OK, no calling out diarists by name. This diary is a reaction to a diary with a similar title. You can go find it, if you like.
I have two kids by artificial insemination. I'm not perverse, they aren't perverse, and letting that diary go un-answered just isn't in me.
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I'm infertile. My body, among the other things it does wrong, does not produce sperm. At all. I didn't discover this until about 15 years ago, when my wife and I started trying to have kids; and we've both always wanted kids. A lot.
What's it like to try to get preggers these days? Well, part of it is fun, but, overall, it's an experience I don't wish on you, believe me. Doctors are so sweet and nice! After first testing my wife and finding nothing wrong (lots of tests) they decided it might be me. (HELLO! Doctors!!! It takes TWO people EGG and SPERM! Yoo hoo!) So, sperm test. zilch. Yeah, after doing a testicular biopsy (a fun experience! It's what it sounds like!) the doctor calls us into his office and says (no preamble)
You're never having kids
So, then we try to adopt. We want an infant. We don't specify race, ethnicity, or whatever, we just want an infant, because we want to raise a baby. After considering some options, we decided we wanted a domestic adoption. Well.... the rules (at least then) would not ALLOW us (a White couple) to adopt a Black child! You read that right. So, we join groups, and we wait. We get an 800 line installed. We publish ads. We do a lot.
We get a call from Texas. A pregnant teen saw our ad and wants us to adopt her baby. HURRAY! We fly down to Texas. We see the baby. Adorable! Cute! A baby! We hold the baby. The mom signs the papers. But where is the bio-dad? Off in Oklahoma. He says he'll sign. But then he can't find a fax machine. Then the mom decides she wants the baby herself.
Bye bye baby.
I almost committed suicide over that (thanks to my wife for stopping me).
I'm not doing that again.
We have two kids by artificial insemination. We chose the donor father from a book. They're our kids.
And we're NOT perverse. Period.
UPDATE I don't usually post and run, but I have to go to work. I should have time to respond to all comments when I get there in about an hour.