Jobthingy called me this afternoon and asked if I had seen the story about the woman attempting to sell her child for a car. I hadn't, so I Googled it and was instantly enlightened. It appears that this is more common than I had originally thought.
While my instant reaction was unfavourable, my second was one of curiosity. What drives someone to sell their baby for a vehicle? (That pun was completely intended and I will chuckle at it once again when I re-read and edit this post.) So I read the stories with awe and just have to comment on a few things.
Ok, well, here's my take on it. Other than the obvious, that selling a baby isn't necessarily the nicest thing a mother could do, there's also another problem with this set-up: If you're going to trade a baby, why - WHY, for the love of all things right and good in the world - would you trade for a Dodge Intrepid?
It's a Dodge.
Intrepid.
Not even a good Dodge. If you can find such a thing.
And it's used, even.
So you grow a baby for nine months, push it out of your hooha or have it sliced out of your abdomen, feed it and clothe it, and then trade it for a down payment on a used domestic car? Me thinks her brain is about as sharp as a butter knife.
If I were doing the woman's psych evaluation, I would most definitely include the aforementioned observations in her file.
And that is probably why I have not been hired to do psych evaluations, come to think of it.
Now, these people are also in the selling-child-for-down-payment game:
Ok. At this point I'm left with even more questions. Who in their right mind would pay for a 15-month-old toddler? A toddler! Terror tots! Do they not know how difficult it is to have a a defiant baby and no vehicle with which to drop them off with a relative for much-needed down time? Does this guy really have so many criminal charges that he needs to sell a baby to pay them off? Are there not fines for trying to sell children, too? Are they less than his previous criminal charges? Am I the only one willing to place bets that the trashy step-dad watches and perhaps has even appeared on Jerry Springer?
Nowhere in these articles does it mention whether or not the babies were teething, constipated, pulling things of shelves or biting - all things that might sometimes make parents contemplate putting their baby up on eBay..
I'll tell you one thing, though. No matter how much Spawnling cries, no matter how often he complains because he's teething, or constipated, or both (like today)... He's worth at least a Toyota. At least. Maybe even a Nissan.
While my instant reaction was unfavourable, my second was one of curiosity. What drives someone to sell their baby for a vehicle? (That pun was completely intended and I will chuckle at it once again when I re-read and edit this post.) So I read the stories with awe and just have to comment on a few things.
Baby Sold To Buy Car (source)
...Nicole Uribe-Lopez, who is 23, is accused of trading her five month old boy to Jose-Juan Lerma, 47, and his wife, Irene, 27, in exchange for the down payment on a used Dodge Intrepid and an unspecified amount of cash, police said...
Ok, well, here's my take on it. Other than the obvious, that selling a baby isn't necessarily the nicest thing a mother could do, there's also another problem with this set-up: If you're going to trade a baby, why - WHY, for the love of all things right and good in the world - would you trade for a Dodge Intrepid?
It's a Dodge.
Intrepid.
Not even a good Dodge. If you can find such a thing.
And it's used, even.
So you grow a baby for nine months, push it out of your hooha or have it sliced out of your abdomen, feed it and clothe it, and then trade it for a down payment on a used domestic car? Me thinks her brain is about as sharp as a butter knife.
If I were doing the woman's psych evaluation, I would most definitely include the aforementioned observations in her file.
And that is probably why I have not been hired to do psych evaluations, come to think of it.
Now, these people are also in the selling-child-for-down-payment game:
OWENSBORO, Ky. — A couple are charged with trying to sell a 15-month-old girl for $3,000 and a sport-utility vehicle.
Charles G. Hope Jr., 32, and Amber M. Revlett, 26, both of Owensboro, planned to use the money to pay off his fines for previous criminal charges, said Daviess County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Thompson. They were arrested Friday.
Ok. At this point I'm left with even more questions. Who in their right mind would pay for a 15-month-old toddler? A toddler! Terror tots! Do they not know how difficult it is to have a a defiant baby and no vehicle with which to drop them off with a relative for much-needed down time? Does this guy really have so many criminal charges that he needs to sell a baby to pay them off? Are there not fines for trying to sell children, too? Are they less than his previous criminal charges? Am I the only one willing to place bets that the trashy step-dad watches and perhaps has even appeared on Jerry Springer?
Nowhere in these articles does it mention whether or not the babies were teething, constipated, pulling things of shelves or biting - all things that might sometimes make parents contemplate putting their baby up on eBay..
I'll tell you one thing, though. No matter how much Spawnling cries, no matter how often he complains because he's teething, or constipated, or both (like today)... He's worth at least a Toyota. At least. Maybe even a Nissan.