Charli’s Carrot Ranch prompt this week:
April 18, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about gender. It can be fixed or fluid. Explore the topic on your own terms and open your mind to possibilities and understanding. Go where the prompt leads!
East to West – Which Gender is the Best?
Ritu 2019
“Hmmm, what is it?”
“Not what. Who!”
“Huh?”
“It’s the scan picture! There. That’s your grandchild right there!”
“Looks like an alien.”
“Well, we all know where the weirdness will have come from, Dad!”
“So, a he or she?”
“Does it matter?”
“No, not to me. Just as long as the child is healthy and happy, that’s all that matters. But you know what the rest of the family will be like…”
“I know, they’ll all want a boy. Typical Indian families.”
“Gender doesn’t make someone right or wrong, it’s their actions. Teach your child well. Make me proud.”
Norah
Apr 30, 2019 @ 12:16:59
The wisdom of the last speaker is best. 🙂
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Ritu
Apr 30, 2019 @ 12:38:18
100%!
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Charli Mills
Apr 24, 2019 @ 04:12:38
I love the banter between family members, and the final bit of advice.
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Ritu
Apr 24, 2019 @ 07:00:34
Thanks Charli… Its almost what my Pops would say!
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papershots
Apr 22, 2019 @ 09:38:29
So true. The way it should be, but often isn’t.
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Ritu
Apr 22, 2019 @ 09:39:44
I know… It’s getting a little better though!
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papershots
Apr 22, 2019 @ 09:44:48
It is. We’ll get there one day! 🙂
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Ritu
Apr 22, 2019 @ 09:45:02
😊
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D. Avery @shiftnshake
Apr 22, 2019 @ 03:03:44
That’s all that matters. True that.
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Ritu
Apr 22, 2019 @ 09:03:03
Absolutely!
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Violet Lentz
Apr 21, 2019 @ 12:28:17
I think male offspring is a universal preference. Why i do not know as few of us need help in the fields any more.. Excellent write, Ritu.
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Ritu
Apr 21, 2019 @ 13:28:40
Thanks Violet 💜
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willowdot21
Apr 19, 2019 @ 22:55:17
Life is strange , I agree with Erika, my mum had more girls than boys while she longed for boys… I had three boys , lost two girls possibly three …also two grandsons… At least our dog is female. 🤭🤭🤭
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Ritu
Apr 20, 2019 @ 09:05:04
It is a strange world sis…
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willowdot21
Apr 20, 2019 @ 10:19:04
It really is 💜💜
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Erika Kind
Apr 19, 2019 @ 21:51:28
I think even though people don’t say it is important which gender the child has, in many minds there is still the hope for a specific one.
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 22:03:44
I think in many people there is a preference.. It has got less but definitely still there !
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Erika Kind
Apr 20, 2019 @ 22:30:06
I agree! Often it is unconsciously. Although I really did not care what gender my kids may have I hoped that at least one of them will be a girl.
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Ritu
Apr 20, 2019 @ 22:50:29
See! I was so happy with one of each!
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Erika Kind
Apr 21, 2019 @ 21:12:38
Me, too! Two and one… hehe.
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Jennie
Apr 19, 2019 @ 20:06:02
I loved this, Ritu, especially the end! 😍
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 20:08:16
Thank you Jennie!
This is one thing my Pops was never typical Indian about. A child is a blessing, no matter what gender. He was pretty forward thinking compared to others his age ❤️
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Jennie
Apr 19, 2019 @ 20:37:32
How lucky for you! Your Pops is the best! 😍
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 20:39:07
He really is ❤️
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robertawrites235681907
Apr 19, 2019 @ 18:54:37
African people like to have boys too, Ritu. When I had my two boys, the African ladies in my office said I was a very good wife.
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 19:53:24
It’s a true cultural thing… Keeping the family bloodline going…
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macalder02
Apr 19, 2019 @ 17:13:12
You meet the challenge with a lesson of height for the family. You are well presented.
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 17:20:38
Thank you so much!
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Book Club Mom
Apr 19, 2019 @ 16:33:22
That’s the key – love them all!
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 16:33:36
Exactly xx
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syl65
Apr 19, 2019 @ 15:55:02
Love your children and let them know they are precious from the start.
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 16:11:45
Exactly Brother ❤️
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syl65
Apr 19, 2019 @ 16:13:44
❤️
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Annette Rochelle Aben
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:27:03
Teach your children well! for sure
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:32:44
You know sis!
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chris jensen
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:10:03
i thought i would try a story challenge,
only makes sense you follow for some reason maybe i should pay more attention to yoiu….
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:10:19
I just read it!
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chris jensen
Apr 24, 2019 @ 15:14:03
Did you know it is a true story!
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Ritu
Apr 24, 2019 @ 18:13:31
I didn’t!
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chris jensen
Apr 28, 2019 @ 04:08:36
So, darling! Am i a boy or girl?
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OIKOS™-Publishing
Apr 19, 2019 @ 13:47:08
Wonderful story. As new born children most of em looking like aliens. 😉 Here in the region alsways the birth weight was important too. As long as they bought not to much boy clothes for the unborn “Ritu-boy”, it seems OK. Lol Oh my dear Sis, can not really imagine you as a men. Lol Michael
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:02:53
He he!!!! I’m just me Bro!!!
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OIKOS™-Publishing
Apr 19, 2019 @ 14:06:48
That is right, and that is wonderful Sis!
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H.R.R. Gorman
Apr 19, 2019 @ 13:06:08
“It looks like an alien.”
Haha, that would be a surprise!
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 13:10:04
It would indeed!
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joylennick
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:23:15
Thank you, Ritu. Well said. Gender shouldn’t matter a toss to a mother. When I had my third son, someone said: “Oh, you must be so disappointed.” I could have slugged the woman…..(and I’m a pacifist!) The ‘fist’ part of the word may have spurred me on… x
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:27:45
When I was born, a woman in the family started lamenting that it was such a shame I hadn’t been a boy, since my maternal grandmother had flown to the UK From Kenya to help my mum.
My Pops had a go at her and told her she should be ashamed to even think like that, being a woman herself.
Going on, he distributed sweets to the family, usually only done for boys at that time, over 40 years ago.
I’m just glad times have changed enough that younger generations are celebrating a baby’s birth, not just a boys!
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niasunset
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:02:15
Yes, make proud… beautiful dear Ritu. Thank you, Love, nia
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Ritu
Apr 19, 2019 @ 12:03:43
Thank you Nia! ❤
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