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Miscellaneous Musings
My primary lover, prompted by Valentine's Day, again expressed her desire to have a baby. We've discussed it before, and I've always declined, as I don't wish to be a parent, and the government would make me pay child support, regardless of our previous private arrangements, if she were ever to renege on the original deal.
I declined once again, but then I got to thinking. A sperm donor isn't ever made to pay child support, so why should it make any difference with us just because I chose to donate the sperm using a "low-tech", natural method?
At my last job, we packaged and distributed those "Performance Energy Bars" that dieters and weightlifters often eat. Having worked there, I can tell you the ingredients inside these bars:
Bubble gum, rat droppings, sawdust, and rubber bands...
I heard a song on the radio tonight that sounded like "Climb Every Woman". It turned out to be "I'm Every Woman". I think I like "Climb Every Woman" better.
February 14th to 21st is National Condom Week. In light of that, I'll leave you with some facts about condoms:
- Condom use works in preventing HIV transmission and unintended pregnancy. HIV CAN NOT PASS THROUGH CONDOMS!
- HIV and other sexually transmitted viruses can be transmitted through unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse, which is preventable with condom use.
- Condom testing is rigorous and goes above and beyond adequate safety measure testing.
- U.S. consumers now purchase more than 440 million condoms per year.
- Got a latex allergy? No problem--use a synthetic condom!
I declined once again, but then I got to thinking. A sperm donor isn't
ever made to pay child support, so why should it make any difference with
us just because I chose to donate the sperm using a "low-tech", natural
method?
Couldn't a contract take care of this? Not a pre-nup or a post-nup but a
no-nup? It seems to me that this might even help avoid the scenario Cyn
mentions.
I'm with sophmom. Makes sense to me.
there are so MANY differences ... a) you are in a relationship - your own
type, agreed, but nonetheless, sperm donors are pretty well always
anonymous, b) forethought - sperm donors know their sperm is being used but
have no idea when, where or whom - you do - not a court in the land would
see you only in terms of the little wigglies you donated, c) things change
- all the time - someone who availed themselves of a sperm donor in a
clinic cannot go back down the road and insist that the "father" pay his
fair share - your gf most decidedly could - whether she INTENDS to now or
otherwise - you don't know what happens down the line - what if you two
guys end up hating each other - she most surely could come after you then
... and something I have always said when this subject has come up - the
kid will KNOW you're his or her dad - can you turn your back on him or her?
Careful, there have been some cases of SPERM donars having to pay child
support.
