MsOpal -> RE: Does he own my womb? (12/8/2006 1:05:09 PM)
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From a different standpoint here, just to add to the general conversation on the topic ... I am too old to have a baby, plus there was the cancer just after menopause and th resulting hysterectomy ... so not an issue for me. However, when Daddy and I began to think about opening our relationship to the possibility of a younger "girl" being part of our home and family, Daddy and I discussed quite seriously "what if she got pregnant". My first gut wrenching thought was NO WAY, Jose! Daddy raised my children from a previous marriage, but he and I have no biological offspring. To me having a baby together just adds such an emotional attachment that I cood not bear the thought of HIM sharing THAT with someone else. So, I said it had to be a hard limit, but I also know that no birth control, save total abstinence, is ever 100% (and I had a baby to prove that). SO, what would I expect him/them to do if she got pregnant accidentally - or even on ourpose to "get" him? Made me think a lot. Finally, I decided, for me, for us ... that a baby is a baby is a baby and I love them. I love children and no matter the how or who or why, if I was secure enough with my Daddy's love to want to open my heart to another girl, then if a baby were to "come along" I would love it because, well, it is a baby and it would still be part of him. Of course we did agree that he did not want to raise another child (at our age) so any girl would need to accept that upon becoming part of our family. but if it happened there would be no ultimatums from me. Just a wandering thought onsort of the topic! MsOpal
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