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Shawn, my son-in-law, was equally adamant that he would be blond and blue-eyed, as he and his whole family were.Â
"Our genes are awfully strong," I declared.
"So are ours," he responded.
Well, he was right! Out pops this fair-haired, little blue-eyed boy as Shawn smiles smugly and gives me that "I told you so!" leer.
Darn! Foiled again!
However, to be perfectly honest, I rarely think that a son who looks like his mother is handsome (an exception to that is Prince William).
The same can be said for a daughter who looks like her father. I have never found Lisa Marie Presley to be attractive because she looks too much like her father. Her features are not delicate but broad like a man's. What was sensual and sexy in Elvis' persona did not translate to a beautiful girl in Lisa Marie.
In addition, I think boys who look like their mothers often try to over- compensate in their efforts to please their fathers. That can lead to all sorts of identity issues for some young men.
I'm reading a book at the moment about a character who was delicate and a dreamer rather than strong, tall, and rugged like his father. He spent his entire youth trying to please his father but he never felt he succeeded.Â
He finally admitted his own sexuality, having a love affair with his estate manager later in life. However, because this was during the Victorian Age, he couldn't reconcile himself to it, and became an alcoholic.
Not all boys who look like their mothers are going to be gay, obviously. But I can promise you that all of them will do anything to try to please their fathers. Though they would never admit it, they would much prefer to look more like their dads.
