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Thanks for expressing this. I think it gets left out of the conversation due to stigma. People are expected to say how happy they are to have disabled children
by bckr 5y ago
Thanks for expressing this. I think it gets left out of the conversation due to stigma. People are expected to say how happy they are to have disabled children because anything less is, I suppose, considered inhumane.
However, it's very humane to bring to other people's attention that their prospective children might not be healthy.
- emodendroket 5y agoThey might not, but is there any way you can live where you're free from the risk of terrible calamity? If you become close to another person, you don't know if they'll get hit by a car tomorrow and suddenly leave you grieving in a way you'd never be if you never met them in the first place.
- bckr 5y ago> is there any way you can live where you're free from the risk of terrible calamity? No. > and suddenly leave you grieving in a way you'd never be And we should consider that when deciding to enter a relationship.
- emodendroket 5y agoThe notion of a life lived without any relationships with other people seems too grim to contemplate.
- bckr 5y agoI find it helpful to contemplate just that. Helps me realize that I am in all of my relationships through choice and to appreciate them before their inevitable end.