Elton John is a dad

[Bann]

This is not fair to the kid at all. He'll be 10 and Elton will look like his great grandfather. His playmates will be confused as hell. He'll want to play ball and Elton won't be able to. Some therapist is going to make a lot of money off this deal.

The playmates will already know his dad is older - who hasn't heard of Elton John? Besides, he'll have people to play ball with. :shrug:

 

[Larry Gude]

Ew.

You think that's bad? He wasn't the only one there at the big 'moment'!

 

[Baja28]

The playmates will already know his dad is older - who hasn't heard of Elton John? Besides, he'll have people to play ball with. :shrug:

Yea who needs a daddy that can interact with his son anyway? I mean hell, by the time the kid is 10, Old Elton will prolly be dead or in a home blowing bubbles. Totally unfair to the child IMO.

 

[Bann]

Trick question! All of them!!!

 

[Bann]

Yea who needs a daddy that can interact with his son anyway? I mean hell, by the time the kid is 10, Old Elton will prolly be dead or in a home blowing bubbles. Totally unfair to the child IMO.

No no, you misunderstood. I'm sure his dad will interact with him - but if he couldn't play ball - there will be someone else who can.

EJ & His partner have been in a long term committed relationship for years. They want the child, they can afford the child. They have the resources to see that the child is taken care of for-ever.

Since the divorce, my kids have a dad who they see on average maybe 2 weeks a year. (His choice. He's entitled to unlimited visitation.) When they're with him, he doesn't play ball with them at all. Their interaction with him usually consists of going out to dinner, watching TV, going to the movies, sitting around his house.

So who knows. :shrug:

 

[Pushrod]

Funeral for a friend
Tiny dancer
Levon
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Goodbye yellow brick road

I'd have to switch out a couple of those for 'Bennie and the Jets' and 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight'.

 

[Pushrod]

If I ever turn lesbian, you are most definitely on my "To Do" List.

Wow, that's HOT!

 

[vraiblonde]

Actually I am not ok with it. It does not create a good role model for others except for a bunch of old men out there. Is this not a complaint of women, ditching the wife for a younger women?

Not sure how that fits in with either Elton or Hef...?

 

[vraiblonde]

Don't get me wrong, I think every preference should be treated equally.

The Necrophiliac, The Pedophile, The Polygamist, The S&M folks.

If one preference can be accepted , why not accept them all? After all it's only a preference.

Oh for god's sake! Not content to equate gays with pedophiles, now you have to equate them with necros.

 

[vraiblonde]

I bet Zack throws like a girl. White Hockey Skates and Cup Cakes for all.

Rainbow cup cakes

 

[Baja28]

No no, you misunderstood. I'm sure his dad will interact with him - but if he couldn't play ball - there will be someone else who can.

EJ & His partner have been in a long term committed relationship for years. They want the child, they can afford the child. They have the resources to see that the child is taken care of for-ever.

Since the divorce, my kids have a dad who they see on average maybe 2 weeks a year. (His choice. He's entitled to unlimited visitation.) When they're with him, he doesn't play ball with them at all. Their interaction with him usually consists of going out to dinner, watching TV, going to the movies, sitting around his house.

So who knows. :shrug:

That's sad about your sons dad. I know you more than compensate where he leaves off.

It is still my opinion that 48 and 68 year old men should not be raising an infant regardles of fame and fortune. I stand by my statement that this kid will end up in therapy.

 

[vraiblonde]

It is still my opinion that a 48 and 68 year old men should not be raising an infant regardles of fame and fortune.

They won't be - celebrities never raise their own children. They get a nanny to do it until the kid is old enough for boarding school.

 

[Baja28]

They won't be - celebrities never raise their own children. They get a nanny to do it until the kid is old enough for boarding school.

I know. Another reason he won't be normal. Why have a kid if you're going to pay someone else to raise it? They are selfish old bastards.

 

[hvp05]

It is still my opinion that 48 and 68 year old men should not be raising an infant regardles of fame and fortune. I stand by my statement that this kid will end up in therapy.

Minor error: Elton is 63, not 68. The age thing is my only real problem here.

I know. Another reason he won't be normal. Why have a kid if you're going to pay someone else to raise it?

Probably the same reason grandparents, uncles, etc. always say they enjoying seeing their little relatives: they get to enjoy the happiness and other perks of having the kid until the kid poops or starts crying, then they hand them back over to mom or dad to deal with.

 

[Tilted]

If I ever turn lesbian, you are most definitely on my "To Do" List.

Apparently, it's never too late.

 

[Merlin99]

Your probably right, since their kid will be raise by some nanny or something like that. Hey, no big deal. "Normal" is the last thing that describes this.





The egg was taken form a women (the true mother). This business transaction is a front to the biological mothers and the kid is entitled to know and bond with. The level that some people will go to be "parents" is absurd and very selfish. Using medical procedures to achieve this meets the designer baby status, including multiple egg planting with unneeded babies aborted.

The logical behind much of the adoption, fertility and abortion methods are very warped. Much is based on very shallow and superficial ideals. But then we live in the "me" generation with everything as an entitlement or a "right".

Anyone else think this sounds like JPC?

 

[Bann]

Rainbow cup cakes

 

[Bann]

Do they get to hang out with his weird friends?

I dunno. And that makes no difference to my point. See, he does his own weird things like...oh, he decides Wed. (unbeknownst to me) to drive them home (from FL) on New Year's Eve because he "can't afford the airfare". But the boys weren't expecting to come home until the 2nd - they just got there on the 23rd. Since they don't see him that often - I am sure this is painful for them. He's known for some time they would be there, it was not a surprise. (there's obviously more to the story than that, but I don't really want to spill all the personal details here)

My point (I guess) is - Elton John and his partner WANT THE CHILD. They will take care of the child. They will provide for & love the child. It's not YOUR idea of a perfect union - we get that. But even hetero marriages are not ALL perfect unions. I know - I had an imperfect one. And my kids suffer somewhat because I made a poor choice & they have a jerk for a father. Who's to say that EJ and his partner will be poor choices as parents?

 

[Bann]

That's sad about your sons dad. I know you more than compensate where he leaves off.

Thanks

But I'm not so sure about that. I can't be DAD. I can only be mom and that's not always good enough.

 

[vraiblonde]

It's not about the kid, its about them.

You're being an ahole. Bann made an excellent point and you chose to disregard it because you can't stand the thought of gay men raising a child. But the fact is, and she pointed this out to you quite nicely, that hetero men can be poor fathers and do it quite frequently. Women can be terrible mothers, but by all accounts Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher are wonderful mothers to their children.

So get over it. Being gay has nothing to do with parenting skills. You just hate homosexuals.