Just recently my mother told me a story about how a friend of her's had a daughter who recently graduated from college and now is helping a younger sibling find a position in her newly started company. The mom had one dream--to have rich and successful children, which is, naturally, pushed onto the oldest daughter. My mom often tells me not to expect much from my brother because he is still young and biologically matures slower than girls--the daughter who is raised to support her family. I was writing an English blog post when I realized that I too would like to have a daughter. Why would I want a daughter?
I would like to be able to stay at home so I can catch up on some well deserved rest. Then before the kids come home, I would leave just one cookie on a plate. I like to see that my daughter gives the treat to her dear younger sibling. After all she is my daughter. I want a daughter who knows when her siblings are stressed. Oh and she also needs to know, more importantly, when to give me some space too. I want a daughter who does the chores. I want a daughter who chauffeurs the other children. I want a daughter who takes advanced courses, who is good at studying, who helps her brother achieve outstanding grade, who will eventually be successful and support her dear parents that sacrificed so much for her. I want a daughter who knows everyone's schedule then prepares the meals accordingly when I am not home. I too need my own time to enjoying having a social life because it's a tough leading a restricted life as a parent. My daughter must outstanding at academics, public speaking, sport etc, so where ever I go I can feel like I own the world. What else do I need to say, my daughter must be perfect.
Then when I am old and I cannot move around anymore, I want my daughter to find a new job as a Corporate Directer close to where I live. After all it is the eldest daughter's obligation to care for her aging parents.
Dear Lord, am I the only one who wants a daughter?
JESSIE I RELATE. I love this post! I've never really heard you complain about being a daughter/older sister before, but I guess it's kind of the thing that you don't really think about unless provoked (as we were in class last week). So there are daughter stereotypes too...
ReplyDeletehey jessie! I can totally agree and relate to your blog post for this week. I too, being an older sister/sibling, can share a lot of feelings with you haha good job! It was a really nice read
ReplyDeleteJessie, I like how you mimicked the I Want A Wife piece with this post. I totally agree with most of the things you want from your daughter, my mom always tells me I should buy her a lot of things when she gets older because she did so much for me. That's kind of like something you want haha.
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