Also, do adoption agencies look unfavorably upon single men?

Out where I live they don’t care if you’re a single guy as long as you have the means to care for the kids. There’s an older guy down the street who is a professor with many adopted children. His wife died many years ago, but he still is kicking round and frequently adopts children with problems and older kids that nobody else wants.

He is in good health, has a big house, a stable job with tenure, financial planning, investments, plans in case of sudden death, and more than enough to care for himself and others for decades. The professor has no trouble adopting kids. Social services checks on things now and then and to make sure everything is still good (it always is) but the hardest part, he says, is picking them out and waiting for the papers to clear.

Now, if you’re middle-class and barely making it in a tiny house you may have trouble. Social services wants to be sure the kids won’t push you into debt and that your home is good enough to keep them safe, happy, and sound. Also be prepared as foster kids can be a handful as they have been through hell and really haven’t had parents to straighten them out for awhile. Of course getting them decent parents will fix this, which is another reason that they are careful with who gets to adopt and who doesn’t.

It’s also possible to temporarily foster kids who need out of bad situations. This one is more lenient, but you still need at least a bedroom ready to go and decent finances.

But in reality, they’re a VERY expensive accident, as let’s be honest here, the vast majority of children are accidents.  Sure, there are some manginas that want to give their wives a kid, but there aren’t that many men that are deluded enough to actually want to take on that expense and responsibility.  If they do want it at first, they come to realize later that it wasn’t worth it.  I mean, let’s be honest here.  Was it worth the THOUSANDS of hours of your time and the $250,000+ it took to raise the thing?  That’s a LOT of hookers and a really NICE house in some areas.  Or a brand new $50,000 car every three years, not counting the trade-in value you got for each previous vehicle.

Been a dad of a girl for near 20 years.

You can never imagine how hard, how beating on your soul it is. How your life and focus change. How you are no longer No1.

Not only that … it will NEVER stop.

Forget adopting. Find a cerigat and get in done with.

Good luck.

I can confirm that adoption agencies look disfavourably upon single men. Surrogacy might be a viable option.

Has an unmarried man ever successfully adopted a child in the history of western civilization? I can’t imagine anyone giving a child to a man with no female in the picture.

Having said that, I’ve made more than one attempt to engage myself in the lives of the children of my platonic female acquaintances. There was a time when I believed I wanted a wife and family but realizing that wasn’t going to happen, thought perhaps I could play “big brother” to someone else’s kids from time to time. There was a man in my life as a kid who mentored and inspired me and I figured it was my turn to give back. Unfortunately I can’t say it’s worked out all that well.

The first one’s mother made a wild accusation against me which propelled me out of the kid’s life like I was fired from a cannon. The second ones… well they didn’t have much use for a man in their lives, the same as their mother. One was angry and disinterested and the other just used her charm and social skill to try to get goodies out of me.

Well what do you expect? Having your own kids sucks and having someone else’s is even worse. So now I only wave and make faces at kids to p~~~ off their parents. My favorite is to throw a nod at a young dude in the car in the next lane as if to say “Someday you can have a motorcycle like this if you play your cards right.”

So if anyone else tries to bring a kid into my house in the future, I’m just gonna tell them I’m on a list and let them figure it out for themselves. Thank you again, Doug Stanhope!

I’ve always hated kids – of all ages. The sweet spot is definitely 7-10. But 0-6 they’re pretty terrible and 11-18 they’re just ass holes. But in reality, they’re a VERY expensive accident, as let’s be honest here, the vast majority of children are accidents. Sure, there are some manginas that want to give their wives a kid, but there aren’t that many men that are deluded enough to actually want to take on that expense and responsibility. If they do want it at first, they come to realize later that it wasn’t worth it. I mean, let’s be honest here. Was it worth the THOUSANDS of hours of your time and the $250,000+ it took to raise the thing? That’s a LOT of hookers and a really NICE house in some areas. Or a brand new $50,000 car every three years, not counting the trade-in value you got for each previous vehicle.

I agree 100%. It’s not like there’s any shortage of kids anyway. If your motive for kids is that you wanted to provide for others, wouldn’t it be more effective to use that money for charity, where more people benefit from it, such as starting a soup kitchen or something?

Prepare a dose of your favorite adult beverage.

Recline, place frozen towel on forehead, consume beverage.

Urge to have kids should dissipate about the time it takes towel to warm up to room temperature.

Disclaimer. I am a confirmed bachelor who thinks kids should be admired from a distance. I know of many men who have had their lives ruined by false claims of child abuse. Some were close friends when that dropped in their unsuspecting laps. One had it done to him by his wife so she could come out on top of a bitter divorce (she was a prosecuting attorney and knew the tricks of the trade). Thus, I am wary of the whole thing.