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Old 25-10-2013, 17:55
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From the point of mischief making and I know this may sound a little bit of an “extreme” Holly Oaks style storyline,........but surely they won’t have Sean either loosing, spoiling or disposing of one of Dan’s three day offerings and then in an effort to not get into trouble replacing them it with his own!!!

I know a Semen swop scenario has previously used in a Jennifer Aniston rom-com, though I suppose there aren’t many truly original plots any more.

What would be made of a pregnancy where Ruby’s child was supposed to create a half sibling to Sean & Amelia, (but was actually Sean’s) and what would be the ramifications. I suspect if Ruby, Dan and Ali found out during the early stages of a pregnancy they may have very different ideas as to what actions should be taken.

Maybe I am letting my imagination run wild!!
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Old 25-10-2013, 18:16
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That is sick (not in the way the kids say).
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Old 25-10-2013, 18:26
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The whole storyline is sick and extremely vulgar. I am surprised at Kate Oates allowing the writers to get away with it.
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Old 25-10-2013, 19:45
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The whole storyline is sick and extremely vulgar. I am surprised at Kate Oates allowing the writers to get away with it.
I thought it made god sense. This way Ruby's baby would biologically be Sean and Amelia's sibling linking them all as a family unit. And all three children would have the same father.

People use donors all the time, both anomoyous donors and known ones.

I can't understand how it is vulgar!
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Old 25-10-2013, 23:44
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It would make him the dad of his brother/sister. That's pretty weird.
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Old 25-10-2013, 23:46
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I thought it made god sense. This way Ruby's baby would biologically be Sean and Amelia's sibling linking them all as a family unit. And all three children would have the same father.

People use donors all the time, both anomoyous donors and known ones.

I can't understand how it is vulgar!
The baby would still be biologically related to Sean and Amelia if Dan donates his sperm.
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Old 25-10-2013, 23:50
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I thought it made god sense. This way Ruby's baby would biologically be Sean and Amelia's sibling linking them all as a family unit. And all three children would have the same father.

People use donors all the time, both anomoyous donors and known ones.

I can't understand how it is vulgar!
I agree it also shows the resoloution of the family originally breaking up but now coming together as one unit Dan, Ali, And Ruby all co-parents to these three kids.

It's also a coup for Emmerdale showing a modern take on family with the whole gay angle it may not be too everyones taste but vulgar no. And i think it has been sensitively handled too. I have really come to love this family over time they have intergrated well.
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:05
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It would make him the dad of his brother/sister. That's pretty weird.
Of cause it wouldn't

He'd just be the babys Dad ,he wouldn't be his brother also
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:06
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Of cause it wouldn't

He'd just be the babys Dad ,he wouldn't be his brother also
But his mam and her partner will be bringing the child up as their own. The baby will be brought up as Sean's brother/sister,
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:06
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The baby would still be biologically related to Sean and Amelia if Dan donates his sperm.
That's what the Poster you Quoted is saying
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:07
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That's what the Poster you Quoted is saying
I realised that as I read it again. Silly me
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:10
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But his mam and her partner will be bringing the child up as their own.
Yes but he still wouldn't biologically be the babys brother as Ruby is the Mum ,but Amelia would be it's Aunt

If Ruby and his Mum got married i suppose he'd then be a Step-Brother as well as the Dad ,and Amelia would be Aunt as well as Step sister but not a biological Half brother like e will be if it's Dans sperm
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:24
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Wouldn't that be child abuse? He's under 16 isn't he?
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:34
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Wouldn't that be child abuse? He's under 16 isn't he?
No,If he takes Dans sample ,disposes of it and then hands over a sample of his own ,no abuse by anyone has taken place
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Old 26-10-2013, 00:37
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From the point of mischief making and I know this may sound a little bit of an “extreme” Holly Oaks style storyline,........but surely they won’t have Sean either loosing, spoiling or disposing of one of Dan’s three day offerings and then in an effort to not get into trouble replacing them it with his own!!!

I know a Semen swop scenario has previously used in a Jennifer Aniston rom-com, though I suppose there aren’t many truly original plots any more.

What would be made of a pregnancy where Ruby’s child was supposed to create a half sibling to Sean & Amelia, (but was actually Sean’s) and what would be the ramifications. I suspect if Ruby, Dan and Ali found out during the early stages of a pregnancy they may have very different ideas as to what actions should be taken.

Maybe I am letting my imagination run wild!!
Considering how this producer and last one love interjecting needless drama and sensationalism into the storylines I can see them doing that.
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Old 26-10-2013, 01:00
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No,If he takes Dans sample ,disposes of it and then hands over a sample of his own ,no abuse by anyone has taken place
I Still dont think it's moral though. I think it would be a bit sick if he did become the Dad. Imagine fathering your step mums baby!
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Old 26-10-2013, 01:17
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I Still dont think it's moral though. I think it would be a bit sick if he did become the Dad. Imagine fathering your step mums baby!
Exactly. It would be totally wrong for them to go down this line - to me it would be quite a disturbing storyline, and a terrible situation for all involved.

