"Alun" wrote


Now, if one spouse is not a biological parent, that's potentially a
different ball game, but I won't go there.


Hell, I'll go there, because to not "go there" just panders to people with
twisted dirty little minds who think "something must be going on there".
Just to make it interesting, let's say that the child is adopted. Those of
us who are parents (and I think most who aren't parents) understand the
unconditional love parents have for their children, be they "natural",
"step", or "adopted". Until the very recent past, perhaps less than 150
years in this country, and much more recent than that in less developed
parts of the world, families didn't live in 3 and 4 bedroom homes where each
person had their own "space". Not only did Dad and Mom and the kids sleep
in the same place, but also Grandpa and Grandma and the occasional cousin or
Auntie or Uncle who might be without their own nuclear family to spend the
night with. Dr. Laura would likely have a heart attack if she saw how some
people live today in places outside her privileged neighborhood.

Sunuvagun!

73, de Hans, K0HB