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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have only girls or only boys or one of each...as their parent is there really a difference in love or experience? Are we really missing out without one of each gender? Solve this once and for all for me. I am really happy with 2 from the same gender and never have thought otherwise. Why do other people think otherwise and finally is there really something to be missed? [/quote]

The only people that can answer your question are people that have 2 of one gender for a while and then later have a third of another gender.  Otherwise, how can you tell?

I am a mom to boys.  I love my boys but I wish we could have had a daughter as well, mainly for how I idealistically imagine the mother-daughter relationship to be, especially after your child marries and has kids.  My mom died when my oldest was a baby so I didn't get to experience it as a daughter.  I worry that my boys' family will be much closer to his wife's family just because that is often how it is, though I'll do my best for that not to be the case.[/quote]

I'm kind of in this boat.  I also have two boys and it's AMAZING.  They're such wonderful people, so close to each other, so affectionate with me, and just generally awesome.  That said, my mom died before they were born and she and I were very close.  I do worry about 'losing' them to a wife's family but my MIL and I are very close and I hope to raise my boys so they'll pick women who would be open to a relationship with me (I mean I'm pretty awesome right?)  I also think with gender roles changing there are more and more men who take a more involved role in their parents' lives - my FIL managed his elderly mother's care for years, etc.[/quote]

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