Falling for Your Sperm Donor

Modern Love

The New York Times

Love, New York Times, Nytimes, Essay, Loss, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Redemption, Nyt

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Rex and Katharine met on a trip in South Dakota. She wanted a baby; he did not. Could he be a sperm donor? No problem. The agreement was simple. They would both get what they wanted: Katharine would raise her baby in California, and Rex would continue his life as a builder and tinker in Michigan. Then, they fell in love. After hearing Katharine’s story, Anna Martin, our host, talks with Rex about changing his mind, unlearning generational lessons and raising a son who is comfortable asking his dad questions.

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0:00.0	Love now and...
0:04.0	You're falling love, man.
0:05.0	It's not my love.
0:06.0	It's stronger than anything.
0:08.0	I feel the love.
0:09.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:12.0	You're too much.
0:14.0	From The New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:17.0	This is Modern Love.
0:20.0	Today's essay is about a woman who knows she wants a baby.
0:24.0	She just needs to figure out how she's going to get pregnant.
0:28.0	The essay is called Seeking a Father for My Child, Relationship optional.
0:34.0	Written by Catherine Dionne and read by Frankie Corso.
0:44.0	Two days before I left South Dakota,
0:46.0	Raksandaisat talking beneath the open hatchback of my car.
0:50.0	In the distance, a lightning storm moved toward us
0:53.0	over the open expanse of the Great Plains.
0:56.0	He was talking passionately about lithium batteries.
1:01.0	I considered myself someone who could be interested in almost anything,
1:05.0	especially when I was attracted to the person.
1:08.0	But I asked myself,
1:10.0	did I care about batteries?
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