What if you were married to a woman that cant have children ?

@ronnyb (6113)
Jamaica
November 21, 2008 4:49am CST
This is a somewhat loaded question for both men and women.Do you think the man should leave the woman and find someone who can have children.Would the woman be open to surrogate pregnancies ?.Would both parties be open to adoption or would teh man want a child form his loins.Finally would the woman feel betrayed if the man went and have a child outside of the marriage?. Would the same questions and issues apply if the table was turned?
15 responses
@tatiana07 (497)
• Philippines
21 Nov 08
if you leave a woman because she can't bear a child is a big _ _ _ _!it's not her fault and all you can do is to accept her and understand that it's not also her want not to bear a child maybe God has a reason for that..
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@burnek (101)
• Philippines
22 Nov 08
I totally agree to that. I wouldn't mind adopting a child just to make the relationship work out. I understand how it is not having children inside a marriage but certainly I couldn't bear the thought of leaving someone I loved just because of something shes not in fault of. That would devastate her and surely that would hurt me too.
@nimnim74 (250)
• Philippines
21 Nov 08
I am a woman who can't bear a child, my husband knows it already before we get married and he didn't have any second thoughts of marrying me because our foundation is love in our marriage. For the first year that we are together we tried a lot to have a child using medical method then we used spiritual method like praying so hard and have devotion to go to mass every Friday for some specific novena to bear a child, we even tried quack doctors even if I don't believe it, but my husband never had in his mind that he is going to left me or he put me down because I can't bear a child. He is very supportive with me and he loves me more than ever. We are now in our 7 years of marriage without a child, now we think of adopting and we already started it's process sooner the adopted child will come to our family and now we have a reverse adjustment because we got used with each other and live in our house only the two of us.If the child will come we have talk a lot on how to adjust if there will be a baby in the house. If this is God will for both of us, we we're able to accept every destiny that God gave us. We are as happy as a couple who have children.
@Vivianh (331)
• China
22 Nov 08
I would to say if taht happened and the guy want to leave because of this reason,ok,just go!it is unworthy to let him stay.
• China
22 Nov 08
I think if the love between the man and women is true ,whether they can have child,they won't betray each other.Keep the loyalty between the couple is the most important things .I think they will more happy if the child is quintessence of they true love.
@Couch08 (36)
• United States
22 Nov 08
Granting i am man and i am married to someone who can not give me a baby it is okay with me but my love for her never changed unless i am using her to have siblings which is unfair. Love doesn't measure about something. It is given to your partner unconditionally and you are going to take her for better and for worst.
• United States
22 Nov 08
I, personally, am of the belief that adoption is always an option, whether the woman can have children or not. I'm not trying to compare dogs to babies, but I would feel like a more responsible human-being if I adopted a dog from a shelter, old or young, than bought one from a pet store or something. If I were with a woman who could not bear children, I would be somewhat sad that I would not be able to have a child of my own traits with her, but together we could still influence an adopted child together, so I think I would be okay with it in the end.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
22 Nov 08
It depends on the people in question. Some people care about there kid being biologically theirs. For me, it doesn't matter at all. My kid who I raise in my kid, there biology doesn't matter squat to me.
• United States
22 Nov 08
I'll agree, this is a loaded question, you could have broken this one down into four differnt discussions. If a couple cannot have children there is always adoption or a surrogate, marriage is supposed to be a support of each person, if a guy strays because his wife can't have children then that's a cop out.
• United States
22 Nov 08
that si hard to say. so many people feel so differently. i dont know what i would do . i cant imagine that. i think if i couldnt have children that i would adopt. but if that wasnt the choice of my husband..then maybe we werent meant to be together. i couldnt be open to him sleeping with someone else just to have a child..who wouldnt be mine at all.. i would adopt but if he didnt want that then i guess i would be looking for someone else in my life who could accept me as i am or who is open to adpoting.
@anikakim (364)
• Philippines
22 Nov 08
For ma it's a case to case basis. It depends on the husband and wife what will be their decision if ths situation will come up in time comes. My sister in law and my uncle were together for almost 15 years but they don't have a biological child. They both decide to adopt a child. With their name given wealth also. I'm a mother of one baby girl and my husband love my daughter so much. It depends to the male if he really want a child on his own. But some male prefer to have their own. But our Science technology is upgraded, artificial insamination is also good.
• United States
22 Nov 08
A married man, who's wife had born him two daughters, was in a relationship with another woman who was old and could not have any more children. When the woman went out of town, he found a fertile woman and got her pregnant. A few months into the pregnancy, the woman found out about the other women and left him. He's now married to the old woman and trying to take the child away from its mother. This is costing both parties a small fortune in lawyer fees and has left another little girl in this world without a daddy. A better opiton for them would have been foster parenting, rather than create another child in a broken home. If it is a requirement to have an actualy baby, adoption is an excellant option. Happy MyLotting!
• United States
22 Nov 08
I think that people should accept the fact that some people can't have children. If you love someone enough, adoption should be okay... I never really saw any point as to why producing your own was any better than helping out a child already born and in need of a loving family.
@ckyera (17331)
• Philippines
22 Nov 08
i think we didnt marry somebody just to have kids...we marry them because we love them and want to spend the rest of our lives with them... and if we really love them we will never betray them...adoption will be a good idea... and what if it goes the other way around? what if the husband is the one who cant have a child? would you allow your wife to have a baby outside your marriage? LOL!
@marmed (38)
• Sweden
22 Nov 08
Leaving a loved one for the need of having a child is a stupid choice, i think. If there really is no way to have children together, why not adopt a child. There is lots of children who needs a loving family. well. that's my opinion :D
@seeiloveu (100)
• India
21 Nov 08
Let me ask you a question: Are children neccessary in today's world? Don't you think so that we are going to hand-over them a world full of filth, a world that is more warm than intended, a world that we have messed up ... (there is lot more I can accuse the modern- or today's-humans with)? Let me ask you another quiestion: What will that 'girl', who naturally cannot produce children, do? Die crestfallen; cursing Nature for making her this way? Answer these quiestions first, before yopu think about getting a child in this world!