An interesting story out of Georgia and a case involving two women, one little boy, and one soured relationship. The biological mother vs. the adoptive mother. There's even a little adultery involved but what is NOT surprising is the thinking that accompanies it all:
Wheeler, 36, and her partner, Missy, decided to start a family together and share the Wheeler last name. In 2000, Sara Wheeler gave birth to a son, Gavin, through artificial insemination. Two years later, they decided Missy Wheeler should adopt the child and legally become his second parent.
Georgia law doesn't specifically say whether gay parents can adopt a child, so the decision was up to a judge in the Atlanta area's DeKalb County. After an adoption investigator determined that both partners wanted it, the judge cleared the request.
The couple's relationship later soured. Missy Wheeler wouldn't comment for this story, but her attorney, Nora Bushfield, said Sara became involved with someone else and wouldn't let Missy and Gavin see each other.
Sara Wheeler acknowledged the other relationship, saying "regardless of my action, it doesn't make me a bad mother."
See - there it is... that consistently bad form of thinking, "I can do whatever the heck I want - and it won't impact the kind of 'parent' I will be."
Basically we keep convincing ourselves that we can live any old way we want to and at the end of the day that should have NO impact on our future opportunities in any way.
Sorry but life doesn't work that way. If you will lie, steal, cheat, and betray your spouse, or in this case the person you've made a "life commitment" to. Then what's to stop you from doing the same thing to your friends - or your child.
Character counts...
And character begins by admitting "He's God, and I'm not."