So it's not just the cringeworthy stuff of a Katherine Heigl movie. Say you're a career gal. You've spent years building it up. You've been in and out of love but for whatever reason, it just didn't pan out. You want kids, yet don't want to go it on your own.
It happens to plenty of us. Until now, there hasn't been a viable solution. A new dating site aims to help you find Mr Right...Dad (or Mom).
The New York-based site, Modamily, dubs itself as the “first community to facilitate introductions between responsible, like-minded adults committed to co-parenting a child.” Already the site has seen about 20,000 visitors, surprisingly 70 per cent of them being heterosexual men in their 40s and 50s.
“Being a career woman in such a complex world, finding a good, honest, loving man is really hard,” a woman only identified as Melani told ABC. “And I always wanted a child, ever since I was 11 and babysat.”
Co-parents don't have to fall in love to be good parents, so the theory goes. Prospective partners can decide on the means to the impregnation end.
“Some might have sex, others might use home insemination methods or, if they have the financial means, opt for in vitro fertilization,” said CEO and founder Ivan Fatovic, who sees the partnerships as more responsible than people "marrying someone they're not crazy about and [getting] divorced in a few years.”
The business side involves a co-parenting contract, outlining how the child will be raised, with detailed information about religion, time commitments and financial obligations.”
Should parenting be run with a business ethos? Cold and calculated or a pragmatic sign of the times?
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