Thanks, all! I get a little "karma chuckle" out of the fact that when my daughter is accepting her degree <knock on wood!> on a nice sunny lawn far, far, away with me in the audience, my ex-husband will be filling out paperwork for his preemie twins to begin Kindergarten. He told me in vitro was done because he didn't think it would "take" and he wanted to appease his wife by trying. No offense to older parents on here, but the mere thought of twin Kindergarteners at the age of 50 exhausts me just thinking about it!
Bravo to your post, Daviban, especially the last paragraph. COMPLETELY the deadbeat's loss!! Good luck to her and all the other kids, with an extra hug for those who had to endure more than your typical "normal" childhood angst.