For Those Without Kids... - Page 9

GateandGarden · #**121** 03-23-2005, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

For girls: Heather or Stephanie

For boys: Nicholas or Justin

Thoughts?

I like Stephanie and Nicholas the most of those.

CreepingDeath · #**122** 03-23-2005, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

For girls: Heather or Stephanie

For boys: Nicholas or Justin

Thoughts?

I like Nicholas too.

One of my brothers is named Justin, so I could never use that one. My other brother is Ryan.

ryan8472 · #**123** 03-23-2005, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I like Nicholas a lot.

If I ever had kids, I'd want to name them something out of the mainstream, something that's original. Calista and Jude are my picks and I'm sticking to them.

Calista Clark.... That's one of those names I'd say over and over and over again just for the way it sounds.

I'm partial to Nicholas myself.

And I thought about Josh too, but I knew you'd have a wise comment.

I think it just sounds too plain. Josh Gates. Maybe I'l just use Chris Gates (my dad).

Johnny Stew · #**124** 03-24-2005, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

One of the downers to dating someone twice your age is that the odds are good that he isn't going to want children. Not that I want them either, necessarily.

That's not entirely true, Mark. I've found that it's usually the older guys who are more interested in being a father.

Hell, a gay guy who wants kids is a major find as it is, no matter what his age!

Many seem too shallow to make room in their lives for anyone other than themselves.

dissention · #**125** 03-24-2005, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

Calista Clark.... That's one of those names I'd say over and over and over again just for the way it sounds.

I'm partial to Nicholas myself.

And I thought about Josh too, but I knew you'd have a wise comment.

I think it just sounds too plain. Josh Gates. Maybe I'l just use Chris Gates (my dad).

Josh is very plain. I hate it. I'll never know what my mother was smoking when she named me.

Nicholas is nice, I do like that name.

dissention · #**126** 03-24-2005, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

That's not entirely true, Mark. I've found that it's usually the older guys who are more interested in being a father.

Hell, a gay guy who wants kids is a major find as it is, no matter what his age!

Many seem too shallow to make room in their lives for anyone other than themselves.

I think it's more fear than being shallow.

Johnny Stew · #**127** 03-24-2005, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Nicholas is nice, I do like that name.

Now, Nicholas is definitely a name I'd lean towards for a son. That's a great, classic name.

I went to school with a Byron, and I always loved that name (plus this guy was just plain HOT

), but to name my own child Byron, just wouldn't work.

Johnny Stew · #**128** 03-24-2005, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I think it's more fear than being shallow.

For some guys, I'd say you're right about it being fear. But for others, it's definitely shallowness. Their world revolves around themselves, and only themselves, and it always will.

dissention · #**129** 03-24-2005, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Now, Nicholas is definitely a name I'd lean towards for a son. That's a great, classic name.

See, I don't want to name my kid anything classic or cliched. I want something that's out of the mainstream, something that sticks out in your mind.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I went to school with a Byron, and I always loved that name (plus this guy was just plain HOT

), but to name my own child Byron, just wouldn't work.

Byron sounds like a farmboy name.

I suppose it's better than Phinnaeus and Maddox, though.

dissention · #**130** 03-24-2005, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

For some guys, I'd say you're right about it being fear. But for others, it's definitely shallowness. Their world revolves around themselves, and only themselves, and it always will.

I don't think anyone is like that forever, they all wise up eventually. Unfortunately, it's too late most of the time, but they do wise up. I know the reasons I would never have kids is because I don't want them to grow up in such a world and because I'd be scared to death of not only ****ing them up, but being a failure at my job as a parent. Too much, man.

There's also a part of me that does want to have them, but I think there's a part in everyone that wants to have kids, whether they admit it or not.

Johnny Stew · #**131** 03-24-2005, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

See, I don't want to name my kid anything classic or cliched. I want something that's out of the mainstream, something that sticks out in your mind.

Yeah... something modern and trendy. Blech.

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Originally Posted by dissention

Byron sounds like a farmboy name.

I suppose it's better than Phinnaeus and Maddox, though.

When I hear the name Byron, I always think of the poet... so it conjurs up visions of a creative soul. Plus, I always remember the Byron I went to school with, and, as I said, the guy was HOT. All well-built, blond-haired, blue-eyed, artistic, intelligent, and yet also incredibly humble and kind-hearted. Dude had it goin' on.

One of life's biggest tragedies is that he's a straight boy.

dissention · #**132** 03-24-2005, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Yeah... something modern and trendy. Blech.

I could always call them Tomato and Potato.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

When I hear the name Byron, I always think of the poet... so it conjurs up visions of a creative soul. Plus, I always remember the Byron I went to school with, and, as I said, the guy was HOT. All well-built, blond-haired, blue-eyed, artistic, intelligent, and yet also incredibly humble and kind-hearted. Dude had it goin' on.

I just think of a tractor and a pair of overalls.

I love anyone who is artistic. You know you're in good company when you're with someone who is creative and imaginative.

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

One of life's biggest tragedies is that he's a straight boy.

According to Kinsey, there are no such things.

sparky · #**133** 03-24-2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

I think it's more fear than being shallow.

Fear of being shallow ? HA ! It's fear of being part of the new gay trend. Adopting a baby is the Prada sandal of the past two years. I would never adopt a kid with another guy, or do that creepy rent-a-womb thing for the simple reason that I think it is tantamount to a crime to deprive a child of a mother. It is SO about Xeroxing one's self (the rent-a-womb thing anyway...). Talk about self involved. Breeding is for straight people.

amber · #**134** 03-24-2005, 01:37 AM

I kind of like Aubrey for a boys name. It's a little yup for me, though, too. And what if he's nerdy? Course, my kid probably wouldn't be...he could be dorky, though, but that's different. And Auden is neat. still, very yup. hmmm...Adrian is nice too...so is Asher. uh..ok...

Johnny Stew · #**135** 03-24-2005, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Fear of being shallow ? HA ! It's fear of being part of the new gay trend. Adopting a baby is the Prada sandal of the past two years. I would never adopt a kid with another guy, or do that creepy rent-a-womb thing for the simple reason that I think it is tantamount to a crime to deprive a child of a mother. It is SO about Xeroxing one's self (the rent-a-womb thing anyway...). Talk about self involved. Breeding is for straight people.

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.