Money is essential, but there's so much we aren't taught about it.

In fact, while I was in college, I've racked up $20,000 in credit card debt on top of my student loan.

That was all before I actually learned anything about money.

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So back in March, this LGBTQ center in Houston held an infonight.

It was for people interested in using a sperm donor to conceive.

Around 20 people showed up.

And as everyone sat in folding chairs listening to a doctor, a few lawyers,

this rep from a sperm bank, it seemed like a pretty run-of-the-mill info session.

But then, something unexpected happened.

Right at the end of the night, the rep from the sperm bank announced they were going to play a game.

And the winner, they'd get a free vile of sperm.

And to be clear, the winner wasn't just going to walk out with a random dude's sperm.

It's more like a voucher when they're ready to go through the intro-utera

insemination procedure called IUI.

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