How strong is your impulse to have a biological child?

How strong is your impulse to have a biological child?
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I do have a desire to have a biological child. It’s not that strong, but it would be nice. However, since I am gay, that is going to be a lot less likely to happen. If only two men could have a child together… But I would be perfectly willing to adopt. I have no problem with that and if that ends up being what I do, I won’t be surprised. I do know that I want to have kids eventually. Male, 17
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