Mrs. TBF and I decided a LONG time ago that we didn't want to have children. When we first got married, we thought we'd eventually start a family. But we decided to wait three years. Before we knew it, our third wedding anniversary was upon us. We talked about it, but we decided we weren't ready and that we'd wait a couple more years.
Fifth anniversary? Nope...still not ready.
Seventh anniversary? Nope...too busy raising three cats and a dog.
When we were in Hawai'i in 1997 celebrating our tenth anniversary we talked about the whole "starting a family thing" and we decided then and there that neither one of us really wanted to be a parent...ever! Of course, it wasn't until last year that I took the "final step" to ensure that I would never father a child.
OK...too much info.
Although I'm 100% happy with the decision to not become a father, there is that teeny-weeny voice in the back of my head that wonders what our children would have looked like. Today, while reading some blogs, I came across a website that allows one to upload two pictures to see what their children would look like. The site is:
www.makemebabies.com
According to the website, our son would have looked
like this. I have to admit that I was a bit alarmed to find that we would have produced a son with a lopsided face. But I have to admit that the hair color is pretty close to the color of my hair when I was growing up.
Our daughter would have looked
like this. She actually would have been kind of cute. After seeing these two pictures, I definitely would have preferred a cute girl to a son with a freakishly lopsided face.
Of course, curiosity got the best of me and...
Here would be the result of the immaculate conception (ABSOLUTELY NO MATING WOULD BE INVOLVED) between...
me and King. It's strange that I never noticed, but apparently King is black. Who knew?
Had my man-seed somehow fertilized a Scotch egg...
THIS would have been the rather unfortunate offspring.
And last but not least...
Had I somehow managed to clone myself, the result would have been...
...a child who looks absolutely nothing like me whatsoever!
Although...I do like to swim!
Many thanks go out to our friends (and King) who held a surprise birthday party for me at our apartment upon our return from Amalfi this past Saturday evening. Thanks for all the nice gifts (totally not necessary!), and an extra special thanks for all the party prep which included some spatchcock (butterflied) chicken and an extra-special birthday cake.
According to the website, our son would have looked like this. I have to admit that I was a bit alarmed to find that we would have produced a son with a lopsided face. But I have to admit that the hair color is pretty close to the color of my hair when I was growing up.
Our daughter would have looked like this. She actually would have been kind of cute. After seeing these two pictures, I definitely would have preferred a cute girl to a son with a freakishly lopsided face.
Had my man-seed somehow fertilized a Scotch egg...THIS would have been the rather unfortunate offspring.
Had I somehow managed to clone myself, the result would have been...