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Quote by: JohnMK  Underbear's comment was off-topic but I'd be a hypocrite to say I really cared. :p
The premise of the thread is two-fold:
1) Mom and dad want more grandchildren.
2) They also *might* want to minimize potential suffering/loneliness amongst their offspring.
I think both arguments hold some water. I'm more fond of 1, than of 2, but frankly I think this kind of manipulation just plain sucks. That doesn't mean I'd stop others from doing it, or try to make them feel bad for having done it.
This is a lot like abortion, an intensely personal decision to make, but at least it doesn't involve the theoretical (at least) loss of life itself. |
Gays and lesbians can produce beautiful healthy grandchildren, a very good friend of mine is a lesbian grandmother, and her granddaughters adore her.
Sexual orientation doesn't determine whether anyone suffers or is lonely.
Most people have some of each of those periods in their lives, but it's not their orientation that was to blame.