Wolfish musings: “Who needs to say “teiku?” There’s a very simple answer… they lived in a different culture with different values than we have today. Most people in today’s society (eman’s acquaintance notwithstanding) view healthy children of either gender as a blessing and a cause for celebration. Back then, it was not culturally so.”
Golfer had mentioned that that I shouldnt be upset about the stories of old where great people were saddened/dissappointed by the birth of a daughter. And something about a ‘teiku’. You responded to him with the above.
I just made a statement that it would seem they would celebrate the birth of a healthy child of either gender back then more than nowadays because of the many diseases that were around back then.