Breakfast Conversation
Erik, 7, completely out of the blue: It must be really hard for a dad and a dad or a mom and a mom to get any kids.
Me: Yes, it is very difficult, but there are some ways they can do it. They can adopt a baby like [our friends] did, or they can do some medical procedures to get babies.
E: What kind of medical procedures?
Me: Well, dads can find a nice lady or two to help. One can donate her egg–the doctor has to go get it with a surgery. Then the other lady can grow the baby in her womb. The doctor can put it in her tummy. If it is two mommies, they can just find a nice man who has extra sperm and the doctor can put it in her tummy and hope it grows a baby.
E: That seems like a lot of trouble for the moms. Why don’t they just tell the nice man to put it in the old way?
Me, dying: Well, sometimes they probably do that if they don’t have the money for medical procedures but ladies who love other ladies think it is yucky to have a man’s penis in their vagina. Plus, they don’t love the man so that makes it extra yucky.
E: Hmmm. Well, that’s what I’d do if I was a mommy who wanted a baby.
Me: Ooooookkkkkkaaaayyyy.
E: Wait a minute! Did you like it when daddy put his penis in your vagina? I know he did it twice because you have two children! Did you enjoy that?
Me: Oh! Look at the time! The bus is almost here!