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Originally posted by sunnybunny
So, I'm at a destination wedding in the Virgin Islands last week when I observe the following.
Best man is one half of a gay married couple.
These men adopted a pair of twins. I think they're 1 1/2. THey've had them for a month.
I'm down with that, talking to them about parenting and all and life in Minnesota (where they were from). The twins are both super cute and their gay daddies definitely know how to dress them. I play with the twins a bit.
That night a i see both of them out having drinks and socializing (this is the Ritz in St. Thom; it's a huge compound; all the buildings are a ways apart and the rooms are all spread out in little two storey buildings). I notice the twins are not there. I inquire about the twins and get a response something like this
"oh, they're sleeping in the room. We go back about once an hour [to our hotel room a tenth of a mile or more away] and check on them." Me: "so, there's like NO ONE with them." Response: "yeah, they're fine. THey're sleeping." I also discover somewhere in the conversation that they were abused/neglected and that's why they were in teh foster/adoption system...one of them has developmental disabilities.
This happens for several nights.
Someone needs to give these boys some parenting classes. This sounds like something a stupid dad does in a movie or Lester would do if he ever accidentally knocked up a woman. I'm sure this was the exception for adoptive parents, but this just smacked of "I didn't carry these things in my womb but I once had a cat, so I should be a great parent. I loved to play with dolls when I was little."
End of Story TIme
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While this sucks (add it to the list!), I don't think child neglect is limited to gay parents.
I would have led them right back to the room and given them a good talking to. My wife probably would have .... well, let's just say she'd limit their reproductive options on the spot.
