I was reading this article off the magazine during work
& it attracted me
It was on sperm donation
It talked about this girl wanting to meet her 'sperm-donor' father
Not because of money
Just because she wanna know who he is

The article was written by the sperm-donor's wife
Her husband had donated sperm for more than 200 times in his Uni days when he had to pay off his Uni bills
& theoretically, he would have been a father of more than 200 kids
The wife & her husband live very well with their 2 year old toddler
But she never expects the girl to appear at the doorstep calling 'Daddy' one day
& she felt sad when she knew how the girl is gonna enter their life
What's worse, the girl's biological mum (widow) fell in love with the man
But the husband reassured his own wife that nothing will happen
& in the end
Surprisingly
The wife & the other woman become good friends
While the girl become part of the family as a 'step-daughter'

Interesting

Ivan & Lionel ever chatted about sperm donation in front of me
& it was intriguing
Then I asked
"But... if you donate, people use your sperm, meaning you'll have many kids loh?"
Lionel replied
"Good mah..."
"But, dont you feel ...weird that people use your sperms meh?"
"Ok what... you have your genes all over the place..."

I didnt know Lionel can talk genetically
True
Genes are all over
Your genes are passed down & diversified
Mixing with other good genes to produce a super kid
& by doing so
Probably every kid on the street may be your child
But
What makes it different from polygamy?
You provide sperms for many women under the microscope
Which sounds equivalent that you have successful sexual intercourses with many women
Just that you wont be labelled a 'fucker'

I felt uneasy about that thought

If I have a man I love
That gene must truly belong to me, or ours
This is, of course, why humans are termed monogamy
At least for most of us

The sperm bank stores more than zillions epidorff tubes of sperm
Which help infertile men/couples to fulfil their wish of having a baby
Come to think of it
Having a sperm bank is a form of ex-situ conservation
Which is common on endangered animals so as to reduce inbreeding within the limited size population
But
Are human endangered?
Then what is the sperm bank for?

Enlighten this woman who thinks too much at 1am