Nope. More likely dead. |
You do not know this. Children need both parents |
Me too
DCUM is very predictable. They despise cheaters, fathers who divorce and have second families, women who give birth too young, families with too many children, mothers who don't work, fathers who don't command high incomes, couples with a large difference in age, fathers who have kids too late, mothers who have kids too late, Tiger Parents, Helicopter Parents, but they also don't like Free Range parenting, parents who don't save/pay for their kids' college, mothers who wear bikinis at the community pool, women who don't dress their age, but also women who let fashion dictate their clothing choices, teens who don't have a job and don't have a license at 16 while getting straight As and being stellar athletes, parents who let their kids not do chores, parents who are ambivalent about sexual identity politics... I'm sure I missed something. There is a DCUM-approved lifestyle and everything else will get you a stint in the stocks! |
Robert de Niro is 79. And yes that is gross too. |
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Nailed it! |
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| Wow, I thought I wasn't judgmental but I guess I am. This is wild. I don't think it's gross but the kid is going to not have a dad when he's ten. |
It's ageism to point out it's not great to have a baby at 82? I think it's more than people on DCUM, who you clearly loathe so why be on the site as a wakeup call to yourself, who would question whether it's ethical to have a baby at 82. |
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I think it'd more than not having a dad--it's having your dad die during your childhood. That's traumatic.
It would be easier to just not have a dad (have a single mom by choice) then to watch your dad's health decline and then attend his funeral when you're in second grade. |
Pp you replied to. I love DCUM, in all its wacked-out, uptight glory. You sure don't have a sense of humor or sense of proportion, poor dear. Look at you, wringing your hands about a baby who will be raised securely by loving parents in great comfort. The baby will no doubt have a nurturing mother for a very long time. Can't say the same for many babies in this world, you know. This is really not the worst family situation that can happen, so even though it's not the usual "babies between your 30s and 40s" situation... it will be fine. No need to clutch pearls and drop your pince-nez into the fizz. |
NP. This made me laugh. You're a little nuts, not PP. |
| This seems to me not that different than a well off woman having a baby with a sperm donor. Pacino will be functionally like grandpa to him, who will likely die in his childhood and he will likely have some nice memories of grandpa Al taking him to some fun stuff qnd saying some wacky things. There are some pros over a sperm bank (you know more about the guy and he is a genuinely talented person as opposed to the list of paper facts you get from a sperm bqnk) and some negatives (higher risk of autism and schizophrenia). |
You have zero idea what type of parents they are, specifically the mom since she will be a single parent for a majority of the child's life. A man who doesn't understand how to use birth control at 82, is not the smartest parent. |
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