Re: Sperm
No, this isn’t going to be some kind of puerile sex post. It’s more about Issues.
I came across this website: Two nice girls need money to pay for sperm.
It got me thinking about babies and the single (or lesbian) girl. At the risk of being gauche, finding an abundance of male genetic material isn’t exactly a problem for the average heterosexual female. Under normal circumstances, one is avoiding it (more or less).
So I stepped into the “What If” machine, and here what I came up with:
The Scenario: I want a baby, but I’m not going to get married any time soon. I’m financially and emotionally prepared for it, yadda yadda yadda.
Over the course of my life, I’ve met a few guys I could see as being the father of my child: a selection process based on a lot of things, including emotional maturity, health, intelligence, looks (naturally), ethnic/cultural background, and that je ne sais quoi. Here we encounter problem number one: persuading an eligible male to take on a potential lifelong responsibility that will bond him to me forever (more or less).
Most of said eligible males (being as how they’re highly desirable mating partners (that was fun to say)) are already married or otherwise in long-term relationships. Problem number two: getting the wife/girlfriend/life partner to go along with it. That’s a tough one. Something like that could tear a relationship apart, or, even worse for me, the hypothetical guy and his SO could do a 360 and try to get full custody of the hypothetical baby somewhere down the line (I’m sure that’s happened).
Youch, the personal route is messy. Okay, so let’s turn this train around and go the clinical route: Sperm donor. Problem number one: it’s very expensive, according to the website about $250 per vial. Chances are, you’re going to have to use more than one, so you’re talking about maybe a couple of thousand of dollars in just sperm expenses. Dude.
Okay, so let’s say that I’m pregnant, I have a great baby, and he or she is about three or four and starts asking about his or her daddy. What do you say then? Problem number two: your child will most likely never know his or her father, which is very uncool.
Okay, I want to get out of the “What If” machine now.
11:29:58 AM 
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