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I think a younger gay couple could be perfectly good parents. I think this couple is selfish to start a family so late. They offer the child adoration and money but they certainly cannot offer the child the physically engaging, energetic parenting the child deserves. It most likely doesn't matter as the child will most likely be raised by a nanny or two.
My understanding is they started their family as soon as they could. I don't see how it is selfish to start so late when they had so many conservative bigots fighting them every step of the way.
They wanted to adopt and tried very hard to do so but were unable too. They wasted many years on that. I am sure from your point of view that makes them selfish. From my point of view, they did the best they could with what they had.
The man is 48 and that makes him 68 in 20 years not 40. I am just stating a fact that, I understood very well, when my first son was born when I was 48 and the second one when I was 52.
My parents are both in their 60's, and still QUITE healthy and active... I don't even think of them as old yet, and they both still work hard and travel regularly. In fact, I'd even say they do more than I do at this point! People live longer these days, so you aren't really "too old" to raise a kid at 48 anymore. You managed, right? It's not like raising a kid is easy regardless, no matter how young or old you are. And at least they won't have money problems.
I also do not believe gay people should have children.
Well, luckily they don't need your permission first... they'll do it anyway, and this kid will probably grow up better than most people here. At least he won't be raised as a bigot.
I disagree because I know many children being raised by fathers because they were abanoned by mothers.
Yup! I've known people who were raised by single dads, grandparents, lesbian moms, gay dads, and every other combination you could imagine... some turned out great, others turned out normal, but none were completely screwed up due to their "abnormal families."
My best childhood friend lost her mother to cancer as a child, and never really knew her dad, so her elderly grandparents took custody. They were already in their 70's when she came to live with them, and they took wonderful care of her... the grandmother died about 10 years ago, when my friend was already in her twenties, and the grandfather is still alive & over 90. These two "old people" did a fantastic job of raising her, and she never resented the situation. Point being, you don't need a "typical family structure" in order to thrive - that has already been proven tenfold.
Sure, those are stereotypically manly character flaws to have.
On what planet?
Manly character flaws do not typically include hating women. It is usually watching too much television, leaving the toilet seat up, forgetting to water the plants, or failing to see how dirty the house is.
That's not confusing to anyone but the mentally handicapped, perhaps. Some men are flamboyant and like other men. That's just the way it is. Kids love their parents and accept them for who they are, regardless of their sexual orientations.
I've never suggested the kid wouldn't love his 2 "daddies". That was never the point.
I stated that the kid will be confused about what a real man is and I feel sorry for him.
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I wasn't asking you (or anyone else here) anyway - how arrogant of you to think such a thing.
