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^Anything that discerning adults decide to do and harms none is fine with me.

It was only to be expected.

I should point out I wasn't judging them negatively...I just thought it was interesting that folks are looking for a relationship to co-parent with a stranger, but have no interest in becoming romantically attached....usually people would be looking for both?  

If it makes things better for the kid, more power to em.

Damn strange thing to want to do though, isn't it?

And this differs from being married because?

lazland wrote: Blacksword wrote: All sounds quite reasonable to me. I wouldn't choose to do it this way; I'm too old fashioned, but it doesn't strike me as particularly strange. I think it's pretty rare we disagree, but.... I suppose I am lucky in that I am extremely happily married. Many people are less so, and I would have thought that a bit of rumpy-pumpy every now & again might just make up for all the disagreements, nags, moans, fist fights & etc. That probably sounds all a little bit horrible and sarky. But the serious point, to me, is that sex is an important and, dare I say it, vital part of a loving relationship, and children need to be brought up in a loving relationship, otherwise we get the social problems that come with that.

Well, I've never been married, happily or otherwise and as much as I would like to be in the kind of partnership you're describing, I don't think the physical aspect of it needs to have any bearing on how the children turn out, so long as they are allowed to find their own way in the world of love, as they mature, and not have this approach to home making forced on them as a superior alternative.

I suspect there are other reasons why the lady in the story doesn't want a physical relationship, and that's her business. She may be asexual, of course, and if so that is not really a reason to not want a family.

Must be me, then

lazland wrote: Must be me, then Thinking about it........all that sex............damned messy business anyway.

If you're used to a happy marriage with all the trimmings, then something like this is going to seem odd to you.

It's all about what you're used to. To me, just having a relationship feels pretty bizarre, when it occassionally happens!

refugee wrote: My wife and me are the other way around: Make love, not children.

Sounds like a good arrangement to me.

Oh crap!
Giant Crack in Antarctica About to Spawn New York-Size Iceberg: "This glacier is really important," adds mightily to sea level rise, experts say.

Gamemako wrote: Epignosis wrote: Maybe dueling.  It's called fencing. //EDIT: Disingenuous bullsh*t. 20% tax rate claimed as 102%.

Not with guns. 

I read that article.  It isn't disingenuous.  His income tax rate was 102%.  Not all of his income was taxable income.  When you calculate your taxes, your entire income is not taxable income.  Your tax rate applies to your taxable income, not your entire income.