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[chaotic_nipple]

As I inch further and further into decrepitude and senility, I find myself seriously considering the virtues of sterilization. It seems increasingly unlikely that I'll ever actually get married, leaving the only possibility of reproduction being a drunken tryst, and that would just be plain irresponsible. I have enough relatives that most of my genes have already been passed on, and if I ever _do_ get hitched, there's always adoption.

Anyway, here's linky things: Marvel at The School Prayer Riots, thrill to Bootleg Jack Chick Theater, be amazed that Abstinance-only doesn't work, Be electrified at the Secret Wars Re-enactment Society, goggle your eyes at Transformers Cosplay, and faint with glee while watching Transformers Movie Trailers. Man, if this movie somehow _doesn't_ rule, there'll be hell to pay, by Primus!

Edit: More linky things, this time permanent ones. Read the blogs Pam's House Blend and Pandagon, then look at the pretty pictures in Candi and Home on the Strange.

Comments

Decrepitude and senility?!

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, hem. One question: How old are you? When you get to my age then you can talk about inching into "decreptitude and senility", young man.;)
I didn't have my son until I was 31, and I didn't marry his father until nearly four years after that, so never say never!

Peace,
Fiona

Re: Decrepitude and senility?!

[mommeeof9.livejournal.com]

He was born in 1976.
His much older sister [Unknown site tag]

Re: Decrepitude and senility?!

[mommeeof9.livejournal.com]

That was supposed to say mommeeof9

Re: Decrepitude and senility?!

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

I'm thirty! That's _ancient_. I've lost my youthful vim and vigor, yet neither have I wads of money to make up for it. My eternal bachelorhood seems assured. :-P Besides, you're a Canadian, right? So 31 in metric years is what, 12? ;-)

Re: Decrepitude and senility?!

[(Anonymous)]

LOL! Well if I'm 12, then my son is 7, by that calculation.

[trifles.livejournal.com]

*giggling* I'm afraid you might have a little trouble actually finding a doctor to do the surgery if you were only born in 1976. Many doctors won't sterilise younger people because they think either (A) they will be sued if they young person changes their mind or (B) it is a bad idea to remove the reproductive potential of someone who isn't already in a stable relationship. A little patronising but there it is.

Also, that "well, you can always adopt" line we all hear everywhere is a big fat LIE. Actually, other countries have incredibly strict rules about who is allowed to adopt and most countries don't really want us to take away their children so the process is a bitch and getting through the whole thing for under 30,000 is considered cheap. In some parts of russia the adoptive parents are required to pay to legally prove that no one in russia wants the child they want. If, during their attempt to legally prove this, they find someone who wants the child, that's the end of the american couple's chances. As to american adoptions, 80 percent are now open adoptions (a large proportion of the others are adoptions out of the foster care system) and that number is climbing every year. That's not necessarily a problem (actually, many many people think it is an improvement) but people who are not familiar with adoption are often shocked to discover it has become so difficult to adopt a child in a closed situation.

Sorry to run on like this but I really wanted to share this whole adoption thing since it's not very well known how much the system has changed in the last years and I couldn't tell if you were all the way joking. Cass and I are queer and have fertility problems so we have looked into adoption issues pretty closely. If you were just joking around, or wish to adopt for ethical reasons, then feel free to ignore me completely and I am SO SORRY to have just poked my nose into your personal life in such an intrusive way.

Cass and I really enjoy reading your blog. Particularly seeing you with your precious nieces and nephews -- you seem fabulous with kids.

-Beth

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Ah, but you see, I am also 'fortunate' enough to have a little sister who insists on spawning, yet is so irresponsible that no judge in the world would ever actually let her keep custody if there was any other alternative. If I were married, I would already have offered to take in Destiny, Brandon, and Jay, and chances are both Mom and Heather would have agreed. Alas, I'm nowhere near responsible enough to be a single parent, so I'll just have to keep being the indulgent uncle who spoils them rotten and then tells them to be good for grandma and mommy. :-)