Letters to the Editor
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Independentlpaz -
For certain, you are 20 yrs. old or someone on their 5th marriage. "OOOOH! Jump in there! Follow your heart. Life is too short!"
My ass!!!
LW should respect her family and contemplate what this could cost them. She should remember what it feels like to be 8 or 12 yrs.old. Her kids are not going to see the enormity of her gift; they are only going to be miffed that they did not get to go sledding or swimming or whatever, because their "selfish" old aunt wants a baby. They will resent "losing" their mom for a time.
As for the arguments that this is her body, I am a feminist, but this is not about feminism. Hubby is not 'making' her carry his deformed fetus. This is about *their* family & his voice in that famly. I know this is a faulty analogy, but I would have a problem with my husband taking up anything for a year that would keep him from being 100% with us as a parent or spouse. Whether is was jungle survival training or becoming an Army reservist or climbing Mt. Everest, I would like the right to veto. No one member of a couple should be able to make a unilateral decision that upends the entire family.