You see a note with it saying, "I have watched you from afar and have seen your good deeds. I am a dieing soul with no family so I can longer afford to take of this child and I refuse to let her wind up in those disgusting adoption centers. I implore you to take care of her on my behalf. There's 20 million in the basket. Enough to get her through childhood and college. You are the last hope" What would you do? Take care of this random child with the 20 mil? Be a scumbag and use the money on yourself? The resources are right there so why not I say.
Honestly, if I knew it to be true on their side and that was all actually real, I would almost certainly raise the baby as my own. Â 20 mil is insane by the way, but hey if they want to give that to me to raise the kid (and live, since it costs money to raise a kid), then fine.
I am neither fit nor willing to take care of a child at this point in my life. Taking that into account, I would question the decision making and mental condition of anyone who watched me and thought otherwise. I would take the 20 mil and leave the child with the proper authorities. I would, however watch over the kid and set 5 mil aside to give to him/her when they grow up.
"dark and stormy night..." Is the "dark" really necessary? Isn't dark pretty characteristic of the vast majority of nights and being so, is a bit redundant as an adjective in this case?
I also usually notice that stormy nights tend to be a bit brighter than other nights due to the flashes of lightning. Unless you're in Alaska or something during their 24hrs of daylight or whatever, but even then that's more of the exception than the norm. So wouldn't it make more sense to describe the night as "bright" when applicable, instead as "dark" when unecessary?
Get rid of the kid to authorites because I don't want one.. And give away the money.. Nobody is just going to give you that much money.. Feels like if I used it, it would be like accepting money from the mob, You're involved forever with something you really don't want to be in.
Can't afford to take care of child but gives you 20 million?
Anyway I would call the police. You can't just randomly have a kid and expect nobody to say anything about it. When you bring him to school they would want proof that you're his guardian.
You only have two choices. Either turn the basket over to the police or use that money to lawyer up immediately cause the government won't just let you be the guardian of a random baby without a string of accusatory questions. Worst yet they will be even more suspicious of the money then the baby. But in the great US of A lawyers are your most powerful weapon.
If someone was actually watching me from afar, there's no way in hell they'd give me guardianship over their child. I'd be totally unfit even with 20 mill.
But I would take the baby and the money, go through the courts and do everyhting proper, last thing I'd want to happen is the Parent coming back in 16 years demanding custody of the child.
If someone was actually watching me from afar, there's no way in hell they'd give me guardianship over their child. I'd be totally unfit even with 20 mill.Rhazakna
They see the inner strength and good you have. Even if you dont!
I would have taken in the child without the 20 mil, but hey, I don't mind incentives.Shottayouth13-
Interesting answers. You two think you got what it takes to raise a kid in your current situations? Nope. But it's better than leaving a child outside in the f*cking rain.
But I would take the baby and the money, go through the courts and do everyhting proper, last thing I'd want to happen is the Parent coming back in 16 years demanding custody of the child.
I'd take the 20 mil, and drop the child off at the nearest orphanage. Donate 1mil to the orphanage, and be done with it. It's not my child, why should I care?
[QUOTE="Nibroc420"]I'd take the 20 mil, and drop the child off at the nearest orphanage. Donate 1mil to the orphanage, and be done with it. It's not my child, why should I care? Where is your honor? Your sense of Justice? This parent entrusted everything to you and you have the gall to take the money and abandon the child at an orphanage, the exact opposite of the last request. Hell, the baby has already grown slightly attached to you. It is your child now
[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"][QUOTE="Nibroc420"]I'd take the 20 mil, and drop the child off at the nearest orphanage. Donate 1mil to the orphanage, and be done with it. It's not my child, why should I care? Where is your honor? Your sense of Justice? This parent entrusted everything to you and you have the gall to take the money and abandon the child at an orphanage, the exact opposite of the last request. Hell, the baby has already grown slightly attached to you. It is your child now 1.) I dont know who left me the child. 2.) I would do it soon enough that the child would not have grown attached. 3.) The a**hole left his kid on my steps, clearly he doesn't care what happens to it.
"dark and stormy night..." Is the "dark" really necessary? Isn't dark pretty characteristic of the vast majority of nights and being so, is a bit redundant as an adjective in this case?
I also usually notice that stormy nights tend to be a bit brighter than other nights due to the flashes of lightning. Unless you're in Alaska or something during their 24hrs of daylight or whatever, but even then that's more of the exception than the norm. So wouldn't it make more sense to describe the night as "bright" when applicable, instead as "dark" when unecessary?
dagreenfish
Some nights are quite bright with the moon and all, and some of the storms we get around here are powerful but small and I have seen the moon during such a storm, so...
...but yeah it's bad form. Reminds me of the opening scene in "Throw Momma from the Train".
Sure, raise the child and use the money on the child and on yourself (mostly for necessities and maybe a little "splurge" here and there, but you shouldn't really spent the money as if it was your own).
I would take the money, burn the note, then call the police and tell them I just found a baby on my steps. I raised my two kids, no way in hell am I raising anymore. But thanks for the money.
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