I’m now in my mid-40s, and I wish there wasn’t such a “hush hush” feeling surrounding these topics when I could have really used it back in the days.

I take offense to this as a person who has sucked a lot of dicks (I don’t actually take offense, tbc)

So I don’t think in *every* case that one explosive relationship spells doom for a person’s whole future. It doesn’t have to be a pattern.

Here’s the interesting legal wrinkle that got me thinking: what are Griner’s obligations to that child and to Johnson for support? If I were the trier of fact, and I found that both of them had participated in the decision to conceive the child and had mutually agreed on doing it and decided that Johnson was going to…

“top teir (sic)“ is your description. Both these people and Griner are celebrities outside of their sport due to their achievements (and notoriety) as well as notable figures within it. Concerns about the level of fame, wealth, etc. need to be a “star” are your thing. Soccer players who are famous across the globe are…

That’d be just nuts.

She is the top player in her sport, an elite, nationally ranked athlete since high school and a holder of multiple records. Regardless of Griner’s issues she is legitimately an exceptional, talented athlete.

That’s pretty much what all of the more savvy blogs on this matter believe. That Griner had nothing to do with this at all and that Johnson has a dude on the side.

Yeah, in-vitro is not common for lesbians. I’m not sure where this myth comes from. We have double the wombs. In-vitro is for fertility issues. Most couples use artificial insemination. Think turkey baster, not test tube (although that’s not really how either are done). In vitro usually is for: (1)…

Lesbians usually just go with the formal version of how femme/butch they dress in everyday life. There are some women (straight, bi, and lesbian) who don’t feel comfortable wearing dresses or prefer wearing suits, so they wear suits for their wedding and for other formal events like being in someone else’s wedding or…

It’s nice legalese for “you’re on your own with the spawn”

The fact that they’re a lesbian couple doesn’t preclude Griner having a biological connection - as you stated, there was the possibility that Johnson was pregnant as a result of Griner’s egg and sperm from a third party.

Some people are just too explosive together. It’s like bad alchemy, and it makes for non-stop drama, and often violence. I’ve seen it with other lesbian couples, straight couples and gay couples too; two people who are perfectly capable of controlling their impulses separately, but can’t help lighting each other’s…

It sounds like ending the relationship is probably best for everybody. As a Pregnant Lady [TM] I certainly sympathize with feelings of abandonment at a vulnerable time, and I also think the timing of all this is strange and curious. But mostly I hope that they both get the counseling they need and put violence behind…

No, she’s saying “I’m not paying for that kid’s upbringing.”

So you’re saying Ray Rice, Alan Iverson, and the laundry list of pro players who have been charged with assault or had other major issues in their personal life also suffer from this “mental illness” of “homosexuality”?

Further proof that is should just be called “marriage.”

Children of annulled marriages are still considered marital children, though. For straight couples who use sperm donors, the husband is considered the child’s father unless he can demonstrate lack of consent to the pregnancy. Griner would probably be treated similarly.

When asked for her reason to annul, Griner simply blamed it on the rain.

That’s the old joke, innit? If the homophobes really hate LGBT, then they should vote in favour of same-sex marriage. Misery for everyone!