As a morning ritual, I browse some news sites to try to keep informed of what is going on in the world. One of the tools that I use to read these articles is Google Reader. Once in a while a few snippets of other interesting articles pop through various sources such as Craigslist
Today Craigslist came through with an interesting proposal. In short, jerk off into a cup and get paid. I’m sure there’s more to it than my minimal explanation but that is what I imagine. You can find the offer here.
This offer however made me think though what would I feel if I did this? Would I have a sense of obligation to any child that was born because of my donation? Could I do this without any sense of wanting to see a child that was biologically mine? Even worse, what if I was rejected as a donor? All of these thoughts and more swam quickly though my brain but the one that stuck with me was what would my moral obligation be if i were to donate. Would there be one? If so, who would it be to? Would I be obligated to the child? the parents? myself? all of the above?
I understand that this service is to help others that are having difficulty conceiving but at the same time the child will eventually find out (in most cases I imagine) that the parents had some assistance.
personally I don’t think I could ever do this as I would always wonder where my daughter/son(s) were and what became of them. This would bankrupt me emotionally as it is just part of who I am. I do not judge those who donate I just cannot.
What do you think?