Sometimes I really hate having a dry sense of humor . gets me in trouble . <| sep |> Probably the age that they have that son or daughter . ?<| sep |> Sure , but that just makes it more rare . If you ' re breeding for a perfect IV , nature , ability , and shiny , and it ' s a specific gender , that just gives you an even MORE rare pokemon to show for it . If all you ' re worried about is the work for that perfect Pokemon being too much , well , you ' re not getting pride from the work you ' re doing . At that point , I can ' t see why people wouldn ' t just gen the pokemon they want . Not that I support genning , but if your argument is ' I don ' t like that it will take longer to get ', maybe that says more about you than the pokemon . I get that it is more work . I truly do . But people who know the amount of work it takes will be able to respect it , and people who don ' t won ' t care about your party composition anyway . Plus , breeding a near perfect IV , set nature and ability Pokemon isn ' t really that hard anymore with the breeding items . Shiny , sure , but shiny isn ' t really that important .