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Elton John becomes a father at 63
The Vixen
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http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/112534539.html
His partner and himself have purchased a baby from a surrogate in America.
Should we congratulate them or feel pity for the child?
Is 63 too old to receive a baby from a surrogate?
Is it OK for the rich and famous but not for us mere mortals?
What do you think?
His partner and himself have purchased a baby from a surrogate in America.
Should we congratulate them or feel pity for the child?
Is 63 too old to receive a baby from a surrogate?
Is it OK for the rich and famous but not for us mere mortals?
What do you think?
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I don't think it is about being gay, I think it is about a man who could easily be a great grandad, having an accessory. Had he have got a surrogate at 30, I wouldn't have any concerns but at 63, he's far more likely to have a child, who will feel the agony of losing a parent when still a child.
It seems incredibly selfish to me.
On the plus side I imagine the biological mother is a young woman, I don't know whose sperm was used whether it was Eltons or his partners. If it was his 48 year old partner again, the child will have a better chance of being healthy which is a good thing at least.
Many men become fathers at 48, and many children lose one parent whilst they are relatively young.
Lots of judgemental opinions on this thread.
Doesn't matter whose sperm it was, age doesn't really seem to affect sperm quality.
There are many older fathers around, with second families etc., and the mother could be around David Furness's age also, but my gut feeling is that "buying" a child because you want one and you've got everything else simply is wrong.
If an opinion that's opposite to yours is automatically considered judgemental, you're going to spend a lot of your life hacked off about a lot of people. :cool:
I'm not hacked off, you are absolutely entitled to your opinion.
Your logic is very strange. Of course an opposing opinion isn't necessarily a judgement - they are two completely different things.
But you know that.
I lost my father when I was 14, the pain in incredible, intense and lasts for years, my father died as a relatively young man with a young family. I think it's incredibly selfish to bring a child into the world knowing that there is a high chance the child will be bereaved before he reaches his twenties.
Well it can console itself it won't be poor in the money sense! I just hope Elton isn't a Mommy Dearest. "NO WIRE HANGERS EVER!!!".
Good luck to them all and I'm sure the baby will have a happy if not conventional life.
Since when did life end at 63? p.s. not quite hit 40 myself.
More to the point, whose hair does elton have these days? Or is it own, transplanted from a hairier part of him:eek:
Actually there is lots of evidence recorded USA Today just one of many sites that show sperm for older men not only make conception more difficult but the baby born with defects.
He could have become a father with a surrogate in his 30's I'd have no problem with that.
Perhaps his youngish partner was desperate for a child.
If he was single then I'd be more reticent about the wiseness of it.
Losing a parent must be awful but it can happen to a parent of any age - but I know the chances are increased with an older parent.
It would be very rare for a child to wish they had never been born just so they didn't have the pain of losing a parent.
There are far worse qualifications for being a parent than age.