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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: To Breed or Not to Breed - Part III
Message-ID: <646@opus.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 04:19:13 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 26 04:19:13 1984
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After reading through the whole "To Breed or Not to Breed" series, and
responding to two of them, I came back to this one and re-read the parent
article twice more.  (Sorry I'm not giving a synopsis; it's not that
necessary anyway.)  I finally figured out what was bothering me:

There's consideration of what the woman wants re having a child with or
without the father being known or present.

There's consideration of how the potential father is affected by the
woman's statements, feelings, etc., and what the father might want.

WHERE THE HELL is the consideration of what the child will want and need?!
Having a child isn't just a matter of obtaining the object, as if it were a
new car, y'know.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
	...Keep your day job 'til your night job pays.