L.I., N.Y. Dad of 4 girls faints when he learns wife is having a son

[LiberalElite]

http://abc13.com/family/new-york-dad-father-of-4-girls-faints-when-he-learns-hes-having-a-son/1177159/

LONG ISLAND, NY --
A New York man, who is the father of four daughters, was so overwhelmed upon learning he was finally going to have a son that he fainted.

It happened at a gender reveal party on Jan. 17th in Mastic Beach for 38-year-old Julio Pena and his wife, Kari.

The couple are parents to daughters Chastity, 16, Christalyn, 13, Nayalyn, 8, and Nakayla, 7.

"They have control here. I walk through that door, it's like," said Julio Pena, laughing.

xposting in New York

[mak3cats]

1. This is no lie...

I am one of eight siblings, four boys and four girls. My four brothers came first, and then the four sisters. (This was in the days before birth control, obviously.)

[jmowreader]

2. "Gender reveal party"? WTF?

Oh lord...I just googled it...this is an actual thing.

[LiberalElite]

3. It was news to me too eom

[noamnety]

4. eek, this is just sad.

"Having a son, finally buying blue stuff because I'm tired of pink and purple!," said mom Kari Pena. "Finally something blue, cars..I'm tired of shopping for Barbies and dolls and things like that."

[Pool Hall Ace]

6. I believe that law was repealed

that girls could only play with Barbies and dolls and . . . things like that.

[mnhtnbb]

5. My brother and his wife had four boys and then the girl.

BUT--my brother is an OB-Gyn and he 'spun' the semen himself (yeah, ewww) and did the insemination in his office to get the girl. This was almost 30 years ago.

Some people!!!

[snacker]

7. My parents had four girls,

then four boys. They stopped at 8 children, so there were no tie-breakers.