I get it too but “not wanting to financially reward the...” is the same reason a lot of single parents, myself included, never receive a cent in child support. Trying to hurt the parent by punishing the child is a shitty thing to do, regardless of motivation.

Oh, I wouldn’t. At the very least I would support the child financially without being forced to by the courts, and I’d like to believe that I’d do the emotionally responsible thing and actually be a part of the kid’s life. Whether biologically mine or not, he’d exist because I took steps to make him exist.

Okay, what *you* are describing is fucked up, but in this case, she essentially adopted this kid; she has a contract in which she is taking the responsibility of being the child’s parent. She knowingly signed it, as opposed to being responsible for the outcome of a spouse’s infidelity, by default. She didn’t order a…

That’s what it is, essentially. She’s in an awkward position that is most often only held by men. However, she is a terrible goddamn human being (for a myriad of other reasons as well) and shouldn’t have gone through with the long process of finding, signing, and impregnating a surrogate unless she was sure she wanted…

Assuming there was a legally binding contract in place prior to insemination (which this ruling as well as multiple stories about the case indicate there is), it very much is her child.

But she signed a contract with the surrogate that makes her one of the legal parents. Biology doesn’t matter in this case. It’s as if they had adopted a child together. In such a case not being related to the child wouldn’t save you from child support either.

Let me just make a few adjustments here....

Yes it is. She signed the contract to be responsible for the child.

Sorry, no opting out after the surrogate is pregnant. WTF thinks that is ok?

I’m going to blow your mind here — what you have personally experienced doesn’t actually encompass everything that exists in the world.

I’ve seen both. You must live in the smallest hamlet in a sleepy valley.

I don’t know if I could pick the meanest one, there are too many. My dad (the comments about my weight were the hardest as a kid), mother, grandmother, aunts, all like to make comments about my clothing, hair, tattoos, weight, etc. Their fascination with women having long hair and being “dainty” (Bitches it’s never…

Whenever I see a story like this, I always want to survey the bridesmaids: “How many of you thought the groom was a total dick prior to his ultimate dick move?”

Yeah, I’ve been in two weddings and had a great time standing up for my friends. I also had two men and two women stand with me and they were wonderful. My friends don’t suck though...

“Being part of the wedding party sucks.”

Right? Brie does uptight, neurotic SO WELL! Just that scene of approaching the guys with her brittleness would have been so much better.

Like...didn’t everyone already know that it’s about Warren Beatty? Pretty sure my mom told me this eons ago.

I’m going to go with the mirror verse Hundred Acre Woods pizza deliverer. You shouldn’t have been delivering! Your parents should’ve looked up the laws! Why did you assume the guy was creepy before you even got there?!

If you really have Celiac and aren’t some kind of gluten-free trend follwer, it literally DOES make that kind of difference. I can’t kiss my boyfriend who has Celiac if I’ve been drinking beer for fear of cross-contamination. The thing is, he gets so sick if he is exposed, it is absolutely not worth the chance.

Uhm...actually FUCK YES.

A coworker of mine has severe celiacs disease and if she even touches her daughter’s pasta or toasts her toast in the same toaster oven she. gets. sick.

It’s a fucking allergy, it works the same way.