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Are most men not whiling to adopt? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 months ago by choihanna@lemmy.zip to c/askmen@lemmy.world

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The only way I'll ever have children is through adoption but it seems most guys want biological children.

Most of the guys I met would say that they fear that they wouldn't see an adopted child as theirs which honestly breaks my heart a little.

I did some research and apparently most adoptive parents generally chose that option because the man is infertile, not the other way around.

So it would seem like most men are only contemplating adoption if they're infertile themselves but if their partner is they'll prefer to just get a different girlfriend over adopting kids.

Let me know if you think this is not the case, I want to believe you.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

I, personally, am not most men (Citation needed?). However, I have a couple of anecdotal points of reference to go by:

Two of my cousins are adopted, and I've never gotten the impression that my uncle was uncomfortable or anything else negative
I know this family with one biological child, and one adopted. Same goes for them.
Personally I haven't thought much about it, tbh. I have four biological kids of my own, so it's not something I seriously needed to evaluate. I guess in an alternate reality, adoption would be a theoretical possibility, but it's hard for me to say for sure.

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