As for the storyline as it stands at the moment,
I don't mind them doing the turkey baster route, but I do wish they wouldn't go into so much detail about it. I don't need to dwell on the mechanics of the whole thing.
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Old 26-10-2013, 01:22
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I thought it made god sense. This way Ruby's baby would biologically be Sean and Amelia's sibling linking them all as a family unit. And all three children would have the same father.

People use donors all the time, both anomoyous donors and known ones.

I can't understand how it is vulgar!
This.
Least there not all fathered from someone else.
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Old 26-10-2013, 01:23
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I Still dont think it's moral though. I think it would be a bit sick if he did become the Dad. Imagine fathering your step mums baby!
Well of cause it isn't Moral and a Story Line to far imo which would be not only distasteful in the extreme but also just wrong on every level
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Old 26-10-2013, 01:23
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Why would he have Dan's Sperm!? His Own Father....
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Old 26-10-2013, 15:12
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I thought it made god sense. This way Ruby's baby would biologically be Sean and Amelia's sibling linking them all as a family unit. And all three children would have the same father.

People use donors all the time, both anomoyous donors and known ones.

I can't understand how it is vulgar!
It is not the storyline which is objectionable; Kirgle., surrogacy has become commonplace recently. It is the salacious, vulgar writng that a lot of us find offensive. There is no need for graphic detail, I am sure that people in genuine situations deal with the situation discreetly. The writers are debasing surrogacy; but perhaps that is the intention.
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Old 26-10-2013, 17:44
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It is not the storyline which is objectionable; Kirgle., surrogacy has become commonplace recently. It is the salacious, vulgar writng that a lot of us find offensive. There is no need for graphic detail, I am sure that people in genuine situations deal with the situation discreetly. The writers are debasing surrogacy; but perhaps that is the intention.
It's true, it's horrible to hear them constantly referring to it in the way they do. There are plenty of people who wouldn't be discreet about it, and I think Ali's one of them, but they can feel free to be indiscreet off the t.v screen! I don't know about them debasing surrogacy though, I think it's supposed to be funny when they make these references to Dan. It's not surrogacy it's debasing it's the characters.
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Old 26-10-2013, 17:50
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If Ruby and Ally split, who would the CSA go after? Dan or Ally.
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Old 26-10-2013, 17:53
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I agree it also shows the resoloution of the family originally breaking up but now coming together as one unit Dan, Ali, And Ruby all co-parents to these three kids.

It's also a coup for Emmerdale showing a modern take on family with the whole gay angle it may not be too everyones taste but vulgar no. And i think it has been sensitively handled too. I have really come to love this family over time they have intergrated well.
but they're not co=parenting for this child - Dan's simply to be a sperm donor. They agreed that. They're basically giving the impression that Dan is some sort of super human, full of nothing but kindness and compassion, who can overcome any resentment that he might still feel towards Ruby and Ali to the extent of fathering a child for them, but not being involved in its upbringing, despite the fact that he'll see it everyday and it will be raised with his own two children. That makes Dan a very unbelievable character to me. It's great that they get along so well for the sake of the existing kids, but it's highly unbelievable that Dan would be prepared to go this far, and that it won't cause any problems once the baby's born. When you add into the mix that Ali isn't so keen and is going along with it to keep Ruby happy, you've got to wonder how long it will last for. And how's the child going to feel about sharing a Dad with its two siblings - but it's the only one that Dad doesn't have anything to do with? What they could have done was investigate IVF more thoroughly - could they get a loan or a credit card, for instance? they could have at least tried IVF before going down this route.
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Old 26-10-2013, 17:56
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but they're not co=parenting for this child - Dan's simply to be a sperm donor. They agreed that. They're basically giving the impression that Dan is some sort of super human, full of nothing but kindness and compassion, who can overcome any resentment that he might still feel towards Ruby and Ali to the extent of fathering a child for them, but not being involved in its upbringing, despite the fact that he'll see it everyday and it will be raised with his own two children. That makes Dan a very unbelievable character to me. It's great that they get along so well for the sake of the existing kids, but it's highly unbelievable that Dan would be prepared to go this far, and that it won't cause any problems once the baby's born. When you add into the mix that Ali isn't so keen and is going along with it to keep Ruby happy, you've got to wonder how long it will last for. And how's the child going to feel about sharing a Dad with its two siblings - but it's the only one that Dad doesn't have anything to do with?
Maybe Dan being the happy go lucky kind of person he might just have something to do with the child.
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