We will never know for sure. Nor will we know how many of the partners even knew, since very few jurisdictions require the father to even be told, let alone have an opinion. Nor will we know how many times the baby was from the partner.

But one of the issues the Nuremberg Trials resolved is that nobody can blame another person for killing someone. "He made me do it" wasn't a defence for the Nazi war criminals and is no defence for anyone else.

Yes, I do know that the technology has been posited for some time. In some countries, it even reached the stage of animal testing. It was deemed too unreliable and too dangerous to be used on humans.

The carrier was altered slightly, enough to justify new testing. If anything, the carrier is worse that what had been tested before, especially on growing organs (such as for infants, the kidneys and sperm).

This is not 'groundbreaking technology' unless you think that any whacky idea that fails to perform as wanted is groundbreaking.

If the problems with it ever are sorted out, and if it ever can be used to safely cure something (cancer or not) then I won't have to change my viewpoint about it, since I support (or at least, do not oppose) anything safe and effective.

There are about a billion single men on the planet.
Admittedly, only about a million in your area and age group.

Now, given that knowledge, why would a woman pay attention to you rather than to 999,999 other men?

Certainly not because you post your personal contact data on your profile - all that will get you is attention from lots of scammers.

I assure you it's the same for the women's profiles. I can't believe they are all fakes, either.

Given how often I hear women grumble about men only caring about how a woman looks, I do wonder why so many only bother letting a man know how she looks..

As you say, if they can't even be bothered to fill out at least most of the lifestyle questions, just what do they think is appealing? (And I say that as a man who will admit he likes looking at a pretty face. But it's not enough!)

I meant it is easy for it to happen.
It can be very hard to live with, unless the other is very sensitive and caring. Even then, it is difficult to endure. (I have been on both sides of one-sided love.)

As an autistic person, I would think the fakes are even easier for you to spot than most people.

Scammers certainly are not unique to mingle and abound on the entire internet, including on dating sites you would have to pay a lot of money for. To demand that people offering this free service do what those who take money won't or can't do, is rude and unreasonable.

What do we mean by fake profiles anyway? There is everything from those blatantly sending you to sign up on porn sites, through those who will give you a 'relationship' of sorts but want money for it, right up to those genuine people who just find it hard to tell the truth.

My advice is to not concentrate on the profiles you aren't interested in but to search out the gems that you do want to know.

I think one-sided love is fairly easy. The problem is making that dance where you don't let yourself fall too far, without being sure the other person is falling for you.

And then it takes two to keep it going, and to keep the love maturing and changing over time. That is something that takes time to learn how to do, for many people.

So overall, I would say that love is easier to lose than to create.

I think a certain level of playing about helps uncover which are scammers, particularly those who are pretending to be local but live elsewhere.

Just be gentle and consider what is reasonable for someone to know, if they are who they purport to be.

Hi Blondie,

Are you aware that most people who have abortions these days (I believe this applies to the USA as much as to Canada, the UK and much of Europe) are:
° In a long-term relationship
° Between 30 and 50
° Have no knowledge, or concern over, the medical state of the person they want killed?

We are NOT, generally speaking, talking about some silly young girl, unable to access birth control, nor a woman who was raped, nor about a child who might be deformed or sick at birth.

As to my thoughts for that tiny, tiny percentage of cases where a rape results in pregnancy.. it is a difficult one. I used to think that I was comfortable with that being an exception but it was hearing from raped women that has been changing my mind. Women who feel that it will be wrong of them to further the injustice done to them by killing someone else; though they might want the rapist dead, they cannot bring themselves to kill an innocent. So, I don't have a perfect answer in that case: I don't think there is a perfect answer. That is why rape (meaning assault of the type you mention, not the wide variants that are included under that label lately) is such a terrible thing and should be punished so harshly.

Women's autonomy is not being questioned, Blondie. Women have a choice. The question is, should they have the choice to kill someone else, or should they be made to think about it when they make the choice to have sex which might create that other person.

I don't think there is such a thing as unconditional love. I think love can always be broken by abuse or lack of care.

Why even want such a thing, rather than someone who will love you for the ever-changing, loving and caring you?

Maybe I'm nitpicking but it would concern me that a potential partner wants me to love them never mind how they behave or what their feelings for me are.

You don't find true love.

As Cgai was saying, it is something that builds between people, and over a long period of time.

What you find is someone who attracts you, then you find yourself wanting to interact with them, be with them.

Looking initially for someone to be in love with is a mistake. Look for people you like, and get to know enough of them so that you find one whom you don't want to live without.

What on earth do you people mean by saying you want "a serious relationship". It is very slightly better than just saying you want "a relationship" but think about what you are putting across!

A serious relationship: we never laugh.
A serious relationship: drawn up by international treaty.
A serious relationship: you want to discuss international politics and how to make the world a better place.
A serious relationship: you want your partner to commit but you don't want marriage (or you'd have said so).
A serious relationship: you don't want your partner to treat your one-night stand as meaningless.

Don't you have some better idea of what sort of life you want to lead? Have you no experience or imagination to describe what you are looking for better than being like 90% of other men or women who say the same thing?

I bought half a dozen various bottle beers for last Christmas. Then didn't drink any until March and still have one left.

If it's a deal-breaker for you, then don't look for long-haired women.

If it is just a preference, then when talking with her there is likely to be some point you can mention it if you want, particularly if she brings up the subject, such as telling you she's going to get a trim, or wondering about colouring her hair.

If a woman asks me what colour dress I like her in best, I'll tell her, but if she doesn't care (yet) what I think then my opinion doesn't matter. Meanwhile there are far more important things about her.

If I were wanting children, I would be very concerned if a woman had taken these experimental substances.

If a woman wants children, then I think there is need to be concerned over even the possibility of secondary affection by an mRNA carrier, let alone the quality of his sperm if he is to be the father.

Otherwise, I don't think there is likely to be much physical danger. Of course there could be some but there is always some chance of danger in interacting with a new person.

When it comes to the attitude over the whole mess, well.. that's something else. I try to forgive people being duped, given that most don't understand how the world works and are susceptible to the massive marketing campaign that governments ran to sell private company's products that had barely been tested.

I went out with a model many years ago and if she breathed in, I could close my hands around her waist.

She wasn't unfit, either. She used to cycle everywhere and do regular exercise.

What, Jessica from Vietnam with a profession of 'Hey' ?

Who could mistake her for someone not real?!

Ask yourself why each person you meet does not inspire you.

Once you have an answer to that, you will be close to understanding how to be inspired by others.

From the article:

Ewww!

I think that's the problem, not whether I sleep naked or not.

Me too. I like to sing.

But it's torture for anyone who can't get out of listening range.