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Denninmi

(6,581 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2013, 07:39 PM Jan 2013

How much do you value the ability to father children, or become a father? [View all]

And, if for whatever reason, health issues/disability, infertility, or some legal or personal circumstance that precluded any option, such as adoption, happened to you, how would you feel about that?

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How much do you value the ability to father children, or become a father? [View all] Denninmi Jan 2013 OP

Liberated? Scuba Jan 2013 #1

Well, I could try and joke around and say this doesn't bother me. Denninmi Jan 2013 #3

I don't know what your personal circumstances are Gore1FL Jan 2013 #11

My personal circimstances definitely make this an impossibility. Denninmi Jan 2013 #14

Never give up Gore1FL Jan 2013 #16

Thanks for the thought. But realistically, not gonna happen. Denninmi Jan 2013 #17

If I project my pre-children attitudes forward in time to today, probably not much. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #2

The film with Nicholas Cage and Tea Leoni? Denninmi Jan 2013 #4

Film makes me cry like a baby. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #5

I've always felt that nothing else comes before my job as a father Major Nikon Jan 2013 #6

Holding that first child was a paradigm shift. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #8

For me it's been almost 24 years and I still remember it vividly Major Nikon Jan 2013 #9

23 years in February. I hear you. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #12

For me personally PRETZEL Jan 2013 #15

Yep. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #18

Don't have children..never wanted them Upton Jan 2013 #7

I married into a family at 33 Gore1FL Jan 2013 #10

Not much. ElboRuum Jan 2013 #13

I always knew I wanted kids. I can only speak for myself, obviously- but for me Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #19

Yup, that's sad. Denninmi Jan 2013 #20