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Originally Posted by David
Wasn't that idea first aired in the L.A. Times in 1987?
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Yes, but he hasn't been repeating it for 20 years. He apparently forgot about it and is just now pulling it out of the mothballs. He's very happy with himself too, because that speech is very popular. He gets laughter when he talks about guarding against love and he gets applause when he says that he wasn't about to be one of those fathers who wasn't there for his kids, like his friends were.
Interesting, in San Jose, when his family was there, he added that he saw friends AND family members who weren't there for their kids. So, I wondered if there were some relatives in the audience who he was thinking of.
I would posit that the reason that Lindsey is not a father has more to do with the fact that most of the women he dated did not want to be mothers, rather than the fact that he was actively avoiding paternity. His speech suggests that it was all the result of careful planning on his part.
Michele