Viva Las Vegas!

I don't have much to update on, I'm still a single surrogate over here just waiting to find someone I love that needs my help. It's funny (funny probably isn't the right word), but the same week that I got dumped, another surro friend of mine had a failed transfer and was equally as emotional. We chatted for a bit and decided we should probably just head to Vegas. She has never been, and for me.. well, it's my happy place. My home away from home. So, what started as a silly idea via text has actually become kind of a surrogate retreat and there are now 6 of us going, including the owner of our agency! haha So, that should be fun - we are going next weekend and I'm pretty excited. So at least if I had to have another bump in the road, it will have brought me to Vegas. <3

My agency owner (we will call her W) sent me another profile a few weeks ago. This time it was for a single, gay man in Italy. Let me say, this is all the exact opposites of what I was "looking" for. I had been praying for a hetero couple right here in the states, the closer the better. Well, now that we are officially going on 6 years of this journey, I suppose it's time to be a little more open minded. I looked over his profile and he seemed great, so I figured "why not?" and agreed to a match meeting. A match meeting is basically just a skype date to get to know each other, ask questions, see how you both feel on a few important topics, etc. There's no obligation to move forward, it's really just to gauge if you should be moving forward, if that makes sense? 

Anyway, our meeting was scheduled for Monday, but unfortunately it was canceled. It turned out, Italy has some pretty crazy strict laws... like, gay and singles can't even adopt or foster children. Just for example. So, with that said... Texas is also a little goofy. Texas is considered a post birth order state, meaning my name will go on the birth certificate until after the baby is born and the IP(s) request to change it. For me, this is no big deal because I know there's no chance I'm going to try to keep a baby that isn't mine. But for a total stranger to trust me on that, well... I would understand if they were reluctant. There are certainly other places where it's made a bit easier, like California for example. In CA, my name would never even touch the birth certificate because it's a pre birth order state. The IP's name would be on it from the very beginning (as it should, in my opinion). So, all that to say that Mr. Italy needed to chat with a Texas attorney to make sure he understood the process and how it would work in conjunction to the silly Italian laws. W wanted to make sure that he was totally comfortable with the process and working with a TX surrogate before she let us communicate and potentially fall in love. So, for now... I'm just waiting to hear back on how that goes. 

Go ahead and continue sending those positive vibes. Still need them!! XO