Gender disappointment: Does is ever go away?

I have 5 sons. When I was pregnant with the youngest, I knew he was going to be a boy. I just knew it. We had the ultrasound and I was right. I wasn't even sad at first. I knew that he would be a boy.Throughout the pregnancy, I started to feel a little sad. I knew this would be our last and officially meant that I would never get my little girl. I always imagined having at least one girl, so I did mourn the loss of the girl I would never have.Anyway, all of that went away when I met my boy. He was perfect and fit right into our crazy family.He's now 2 and I just started feeling that sense of "missing something."My boys are all very much, boys. I imagined having a girl and taking her back to school shopping. None of my boys care about buying new clothes or going shopping. I imagined going prom dress shopping with her. I am sure my boys will go to prom, but will they want me there? I imagine sitting up with my daughter after her first heartbreak and helping her through it. If I ask my boys why they are sad, I get "I don't want to talk about it." I imagined baking cookies with her on Christmas Eve. My boys will gladly eat the cookies, but will complain if I make them help me. I imagined handing down my baby dolls to my daughter. My sons use baby dolls as shooting practice.I love my boys and I love having boys, but I hate not having a daughter. Does this feeling ever go away? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2m0rrvS