For Those Without Kids...

[skcin]

Originally Posted by John Run

Well, I would not name them John.

As I my brother once told me....Mom and Dad must have really hated you because they named you a synonym for a toilet and a guy who picks up hookers.

Trevor and Brandon for boys.

Wow. Did your brother also tell you that you were adopted from a gypsy family & that there is no Santa Claus?

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by dissention

Would you prefer I name my kid Apple?

When she's old and becomes a grandmother she'll be "granny apple"

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by amber

Oh, and another girl name I (cheesily) like is Raven.

I think of a big black crow

[Jason T.]

The funny thing is I just had a conversation about this with one of my friends. Granted, I think children are the Anti-Christ and I can't stand them.

Boys:
Xavier
-or- Javier



Girls:
Latecia
Alexandra
Stevie

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I associate that name with that show now, too. I used to like that name and she ruined it for me. I've seen that show a few times and that chick is so annoying that it's like a train wreck.

A train wreck is right. That show is very grating, as is all of those 'teen Disney' shows. My cousin is going through a divorce, and she and her daughter are staying with me for while. Anyway, I've been forced into watching 'That's So Raven' and others like it. I think I'm going slightly mad. And not in the good way.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

And giving a parentless child a loving home is what, exactly?

Lots of children grow up with only a mother or only a father in their lives, and they turn out just fine. And I imagine it must be better than spending the first 18 years of life without any parents or stability at all.

If adopting a baby is the "new gay trend," then I guess I'd rather be part of that than part of the old gay trend.

Giving a parentless child two fathers or two mothers or one parent is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Beats being raised in an institution. Having 1 leg would suck, but it beats having two stumps.

However, I doubt if anyone, given the choice, would put having a mother and a father both raise them at number 2 or 3 on their list of ideal parenting situations.

I am of the mind that fathers and mothers both bring unique and crucial skills to the table in parenting. The balance of those often opposing energies helps to create more balanced individuals. Ideally.

And oh yeah, walk around Chelsea, Weho, Capitol Hill, Hillcrest, or any other gay mecca city...adopting babies is the new rainbow necklace, the new Madonna record, this decade's own handerkerchief code. It's ridiculous. People take it very lightly, and it smacks of playing house and aping straight people. I find it suspect.
Can adopting a kid be a selfless and honorable choice ? Certainly. Is it often in these cases ? Sketchy. Don't get me started on the rent-a-womb or turkey baster phenomenon. The ethics of those situations are pretty damned slippery.

[John Run]

Originally Posted by skcin

Wow. Did your brother also tell you that you were adopted from a gypsy family & that there is no Santa Claus?

No, but he did tell me that When I was 6 years old the youngest male in each family (me) is taken from his family and shipped to Lebanon to live there with a new family that I would be assigned to upon my arrival.

He also would also substitute my orange juice with lemon juice and once dipped my head in a toilet.

[SuzeQuze]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

A train wreck is right. That show is very grating, as is all of those 'teen Disney' shows. My cousin is going through a divorce, and she and her daughter are staying with me for while. Anyway, I've been forced into watching 'That's So Raven' and others like it. I think I'm going slightly mad. And not in the good way.

Well, I've never watched that show thank God so I associate Raven with my ex's cat who is a little sweetie. In fact, I don't watch it because I didn't want to ruin the name! Plus I don't know anyone who would want to watch it anyway. No, the cat isn't black, he was named Raven because he was born the day the Ravens won the superbowl.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

To F*ckabees?

I could dig that.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

A train wreck is right. That show is very grating, as is all of those 'teen Disney' shows. My cousin is going through a divorce, and she and her daughter are staying with me for while. Anyway, I've been forced into watching 'That's So Raven' and others like it. I think I'm going slightly mad. And not in the good way.

Bite your tongue. I <3 Even Stevens.

[BTFLCHLD]

girls
amber
kalena
shasta

boys
jasper
travis
nico

At one time, I liked the name miranda...
then i found out it was a moon of uranus.

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by dissention

Bite your tongue. I <3 Even Stevens.

Oy, just kill me now. I'd rather have needles stuck in my eyes then watch that little gem again.

[amber]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

I think of a big black crow

yeah, exactly.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by John Run

No, but he did tell me that When I was 6 years old the youngest male in each family (me) is taken from his family and shipped to Lebanon to live there with a new family that I would be assigned to upon my arrival.

He also would also substitute my orange juice with lemon juice and once dipped my head in a toilet.

You poor, damaged young man...

[golddustwoman77]

Girl----Victoria Priestley and call her "Priestley" (After my grandmother and great grandfather), Lashlee (a family name)

Boy--------Mason, Hayden, Vance, or Noah