As I have always said, any parent who doesn't want to take care of a child while their partner does should be able to "opt out" of financial responsibility. This mostly applies to men, though, since they don't have the final decision on abortion.

HOWEVER, opting out of financial responsibility means they also forsake any legal say they have for the child's life, and if their 'real' parent doesn't want their child to see the other, then they have the right to keep them away from each other.

So, my answer is that they shouldn't have to pay if they're not a part of the child's life. They should be able to choose that, if giving up legal power over the child is worth it to them.

I would only rent something if I only planned to use it for a short period of time. If it's something I'll be needing consistently, then renting will eventually be more expensive than buying.

A refund for the full price of the item, plus shipping, an apology, and maybe something a little extra for the trouble they caused. We trust them to deliver our packages safely, so this should be a guarantee.

He looks like both of us fairly equally. He has my eyes, her hair, and otherwise looks almost exactly like both of us when we were babies.

They have every right to have their opinion and voice it, but they have to understand that parents won't always take their opinion into consideration. You CAN know generally how to raise a child without having one yourself, but there are certain things that come purely from experience.

I had a lot of ideas and feelings that I was confident about before I had a child, but a lot of those completely changed. For example, no matter how much you think you can love someone, a new parent is going to experience a kind of love that is completely different and way more intense than anything they've felt before.

For the most part, condescending. I know some really nice people at work that do it, but I suppose they're not fully strangers, either. It depends on the context, I suppose. If they're telling you to do something or how to do something, it absolutely is condescending and rude.

I'd say Connor and Rosie are the friends I've had for the longest, and I don't see those friendships ending anytime soon. They're my best friends.

I see my life as easier than others'. I've had a lot of opportunities and support from family and friends, it's just that I squander it too often. I have my fair share of difficulties, though.

Neither. You can make time for friends and lovers. Generally speaking, though, help your partner before your friends. It's important to be able to maintain your life together, and they should be first in your life.

I suppose I just contradicted myself. Oh well, you get what I mean.

I suppose. My eating habits are consistently terrible and contribute to my health problems, and I get severe depression quite often. I have a lot of self-fulfilling prophecies, where I tell myself I'm not going to succeed at something and then lose motivation to try.

Game design. It's always interested me, but the industry itself is terrible to employees. Long overtime with no overtime pay, credit stolen, etc. People usually only stay in the industry because of their passion for the job, but statistically you never last past your first project.

I absolutely would. I don't like leaving the house to go to work, and the kind of jobs you can do online are the ones that interest me the most. I would probably be less productive, admittedly.

We don't know many other parents, and those we do know are amazing. I've never witnessed something I would consider abuse, at least not while I had the ability to do anything about it.

I use my car every day for work, shopping and the like. I don't have the time or energy to walk or bike anywhere. If I didn't have one, I don't know what I would do. We live in a fairly rural area, and I don't even know if local buses work near here.

Trees. I can't get enough trees. I absolutely wouldn't live in a city. I also like privacy, but considering we're going to need to live in apartments for a long while, that's probably not going to happen.

The most important thing, though, is that it needs to have an actual winter. Temperatures below 45F for at least half of the year, snow, the whole package.

Just shaving my face. People who laser things off their body are ****ing awesome.

I probably wouldn't, but that kind of thing doesn't bother me that much anyway. I'm too socially awkward to speak up about that kind of thing.

No, absolutely not. Some people have no room for children in their life, and some don't like children at all. Why would it be wrong of them to feel that way?

There is no 'ideal' age. It's different for different people. Many want to have children young, and that works for them, many have dreams to fulfill first, and that works for them, and many don't want children at all, and that's fine.

I'm not sure if I'm exactly GOOD at them, but I sure as hell love them.

Oh, if you like that kind of thing yourself, then I would highly recommend the Professor Layton series of games on the DS. They're basically collections of puzzles and riddles presented in a story, and they're beyond fun.