A week or so ago, we had a very interesting thread on human organ donation. NYC was kind enough to offer an alternative view which, though I still hold my original position, has brought with it some degree of enlightenment and wider perspective on this issue. Thanks to all the posters as well.
I have since then read up more on the current situation of organ donation and the tens of thousand of people around the world still waiting each day for those vital, life-saving organs as well as the various world-wide organizations dedicated to helping these people. I am now more aware of the seriousness and consequences of situation. In such respect I would not want to seem as if I am making light of this dilemma, but for the sake of debate, I would like to offer a twist on a related topic...


Suppose your wife, husband, sweetheart, lover, whatever, came home one evening and told you that he heard through a mutual friend that their ex (your partner's ex, that is) was suffering from a life threatening disease of the (let's say) Kidney and unless he/she receive a donor organ they would die. Based on that, your partner would like to go and test out to determine if they would be a likely match as an organ donor for that person.

What would be your response?

If they did confirm organ compatability, would you be fine with them donating the organ to their ex?

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True loves comes quietly without fanfare or flashing lights. If you hear bells, go get your ears checked.

If that was the choice of my partner I would fully support it, no questions asked.

Me?????

Boy, Mi sarry, yu know. But mi naw promise dem dat mi wudd agree wid dat!.Maybe if he was the father if her children (per se) I might not be so harsh about it. Mi still no tink me wuddnt agree in the end though.

Very tough decision to make.

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True loves comes quietly without fanfare or flashing lights. If you hear bells, go get your ears checked.

Well its his organ...and I would fully support his choice to donate, same way I would expect him to support my choice not to donate mine....we don't have to be of one mind on every issue in order to support each others wishes....D is very humanitarian and I actually could really see him making that kind of choice....its the mother of his first born son.....of course i would support it.

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If she want to donate her organ, I wouldn't really have no talk. Now if she keep going over to his house "to visit her organ" then dat different.

co-sign lol

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