Really,

Sure of your facts

No way

Yes

u can in certain jurisdictions

Doe eyed. Please do what your mind tells you.

I hope to marry someone like you with a good heart.

Let us know what you decide.

@Topic,To adopt just because s/he is single and childless is a NO NO but to adopt cos of the existence of geninue love and longing for children?YES please.

I started fostering when I was single.Today,one of my foster daughters is happily married.I can't quantify the joy i feel whenever i remember our journey.Every child deserves some love!

I really want to but i don't know how to go about it, pls help

@POSTER,

If you have a strong feeling urging you to do it, pls go ahead.

Yes, the little kid needs help today, you dont know what God has in store for him and how he will be a blessing to you in the future.

For the people you are looking up to who might not sign on, pray and it and talk to them. You will be surprised, they will support you all the way.

woodcook:

@doe-eyed and JUO abeg make una no break my head ooh. for naija i really no understand hw someone wey dey single wan adopt pikin. make u help me arrange the thinking coz the thing pass my power. u fit still give pikin better life even if u no adopt the pikin. the matter pass my power instead to break my head make una tear d gist down to my level. No use emotion levels abeg talk wetin get sense so i no go para for u.

Eltonluigi:

There is no way somebody who's single can adopt a child legally, Is just as crazy as a gay couple adopting a child.

Now read this

ifyalways:

@Topic,To adopt just because s/he is single and childless is a NO NO but to adopt cos of the existence of geninue love and longing for children?YES please.

I started fostering when I was single.Today,one of my foster daughters is happily married.I can't quantify the joy i feel whenever i remember our journey.Every child deserves some love!

woodcook:

@doe-eyed and JUO abeg make una no break my head ooh. for naija i really no understand hw someone wey dey single wan adopt pikin. make u help me arrange the thinking coz the thing pass my power. u fit still give pikin better life even if u no adopt the pikin. the matter pass my power instead to break my head make una tear d gist down to my level. No use emotion levels abeg talk wetin get sense so i no go para for u.

Eltonluigi:

There is no way somebody who's single can adopt a child legally, Is just as crazy as a gay couple adopting a child.

Now read this

ifyalways:

@Topic,To adopt just because s/he is single and childless is a NO NO but to adopt cos of the existence of geninue love and longing for children?YES please.

I started fostering when I was single.Today,one of my foster daughters is happily married.I can't quantify the joy i feel whenever i remember our journey.Every child deserves some love!

@Poster
It depends on which country you are located in. If it is in Nigeria, I am not sure. In the states, yes you can legally adopt the child as a single person as long as you can prove that you are financially stable.

yeah,may b he or she got no spouse,wats d big dead.i dont knw.

YES, I can!

☺₣ course, I've always wanted to adopt

Adoption isn't the end of the world. If some people can and want to adopt children I do not see that as an issue.

certainly, but under my own terms!

What's the big deal there self? Some people don't want to be married and they want kids so why can't they adopt? Some want kids znd are not yet married and they want to adopt so what's the big deal? As long as you can meet they requirements of the government(if it is the Lagos state government, then you are in for a very strict process), whats the bid deal there?

@ sauer,
What might those terms be , if I may ask.

Lool@@Mynd_44 intending to adopt kids. Two things would be involved #1 educating them on surfing NL 24/7 #2 molesting and starving them to death. So which one bruv?

Haba

@doe-eyed. I could, i possibly will, but am not going for some random kid. . .well, at least not when i can determine the circumstances. I'd go for an intelligent kid, well past infancy.

I'm actually thinking of adopting a child pretty soon. .lol

The way you keep saying "he is so cute" simply shows your subconscious thinks he is a pet like having a cute hamster in the house.

REALITY101:

Lool@@Mynd_44 intending to adopt kids. Two things would be involved #1 educating them on surfing NL 24/7 #2 molesting and starving them to death. So which one bruv?

The only reason I am surfung NL 24/7 is because of the Strike

@1st citizen,

His cuteness is only an endearing factor. I did mention he was intelligent too. Of course, he is no hamster. He's a little boy that needs all the love, hardwork n sacrifice needed to give him a better future.

I'm not oblivious to the fact, its a huge undertaking. But I prefer to take it one day at a time, otherwise the very thought would scare one off.

It's a journey hopeful of ending at an excellent pre-determined destination, one I hope to enjoy whilst on the way, and on arriving at the endpoint.

@ sauer,

what age would you consider well past infancy, 2ndly would u adopt as a single person

Comes in
No answers
Whistles on

Walks in
completely enjoying the movement of Doe-eyed backside and decided to keep walking benind her

My backside or the nearest NEPA pole ur checking out.
U neva sent a reply.

M44,
Which kind advice u dey give abelraph.
Send discharge leta to him wife.

How for do?
The mere fact the woman dey tell am say only one thing,,  "old boi do something na, n quick too"  .
She still is keen on him otherwise she go don find real person dey do it for am.
I agree the way she's going about it is rather silly, but maybe she don talk tire.

At least if after a formal setting, there's still a problem, at least its on record, he made an effort

@ topic

I may sound archaic but I still think the traditional family: male figure + female figure; is the best for a child's upbringing.

Doesn't really matter whether they are hetero o homo as long as each partner has a role to play.

^^^
Agree about that trad family role,

have reservations re: same sex scenarios particularly if no gender change has taken place.

But in the absence of a balanced hetero scenario, a loving environment nurturing his potential
has to be acceptable.

doe-eyed:

@ sauer,

what age would you consider well past infancy, 2ndly would u adopt as a single person

past infancy? that'l be like 6-7 years, let's say. I'd like him to be well aware he's being adopted. Not by telling him to his face, though.
Secondly, yes indeed, I can adopt as a single person. In fact, I'd love that. If I took a wife, it'll only be natural to have her have the baby, since I intend to keep only 1 child. I'll only consider adoption when it's impracticable/impossible for the wife to have the baby.
I sincerely look forward to training a child, while living my own life.

michelin89:

@ topic

I may sound archaic but I still think the traditional family: male figure + female figure; is the best for a child's upbringing.

Doesn't really matter whether they are hetero o homo as long as each partner has a role to play.

yes, you do sound archaic! The traditional family expired a long time ago, the same way letter writing evaporated with the emergence of social networking, SMS and mobile phones. Change is man's only option in this highly dynamical world, and only when that change is in the progressive direction can man thump his chest and say (s)he has achieved!