Uhhhh, no, it is certainly not a given. It’s estimate that a majority of donor conceived children are not told of their true parentage, particularly with donor eggs as it’s easier to hide (pregnancy “proof”). There are no laws in the US requiring disclosure, no regulations regarding records that fertility clinics…

More importantly how is the woman whose eggs she’s using doing? Any cancer? Infertility? What’s her plan for ensuring the child knows where they came from and has access to their full biological family?

Billy Joel had a kid at 67 or 68. Good chance billy will be dead before the kid finishes high school. having a baby at that age is cruel

I would be fascinated to know if anyone signs up for FabFitFun because of this weird ass ad.

It’s not the mentally ill, and you’ve really gotta stop blaming mental illnesses for this shit. The mentally ill are less likely than the general population to be violent. The vast majority of violent crimes are committed by people with no diagnosable mental illness. The mentally ill are more likely to be victims of…

Yeah, it’s obviously not the same guy. I’m just saying look at him.

I always read it more as Carrie being offended by what the bag “represented” i.e. stuffy upper East Siders, Big’s whole world of fancy people & parties, etc. And therefore was forced to realize that Big didn’t really “get” her at all. Or maybe I’ve just watched SATC one too many times?

I’d honestly never seen one before the show but I remember watching it and being so confused like, ummm, that definitely looks like something Carrie would love.

I’m sorry but I have had this bone to pick with Sex and the City for years now. There is no world in which Carrie Bradshaw hates a sparkly purse shaped like a random animal or bird or whatever. Maybe, maybe, she’s not into the specific bird she receives because it’s not ridiculous enough for her tastes, but that’s it.

Ask a generous and trusted female friend to let you read some of her dating app messages and you will quickly see that most men do virtually no emotional labor. That’s why women are talking about this.

“Responsible gun owner? Not sure what you mean. Sounds like an oxymoron to me. I have never come across a responsible gun owner and don’t believe such a person exists. By definition, owning a gun is to be irresponsible.”

I say this with kindness, I think you’re maybe projecting.

Was always a die hard fan of this show.

The pause before remembering that Wild exists is my everything.

When my husband was searching for his biological family, people cautioned him that it might turn out to be a negative experience. His response was that he’d like to know chapter one of his life, regardless of how it turned out - for many, it’s a human impulse to know one’s origins (though not all want to search, and I…

Thanks, that’s good to know. I’ve thought about putting a note on my profile to let people know I’m happy to share what ancestry info I have- it can’t hurt, right?

I know I definitely gained more confidence in the science when 23andme accurately predicted someone was my second cousin- it’s exciting to realize this stuff actually works, if not 100% perfectly.

It also means that this motherfucking (literally!) doctor took this test himself knowing full well that- in fact, probably because- he’d get matched to the children he lied his way into conceiving.

Anyone else remember that barf-worthy movie The Switch, with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, where the friend (Bateman) switches the donor’s semen with his own, and unbeknownst to her (Aniston), impregnates her with his own child? It has always straight up freaked me out that a comedy (a COMEDY!!) was made out of…

The most horrifying thing is that this isn’t unheard of. Other fertility doctors have gotten caught doing the same thing.