When I should be working on something, like homework, I often indulge in a few guilty pleasures... just because I like the break. It's an added incentive to get back to work.
Admittedly, some of my guilty pleasures are truly that. For example, I love browsing through postings on Craigslist. It doesn't matter what section I'm reading, there's almost always something that catches my eye. Tonight's, though, was quite likely one of the most interesting. (It was in the personals, men seeking women, to be exact.) I just couldn't keep myself from clicking on the posting; it was entitled "wanting to make a baby." Oh boy. There are plenty of things that I'm wanting to do (finish school, get a job, eat some ice cream, to name a few), but making a baby doesn't even come close to making the list. But, still. I was intrigued. I went on to find one of the most interesting requests I've ever come across:
Hi. I am seriously seeking someone to have a baby with. The conditions are flexible and mostly dictated by you. I'd at the least like to have the situation of you breast feeding and would hope that you'd like to spend as much time with the child as is possible, if at all. I can take care of the child as much as is necessary and can also afford a nanny to help me with that when necessary. We would not need to have a love affair in the strictest sense, although I'm sure a certain kind of love exists between two people that bring such a wonder into the world. I would take care of you throughout the pregnancy both financially and emotionally and we could negotiate further support as time went on. If you'd be into eating really healthy food during the pregnancy, I can provide that as well. You would be treated as a very important person in my world and I would honor your kindness for considering all this. The one catch is, I believe when conceiving a child it should be 'in warmth'; so I prefer to have conception be done as a physical act between us and not through artificially inseminating. And I think the way to manage finding the 'love' in this kind of 'lovemaking' is in the anticipation of what the act will produce (the baby), rather than the normal incentives encountered between lovers and their circumstances. If an adventure like this sounds exciting to you and you've been feeling (as I have) that a need exists to reproduce, please contact me. Please put the word 'Conception' in the subject line of your message so I know you're not spam; all others will be considered spam and deleted without reading. Whoa. What kind of request is that?! To be making on Craigslist?! Ahhh. The joys of personal things made public; it's such an interesting world. Can you imagine telling your kid, "oh, well, your father and I hooked up. I responded to his posting on Craigslist. I thought this sounded like an exciting adventure... so here you are!"
Granted, I'm not big on the idea of having kids... but if I were, I sure wouldn't want to do it like that.
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