History PlayingWith / WantedASonInstead

'''Basic Trope''': Parent or relative is disappointed at someone for not being the gender they assumed they'd be.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob mourns the son he never had and often treats Carlta as if she cannibalized him in the womb.

** Bob and his wife have ''already'' had enough daughters for them to tolerate. He wanted a boy as a change of pace and for someone to relate to.

** Bob kills his own daughter at birth, or schedules his wife to get a sex-selective abortion.

** Carlita comes out as FTM Trans later in life, meaning they were always a boy, but Bob still doesn't accept him as his son. Not only does Carl not have his father's affection and approval as his child, he doesn't even have Bob's acknowledgement of him ''as a man''.

* '''Inverted:'''
** Gender Inversion: Bob's wife Alice has a son named Carlos. She's disappointed she didn't have a girl.
** Carlita is adopted into Bob and Alice's family. She's disappointed that she has a father instead of another mother.
** Bob is proud that Carlita is born and he had always wanted a daughter.

** Carlita comes out as FTM Trans later in life, meaning "she" was always a boy. Not only does Carl not have his father's affection and approval as his child, he doesn't even have Bob's acknowledgement of him ''as a man''.

** Carlita is adopted into Bob and Alice's family. She's disappointed that she has a father instead of [[HasTwoMommies another mother]].

** Carlita is adopted into Bob and Alice's family. She's disappointed that she has a father instead of [[HastwoMommies another mother]].

** Bob's wife Alice has a son named Carlos. She's disappointed she didn't have a girl.

* '''Exaggerated''': Bob kills his own daughter at birth, or schedules his wife to get a sex-selective abortion.

** Bob's family strictly adheres to HeirClubForMen, and having Carlita means that he doesn't have anyone to pass on the family name or traditions by his family's standards.

* '''Played for Drama''': Carlita, of course, grows up knowing she's not the kid her father wanted. Even if she became a tomboy and liked masculine things, it's clear to her that it wouldn't make her any closer to her dad simply because she's a girl.

* '''Inverted:''' Bob's wife Alice has a son named Carlos. She's disappointed she didn't have a girl.

* '''Subverted''': Carlita comes out as FTM Trans later in life, meaning "she" was always a boy.

* '''Straight''': Bob thought his wife would give birth to a boy, but instead she gives birth to a daughter she names Carlita, and he expresses disapointment toward her for a long time.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob is midly annoyed that he didn't get a son, but he takes pride in Carlita regardless.
* '''Justified''': Bob is ???
* '''Subverted''': Carlita comes out as FTM Trans later in life, meaning she was always a boy.
* '''Parodied''': Bob throws a childish tantrum when he finds out his child is a daughter.

'''Basic Trope''': Parent or relative is disapointed at someonefor not being the gender tgey assumed they'd be.

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': Parent or realtive is disapointed

* '''Justified''': Bob is
* ''Subverted''': Carlita comes out as FTM Trans, meaning she was always a boy.

--> '''[[{{ManChild}} Bob]]''': But I don't want a daughter! I WANTED A SON! I WANT A SON!