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This is what I plan on doing because I'm gay. I want to have a family but the majority of gay men never have a long term partner and the ones that do hardly eve
by MC4058 6y ago
This is what I plan on doing because I'm gay. I want to have a family but the majority of gay men never have a long term partner and the ones that do hardly ever have children because the process is so difficult and expensive. Ideally, I'll be able to find a woman who is willing to co-parent with me without any expectation of romance or sexual attraction. It's nice to see that this kind of thing might be normalized some day.
- ck425 6y agoIs that changing? And I mean both the long term relationship and the expense having children part? The majority of my male friends are gay and while there are a lot of happily single men there's also a significant chunk who are in healthy long term relationships and a load who are actively looking. I know less about the children side but I know a few gay men who have adopted, single or as part of a couple, and they described the process as rigorous but not unduly so. I guess this depends where you live, I'm in Scotland, which is supposedly the least homophobic country in the world (an extremely depressing fact) so maybe it's easier for gay men to adopt here.
- gwbas1c 6y ago> majority of gay men never have a long term partner I always thought that was a stereotype?
- r00fus 6y agoI think the difficulty of adopting (financially, legally as same-sex couple) is more likely why you see fewer same-sex families.
- xutopia 6y agoA good friend of mine actually ended up going that route. The father lives in a foreign country though but they're friends and wish to collaborate in the process. Once Covid is behind us they'll resume trying.