Not for the usual reasons either.
I am out and about with a bunch of people.
One of the guys says he really wants a kid. Really wants one, but doesn’t want to get married.
“Don’t knock some chick up, get a surrogate.” I say.
“Won’t that cost about $20,000?”
“Yeah, but the kid’s yours. Otherwise you’ll be paying a lot more in child support.”
A girl we’re with looks at me and pipes up, “Why not just date a single mom?”
I look at her, “The kid isn’t his.”
“Why’s that so important to guys? A kid’s a kid.”
“No it isn’t.” The other guy is nodding.
“There are guys that like kids that aren’t theirs. Like X, he likes kids. He loves them.” (X is a sad beta).
“X likes other people’s kids because he doesn’t think he’ll ever have his own. He’s projecting his need for a child on to other people’s kids.”
“You are such a Neanderthal.”
“How so?”
Making a big deal out of genes. We should love all kids.”
“Should doesn’t mean shit. I may be a Neanderthal but then most men are and without their own kids, most men won’t give a fuck what happens to the world.”
She looks at me trying to determine if I’m joking.
I turn away.
