Yeah, we'd be all right as parents.But I think I'd...

2008-10-02T14:03:00.000-05:00

Yeah, we'd be all right as parents.

But I think I'd be an okay lawyer, too. I'm just not interested. ;)

(If "nature" thinks differently, it's bypassed some pretty concerted efforts to thwart it - and, thankfully, I still have the ultimate say. And, as Sarah Palin likes to say, "Thanks, but no thanks.")

Love is good, I agree. But I also think parents love more than they are loved. I'm happy to say I have plenty of people to love without giving birth to more.

You certainly have gotten prolific since the move....

2008-09-30T23:23:00.000-05:00

You certainly have gotten prolific since the move. Good for you. As far as kids or no, to me it's been up to the lady always. I didn't plan my kids anymore than I planned to be in the computer business. But I got to like it when it happened. But twelve years earlier I had talked my girlfriend into having an abortion, becuase I could not see her having her shit together to raise a kid, when I certainly did not. I just figured she could not do it. Then five years after my wife had our first and was expecting the second, I saw this same old girlfriend, and she had a beautiful six year old blondie girl by her husband, and seemed like one of the best moms I'd ever meet.

I'm just saying, you never know what will happen. But I'll tell you this, KJ. You and your husband would be fine parents. Your concern for others is a blessing. I respect what you're saying, but Nature doesn't always care what we want. And so if Nature thinks differently, well, you might also. Nothing wrong with that. Love is so hard to come by in this world, sometimes you have to make your own.

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Yeah, we'd be all right as parents.But I think I'd...

You certainly have gotten prolific since the move....