That being said, I find this whole thing deeply, deeply sad.

I'm with Robin and Dawn. Plus I find the whole debate squicksome, but that's because it's pushing my "Why do so many have to try so hard to get pregnant when others get pregnant so easily just using bad judgment?" button.

One of the Oscar presenters should give me the Dyson vaccuum. And auction the rest off for charity.

I doubt this doctor will be able to prove his side of the story, but if he can I don't see how he can be viewed as anything more than a unwitting sperm donor.

I vaguely remember an instance on some show of a man taking his used condom in a baggie with him to avoid this sort of possibility.

Heh - fire eating made easy. With a priceless quote:

"I studied with a fire performer who said a really good rule is, don't do more than one stupid thing at a time,"

t eta Hi aurelia! Let me know how your soon-to-be-yours Dyson vacuum works. Lord knows the celebs don't do their own vacuuming. And now, off to enjoy Belgian beers.

I'm totally not going to get into the debate portion of this topic but this part of the original blurb made me wonder:

Phillips broke off the relationship when he discovered Irons had lied to him about being divorced.

I'm assuming from this that it means he discovered she was married. Which had me asking if she'd passed off the child as her husband's. In which case, this feels less like a real story and more like a Days of Our Lives episode.

Lori, you still around?

The whole thing is fucked, regardless of who you believe. And I'd really prefer if it doesn't fuck with law on legit-signed-waiver-sperm-donors. Because my brother is one. Which sometimes unnerves me, to think there may be a genetic part of my brother out there I don't know and measuring that against the unbearable cuteness of my known nephew. OTOH, my brother is damned cute and smart and... And it makes me smile. I don't know that I would really have issues with donating eggs, because it would give someone hope for what they want. And that's a nice thing. So I get over unnerved. Plus, the whole nurture shit. The necessary drugs and whatnot DO give me pause for me. As does offering my late-blooming-acne on anyone. But anyway, someone should pick him from his profile. Cause he's a sweetie and got the good stuff from our parents!

In other news, there is a mouse loose in my apartment. This doesn't make me smile. If Devi doesn't catch it in the next couple hours, I'll wake to it dead in my bed. So I'm drinking. Damnit.

"I studied with a fire performer who said a really good rule is, don't do more than one stupid thing at a time,"

Words to live by.

Let me know how your soon-to-be-yours Dyson vacuum works. Lord knows the celebs don't do their own vacuuming.

Will do, Lori. Provided one of those celebs comes through for me.

Are other people being shut out of LJ?

Yep.

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