Our friend Katie (not her real name, or maybe it is...) has been a bit unlucky with love over the years. She's actually reasonably attractive, and likes a drink. Which is probably a minor problem with her.... She never gets totally smashed, but often she should have aimed for 2-3 less drinks over the night.... Only a small problem, nothing serious....
Anyway, she's 39 I think, and she feels her time is running out.... She's set herself up with a house and sports car, but now wants a baby....
She's signing up for IVF, but there's nothing wrong with her, and she really only needs either artifical insemination, or just... plain old insemination !! 
She's unlikely to even chase the father up.... I say "unlikely"....
Question 1 - is it legally possibile to sign a document which excuses the biological father from financial support?
Question 2 - and if so, do any of you Melbourne Breezers want a Saturday Night hook up !? 
Before IVF, she's heading to Europe for part of their summer to try her luck !!
(She informs us that IVF costs $9k - probably about the same as a good European vacation!)
Sincerely,
Simondo "The Pimp" ! 
my wife had her first at 39, second at 40 and third at 41...
tell your friend to have at least 5-6 drinks shorten her skirt and drop her off at the local pub next state of origin game...
Simondo , save on carbon emissions, and you do the deed !! more relo,s to look after you in your twilight years also .
A girl I knew did the same thing at around 39. Although she didn't end up going IVF - just desperate for a baby. Anyway she had one.
Unfortunately, the kid had one chromosome too many.
Probably, not what she expected.
Firstly... All of the above!!
Secondly, I've seen this before (in my family) as a favour the woman was Inseminated (the old fashion way) and that was to be the end of it... Until a few years later, then all of a sudden there was a claim for clild support, you can't write a contract outside of the law, and I don't know the law. But wouldn't take the risk of having the hassle, even if in the right.
She best get her sperm donation while on holidays from some unknown in an unknown bar back room or similar... Or get a puppy
When did she start getting clucky ?
If it's only recent and she's been 'selling' too high up til now, then no offense, but it's her own doing. She shouldn't try to rectify the situation by having a fatherless child.
If she has been genuine up til now, then she should continue as is and hope for the best (to happen soon).
Such is life. Just hope it's not one of those "gee, I forgot to have babies" parents.
Had to laugh this morning, heard on the radio that the latest pickup place for over 30's is the supermarket.
7pm Wednesday nights... and the "I'm available signal" is a hand of bananas in the baby seat.
But could be a sales pitch for the banana growers after the storms in Queensland. 
Well I hope she dosnt intend to get child support of the poor bastard! Ive been sucked into this void of depression and I now have a 1+ year old daughter and pay $240 per fought night 
If she is good looking I am willing to help as long as it will take..... Just do not tell her I have been sterilized!
I find mating with an anonymous man for the sole purpose of getting pregnant (without telling him) is both misleading and immoral.
I for one would hate to not know if i have a child out there somewhere. I would also hate to be misled to later find out i was used for the purpose of pregnancy. Tell her to go on the Euro trip, but tell her to get pregnant through IVF rather.
She can have one of mine. I've got two of the little ****ters.
Either that or pm oceanfire and swap some 'skills'
Quite interesting guys....
"Katie" is quite a reasonable person, and it wanting to bring up a child as best she can.... My wife and I kind of like her idea.... She will have a reasonable amount of support from her brother, friends, and us... We will wait and see....
A child without a father, or a mother, is far more likely to grow up dysfunctional - like the prospective mother.
My ears pricked up when you said she likes a drink. Point her toward one of the FAS sites. She may start to think things through more clearly if she realises she has to stay off the piss for 10 months.
interesting post really and a real moral dilemma. I used to joke that we always practised safe sex and gave them someone else's name when out (but I didn't really mean it). My story is that once upon a time I had a child and lost contact for 14 years with her. This lead me to wonder for many years what she was like what she looked like etc etc etc. Recently I have met her and I am now a very proud dad. I think no matter what we all say there would be a little bit of any 'donor' that would want to know a child that was fathered by him. Take it from me its always better to know than not know, its like a little piece of you is missing if you dont know and that is a horrible way to live a life. I can only imagine its the same for the child involved.
