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@DefiantLs I had a teacher in junior high who was clearly a butch lesbian. She never announced her sexual identity, though. She just talked about history, since it was her job to teach us about history. Crazy, right?

@Judgementalllll @reddit_lies And let's not forget the valuable diversity they added to Iraq while they were over there.

@astronauthidden @reddit_lies This is not new and it's also not universal to all women. Some women like rich old men, but some women are looking for guys their own age. Don't have unrealistic expectations, work on presenting yourself well, and put yourself out there. You'll find someone.

@andtwofortea @sentientist I think it's more about having realistic expectations for men (who often do struggle to be good at hands on caregiving for little kids), and perhaps focusing on how they can support the family in other ways. There is a reason for why gender roles exist, whether we like it or not.

@Truthteste96195 @Prolife_Texan__ Why would that matter? If the mother can't cope with knowing the child is living a happy life with loving adoptive parents, Belgium and The Netherlands offer euthanasia for mental illness. It'd be an easy trip compared to Colorado.

An open letter to my son, Iron Will, on the occasion of his sixth birthday Dear Will, Six years ago, you came into this world and immediately, without effort, began making it better. That's just who you are. There are people who, had they known you were coming, would have told us your life was a tragedy in the making. That an extra chromosome was a reason for grief. That the hardest road wasn't worth walking. And they would have been wrong. Completely, embarrassingly, irreversibly wrong. Not because your road has been easy — it hasn't always been. Not because you haven't had to work for things that come effortlessly to other kids. You have. But because the measure of a life isn't the absence of difficulty. It's the presence of love. And Will, you have never, not for one single day, been without it. You were made in the image and likeness of God. Full stop. Not partially. Not conditionally. Not pending review. That truth was written into you before the foundation of the world, and no diagnosis, no cultural narrative, no fleeting opinion posted to the internet has the power to edit it. "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” – Psalm 139:13–14 That's you, son. Knitted together. On purpose. With intention. By a God who doesn't make mistakes and doesn't deal in accidents. What the world calls a burden, we call a blessing. What the world calls a limitation, we call a lens, because you see things the rest of us miss. You love without suspicion. You forgive without keeping score. You show up with your whole heart, every single time, and somehow you make the people around you want to do the same. I've watched grown men — veterans, warriors — go soft at the edges because of you. That's not weakness. That's the strength of presence. Your mother and I didn't just accept you. We chose you, the way every parent chooses their child, and we would choose you a thousand times over. Your brothers and sister would too. Each of them loves you in their own way, and each of their lives is richer because you are in it. We may not have known it before you were born, but this family was waiting for you to complete it. You are Iron Will. We gave you that nickname the day you were born, and six years later, you've more than earned it. Iron is what's in you. We've watched you do the hard work, log the therapy hours, learn the things people said you couldn't, and do it all with a grin that makes the whole room shift. That's not inspiration. That's character. Your character. So here's what I want you to know on your sixth birthday, son: this world needs you in it. Not despite who you are — because of who you are. The world gets better, more honest, more human, more whole when people like you are present in it. Every voice that has ever suggested otherwise was simply wrong about what makes a life worth living. I will spend whatever days God gives me making sure you know that. Making sure the world knows that. And on days when the world gets loud and confused about your worth — and some days it will — your dad will be right here. Immovable. Happy sixth birthday, Iron Will. I love you more than words have ever been built to convey. — Dad #IronWill #DownSyndromeAdvocacy #TeamIronWill #SayYesToPossibility #Personhood #TheLuckyFew

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@Truthteste96195 @Prolife_Texan__ Mom probably does meet DSM criteria for narcissism and/or sociopathy, yes, but if her mental suffering is truly unbearable after adoption, then surely some place in Europe will MAID her to end her mental suffering. No need to kill the child.

@LarueLaws6 @pgarfieldjaeger @blablafishcakes It's a woman who wants to be seen as a gay man ("bottom" is a term from the gay community)

@lotzalozza @pgarfieldjaeger It's a woman who has taken testosterone to present as a gay man. She is upset that the testosterone caused her vagina to atrophy so now she can't have vaginal sex anymore.

@annbauerwriter Sounds like DCIS. Most cases of DCIS don't end up progressing to invasive cancer, but it CAN happen, so it's often treated like breast cancer just to be safe. Perhaps more people in MN have good health insurance or affluence that leads to more aggressive treatment?

@therightfrankd @gchafuen @GatesGarciaFL @McJuggerNuggets Yes. Early Christians were noteworthy for their opposition to practices like infanticide and abandoning infants to die of exposure, which were accepted "normal" practices among Roman pagans. This actually helped Christians to outnumber pagans in some area.

@JeezLaWeez1984 @Charlotte_April I had no idea who the guy was until this happened. After I found out about his history with Psycho Dad, it seemed pretty clear it was BS.

@BMcGrewvy Yeah, whether this is real or not (I think he probably made it up), they both seem like sociopaths.

@pcosprincess22 @Elliesmommyy23 The way these people talk about the children they intentionally killed is wild. Here's an excerpt of another post from the same lady. "I will always miss her, even though I was the one who chose to kill her because I could not accept her for who she is".

@MikaylaFawcett @Elliesmommyy23 It must be something about who the algorithm was showing your post to. You are definitely not the only person who feels that way. Don't be ashamed to speak up.

@mom2hens @Elliesmommyy23 Reddit is ridiculous in the hate they have for unborn children with Down syndrome (even though content about born people with Down syndrome will sometimes get upvoted too). My opinion is the average person with Down syndrome adds more to society than the average Redditor does.

@Yearns4Heaven @Elliesmommyy23 She mentioned in another post that she's southeast asian. Unfortunately, my experience has been that there is a lot of cultural prejudice about disabilities in SE Asian cultures, sadly. Lots of work to do in getting people to see that Down syndrome is not a tragedy.

@Elliesmommyy23 Yeah, they come to Reddit with these stories because Reddit is an echo chamber of people who will tell them they did the right thing. It's absolutely disgusting.

@r_kyle86849 @Elliesmommyy23 What kind of values will this person pass on to their children if they do manage to have a "perfect" child who they deem worthy of life? It's really better if they just stick to being a "Cat Mom".

@clerpatriot I'm a vegetarian AND I am also against abortion. What now?