[Morgana]

From Jurassic Park III

Mrs. Kirby: "Is this how you make Dinosaurs?"

Dr. Grant: "No. This is how you play God"

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/jurassic-park-iii/intelligent-raptor/#!quotes/

[GeronL]

I am just hoping it wasn’t the same donor

[Ronin]

The shock turned into depression, as she began to mourn what she had lost. “I was a daddy’s girl. I had a great childhood, and was the apple of my non-biological dad’s eye. [I] adored my dad,” said Blessing, a homeschooling mother of five, who lives in Tennessee.

If that's all true, why the histrionics now?

As a kid who grew up without a father at all, I think she should be dang grateful that God provided her with a loving father regardless of who provided the sperm, and stop this whining.

This woman is making me intensely irritated.

[Nifster]

other than telling her no she wasn’t predisposed what was the purpose of telling her anything else?

secondly, I mean , really the man who raised her and loved her and cared for her and she thinks he isn’t really her dad because of genetics??? How ungrateful

[vbmoneyspender]

The day after Stephanie Blessing learned she had been conceived with the assistance of a sperm donor and that the man she knew and loved as her father for 32 years was not her father, she went into shock.

Bloody incredible. Have some basic decency woman and acknowledge that the man who raised you is your father, not some anonymous donor of baby batter.

[headstamp 2]

This woman is unhinged. Be glad you had a loving father who was there for you throughout your formative years and get a grip on yourself.

She speaks of her mom’s selfishness in wanting to conceive at all costs. How about her own selfishness regarding her new found knowledge. How about considering her father’s feelings in this. To declare she doesn’t have a dad now is a terrible thing to say.

Many kids grow up without fathers. She should be damned glad she had one. It sounds like he was a good one too.

[lepton]

Crazy people. The man who adored her and doted over her is her father. The sperm donor is a curiosity. Why make yourself loopy over this stuff? At most it just adds a connection to an additional person.

[muir_redwoods]

The man who changed her diapers, took her trick-or-treating, paid her orthodontist, went to her school plays, stone-faced her first boyfriend before the prom and taught her to drive is her father. The med student who spewed into a beaker is nobody to her.

[LonelyCon]

I think the only real problem here is that her parents kept the truth from her for so long. What was to point of lying for so many years? My sister is adopted, and my parents were always truthful with her and explained (at an age-appropriate level) who her parents were and why her biological parents couldn’t take care of her. She never felt betrayed or lied to. On the other hand, I have a friend who wasn’t told he was adopted until much later in life, and that was very hard for him to deal with at the time. I guess my point is don’t like to kids, honesty is the best policy.

[mountn man]

My cousins oldest son, found out when he was about 30, that he wasn't "really" my cousins child.

My cousin told him "you've always been my son, you'll always be my son". Nobody treats him or views him any differently, and our heritage is his heritage.

This woman sounds like a real case, that didn't deserve the father she had.

[svcw]

Oh come on now.
Catatonic, yea do not beleive.

[madison10]

I’m not exactly sure why this is a huge deal. Having an anonymous sperm donor is better than having a known biological father waiting to be found, isn’t it? A father raised her, she wasn’t adopted.

[Nepeta]

My biological father had a personality change when I was 10 years old. Up until then, I had been "Daddy's Girl", and received much attention from him. After his coronary, he became someone else, morose, gloomy, distant, and cold. Perhaps it was the medications. I don't know.

Some weeks he did not speak 50 words to me, and when he did, they were not what an adolescent girl wants to hear from her father. I avoided him.

I could never do anything that pleased him, which is too bad, because I was a good kid, with good grades, good friends, and I never gave my parents a moment of agony over drugs or bad behavior. My father never told me he loved me or that he was proud of me.

This silly woman who blathers on about not having her "father" has no idea what she is talking about. I was lucky--I found a fine, good man who was much like a father to me when I was young, and he has had a positive effect on the rest of my life.

Most people don't realize when they have it good.

[RginTN]

What a drama queen.

She dishonors her parents.

[JCBreckenridge]

Fantastic article Morgana. Post more please. :)

[Pearls Before Swine]

“Such laws could be implemented through medical regulations and through laws specifying that any AFT (artificial fertilization technology) contracts that require a sperm- or egg-donor parent to relinquish parental rights and duties are void as against public policy,” said McConnell.

I have a big problem with this. The author acts like the donees are oppressed by the multi-billion dollar donor industry. No one will ever donate a sample if the sanctity of contract is violated and they will later be liable for child support. This has actually happened in the occasional lesbian child/friendly male donor, where child support was mandated. If this becomes common jurisprudence rather than a decision based on unusual circumstances, fuggedabout it.

[Shadowstrike]

no he isn’t your “Daddy”, he only walked the floors with you.

No, he isn’t your “Daddy”, he only taught you how to ride a bike.

No, he isn’t your “Daddy”, tho you admit to being a “Daddy’s girl”

Good God woman, grow the hell up, you’re giving real women a bad name.

[fungoking]

Get a grip woman.. I work with a lot of kids that would love to have the father that lovingly raised you. Instead of whining, get on your knees and thank God for the blessing He gave you.

[DemforBush]

Being a confirmed bachelor who considers having a pet cat the most parental responsibility I’d ever want, I’m not exactly an expert here.

Still, it seems even to me that this woman was raised by two loving, responsible people who considered her their own flesh and blood and raised her as such. A lot of people in this world don’t get that. Instead of harping over whose DNA helped conceive her, perhaps she should simply honor the man who was her father in all the ways that truly matter.

[autumnraine]

“The shock turned into depression, as she began to mourn what she had lost. “I was a daddy’s girl. I had a great childhood, and was the apple of my non-biological dad’s eye. [I] adored my dad,” said Blessing, a homeschooling mother of five, who lives in Tennessee. “

Lucky you! Some kids would love to have someone to be “Daddy’s girl” even if not biologically.

Some people just want a reason to whine.

[aruanan]

The shock turned into depression, as she began to mourn what she had lost. “I was a daddy’s girl. I had a great childhood, and was the apple of my non-biological dad’s eye. [I] adored my dad,” said Blessing, a homeschooling mother of five, who lives in Tennessee.

So I guess insanity runs in the family.