Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill
I got a vasectomy (had to get written permission from my wife to do so). A year later, she got pregnant. I am paying child support, since she has no idea which of a large number of men might be the sperm donor. (She liked to go out and party when I was at work.)
I am not permitted to be a father to the child, but I am permitted to pay the mother’s bills. Can you say “Presumption of Paternity” laws? Knew ya could.
If you are male, and you don’t want to be used as an ATM, don’t rely on vasectomy or a condom, and especially don’t rely on the Law. The Law is not your friend. If you can state with certainty that is provable to a disinterested observer that the woman you are having sex with will NEVER leave you, NEVER lie to you and NEVER take advantage of you, and you can prove that you will act the same to her, then get married. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up.
It’s just another example of acceptable sexism.
