(03-19-2017, 09:11 PM)irukandji Wrote: Very interesting article. I have seen this kind of thing arising more and more on Judge Judy. Usually the man who is not the biological father actually manages to get out of child support because he was fraudulently trapped into believing he was the child's biological father. The men on Judge Judy often completely severe ties with the child. I know that can be devastating but I completely understand their position. I think a man continuing to pretend to be the father and at the same time resenting the child support he must pay would eventually devastate the situation.
I'll say it this way. I think the sample is biased. It take s a certain type of person to bring that situation to national attention. I think it first says, I am an anal orifice, if you humiliate a child that way.
And while I can understand their emotional state but not their position. , part of being a man is acting like one. I would have to question how loving of father these men were in the first place if their affection for a child can be turned off like a light switch.
(03-19-2017, 09:11 PM)irukandji Wrote: In at least one of the cases on Judge Judy, the real father came back into the picture, so there were some unusual circumstances.
I would wonder if it was news to him or he always knew.
(03-19-2017, 09:11 PM)irukandji Wrote: Kelly is very young to so the impact on him would not be devastating. But how do you think Nick would react he found out he wasn't Kelly's father? How do you think Adalind might react?
re your comment about Kelly, I am not so sure this true. Children bond to scents, human chemistry etc. I think children have amazing coping skills but when I compare those that were raised in what I consider idyllic circumstances to those who were not, the difference is apparent to me. I know people feel compelled to come forward with this or that study, but I beg to differ based on my own observations and a lifetime of experience.
As for Nick, I like to think, one, he already has his doubts, two he doesn't care,though he has a strong preference. I like to think, for all the tw*t he is, he is willing to man it up for the sake of a child. I think he would angrily confront Adalind and hopefully law down the law to her. Adalind would be terrified he would behead her or attempt to (she might be able to take him if she wanted - I mean how hard can that be. Flash a little ti* and in that moment take him out).
But I think she is smart enough, coy enough, and seductive enough to immediately and instinctively put Kelly in his arms and ask if he really can walk away from that and state Kelly deserves a father.
Oxford commas are so totally rad!.