How do you define family? If you want to be as happy as the folks on these pages, we’d encourage you to see it for what it can be: a marvelous, occasionally messy collection of partners, parents, exes, siblings, babies, and best friends—all bonded by that most powerful glue...love.
”I LIVE IN MANHATTAN with two men—neither is my husband. In fact, they’re in love with each other. One is my best friend, Chris, whom I’ve known since we were 12, and the other is his partner, Curt; they’ve been together for three decades. When we were in our mid-30s, I was single and Chris was already with Curt. But we all wanted a child, which led to a plan: Chris and I would make a baby together. Not the traditional way— we did artificial insemination DIY-style, with help from a sterilized measuring cup, a homemade ovulation calendar, and a turkey baster.
After three months of trying, I got pregnant in August 2001. Chris and Curt were driving back from Fire Island, where they were renting a summer house, and I called to say, “You won’t be able to take that house next summer because we’re going to have a baby.” Lily was born in April 2002; when I was in the delivery room, someone asked Chris who he was. He said, “I’m the father.” Then Curt said, “And I’m the other father.”
Though we all lived in the same city, our apartments were 21 blocks apart, meaning Lily was shuttled back and forth constantly. After about ten months, we said, “This is crazy.” Everybody wanted to be with the baby, which meant we needed to live in the same place.
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