena Williams ate less than Michael Jackson at similar ages simply because she was female?

Or that Mia Hamm and Mick Jagger would have the same apatite?

Come on have some common sense!

Fact: most males are physically larger than women. Therefore, they have higher calorie needs. Yes, some women are larger than some men. But generally, most men are larger than most women.

[Anonymous]

How about mean girls mom? Bathrooms are messy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to say I was a boy mom. I have two boys, lots of energy, smelly everything, fart jokes, no going to the salon and getting mani/pedis, getting them to shop for clothes is torture, etc. Then “boy mom” came to mean excusing bad behavior (boys will be boys) and misogyny.

That seems to be some weird rule only in effect here because nobody actually talks like this in every day life.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have only boys and to top it off they are not athletic. No dance classes and also no sports equipment filling my garage.What should I call myself? Nerd-mom?

I have a boy like this and a girl. But the boy is still very much a boy even if he's not particularly athletic. Recently he wanted to go with me and his sister to see Wicket. But right away he was like "how many more hours?" and kept checking my phone to see the time and then he was mad he didn't go with his dad and older brother to see Gladiator. It's nature, not nurture.

It's both unless you're not very bright and make up facts based on a couple antidotes and few data points.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have only boys and to top it off they are not athletic. No dance classes and also no sports equipment filling my garage.What should I call myself? Nerd-mom?

I have a boy like this and a girl. But the boy is still very much a boy even if he's not particularly athletic. Recently he wanted to go with me and his sister to see Wicket. But right away he was like "how many more hours?" and kept checking my phone to see the time and then he was mad he didn't go with his dad and older brother to see Gladiator. It's nature, not nurture.

It's both unless you're not very bright and make up facts based on a couple antidotes and few data points.

+1

What an embarrassing post to agree with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have only boys and to top it off they are not athletic. No dance classes and also no sports equipment filling my garage.What should I call myself? Nerd-mom?

I have a boy like this and a girl. But the boy is still very much a boy even if he's not particularly athletic. Recently he wanted to go with me and his sister to see Wicket. But right away he was like "how many more hours?" and kept checking my phone to see the time and then he was mad he didn't go with his dad and older brother to see Gladiator. It's nature, not nurture.

It's both unless you're not very bright and make up facts based on a couple antidotes and few data points.

+1

What an embarrassing post to agree with.

Sorry you’re such a bad mother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Or some boys are naturally slim and some girls are naturally muscular. Do you honestly expect that Serena Williams ate less than Michael Jackson at similar ages simply because she was female?

Or that Mia Hamm and Mick Jagger would have the same apatite?

Come on have some common sense!

Fact: most males are physically larger than women. Therefore, they have higher calorie needs. Yes, some women are larger than some men. But generally, most men are larger than most women.

That’s just a generalization.

[Anonymous]

These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have only boys and to top it off they are not athletic. No dance classes and also no sports equipment filling my garage.What should I call myself? Nerd-mom?

I have a boy like this and a girl. But the boy is still very much a boy even if he's not particularly athletic. Recently he wanted to go with me and his sister to see Wicket. But right away he was like "how many more hours?" and kept checking my phone to see the time and then he was mad he didn't go with his dad and older brother to see Gladiator. It's nature, not nurture.

It's both unless you're not very bright and make up facts based on a couple antidotes and few data points.

+1

What an embarrassing post to agree with.

Sorry you’re such a bad mother.

Sorry you can’t actually read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

+2

I have both, but I’m also a “#boysister” ( ), and know better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about mean girls mom? Bathrooms are messy.

Go start your own thread. You seem like a defensive boymom, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there is sometimes a tinge of smug girl bashing in it - like glad to be a mom to only boys and not deal with girls drama

I've heard it from a number of moms of only boys over the years and never heard it in the reverse w/ only girls

There should be a reverse.

“Just cleaned my bathroom without having to clean pee off the wall. #girlmom.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there is sometimes a tinge of smug girl bashing in it - like glad to be a mom to only boys and not deal with girls drama

I've heard it from a number of moms of only boys over the years and never heard it in the reverse w/ only girls

There should be a reverse.

“Just cleaned my bathroom without having to clean pee off the wall. #girlmom.”

I have 2 boys, and never cleaned pee off the wall. The bathroom my daughter uses, yikes. Hair, toothpaste, "skin care" products everywhere, wet towels, lip balms, just shit everywhere. My boys brush their teeth and go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:there is sometimes a tinge of smug girl bashing in it - like glad to be a mom to only boys and not deal with girls drama

I've heard it from a number of moms of only boys over the years and never heard it in the reverse w/ only girls

There should be a reverse.

“Just cleaned my bathroom without having to clean pee off the wall. #girlmom.”

I have 2 boys, and never cleaned pee off the wall. The bathroom my daughter uses, yikes. Hair, toothpaste, "skin care" products everywhere, wet towels, lip balms, just shit everywhere. My boys brush their teeth and go.

I’m sure that forgetting to put up the toilet seat and poor aim isn’t a universal problem for all boys. But it is a problem that’s pretty much limited to boys .