Genes....

[eiblyn]

I had an interesting conversation today in which I discussed why I decided not to have children. Not many of you know this but Nick is the only man whose child I would have at this moment and that is only because I could give it to him to take care of and I know he would do it right. It's not that I don't think other men could be good fathers, because I know perfectly well they could be, I just don't know if I would want my child to share their genes. I like Nick's genes. He's attractive, intelligent and gay. Those fit perfectly with my desire to raise my child in a muliple-adult system in which we would both have partners to contribute to the situation. It sounds very complicated and I'm sure it would be but I've always felt that the number of adults should vastly outnumber the children, and since we would only have one I think we could handle that. But I honestly think that with world overpopulation being what it is...it's not that big of a deal if I choose not to contribute my prodigy to the mess. Although smart people do have a duty to procreate and all that jazz. Maybe I will just assume some role in some other person's child's life. I suppose that could fulfill my need to make my mark on the world without actually creating some form of life within my body.