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“Guessing Game” as related by Dreammaker

Micki! I’m so glad you called.

No, the reason I never called is your mother's restraining order.

No, it’s been in place since the divorce in 2012.

Well, yes you were part of the reason for the divorce, but not the
cause, No the cause was your mother’s unreasoning stubbornness.

You really want to hear this? You understand that I am very critical of your mother?

Well, it started in 2007 when we first celebrated your conception.
Janice wanted to know if you were a boy or girl and did not want to
wait for development to show in the sonogram.

Yes, at that time a company known as Acu-Gen Bio Lab of Lowell, Mass
had been advertising that their DNA testing was 99.9% accurate. Their
web site listed dozens of clinical studies that they said corroborated
their approach.

No, they claimed that the sequence that they used in their “Baby Gender Mentor” was not quite the same.

Yes, the Federal Trade Commission did have an opinion. They warned buyers to be skeptical of the tests.

The test said that you were a girl. Your mother wanted a girl and in
her way that was that, case settled. She started buying your bedroom
set, clothing and toys. She had your life planned out before you were a
bulge in tummy.

Yes, that was a surprise. Janice started screaming again, I had just
gone through six hours of being lambasted for all that I had done to
her and Janice telling the doctor to make it stop when finally you
appeared. The doctor asked me your name and I said Mickey.

No, Janice had agreed to that name if it was a boy, before the test.

I know the birth certificate says female, I think your mother talked the nurse into it.

Well things went downhill fast. I tried to get your mother to talk
to counselors but she would not go. That kind of thing does not work if
only one person goes.

Yes, I asked for the divorce and asked for custody. Your mother had
a very good lawyer from the women’s rights group. Not only did they
promise not to charge her if they lost, they won an assignment of their
lawyer’s fees from my accounts and your mom was awarded total custody.

No, I don’t believe that I could have won. The judge found me in
contempt of court when I asked that she examine your privates herself,
to not just read the birth certificate.

Yes, that is when the restraining order was slapped on me.

No your mother never sent me photos or any thing, all I have seen of you was your graduation pictures on the school’s web-blog.

You look quite developed in that picture.

It is all natural!

Oh, you found out that she has had you on hormones for the last six years?

She wouldn’t let you be a tomboy?

Yes, you could try to take this to court, but Micki, consider this.
Perhaps God did have a plan for you, where this was what was needed.
Your mother does love you and the world knows you as you are. Know what
happened and move on.

Yes I want to meet you. NOW? You’re at my door!!