Something I'm surprised Lisa even mentioned here that needs some clarification where she's concerned has to do with one of the most controversial topics out there,being pregnant with a black baby. The fact that she can talk about it now is a positive sign. there was a long period of time when she couldn't.
It's a safe bet that Lisa isn't aware of much of the mindless,racist garbage that's out there on the subject. She's seen enough to upset her,but I don't think she's more than scratched the surface,and my suggestion is that she doesn't.
Lisa's reasons for wanting to have black men's babies,ideally two of them according to her fantasy family when she was in her twenties,early thirties,couldn't be more different from the racist views that are so prevalent on the subject. This is really hard for me too,but since she put it out there,I'll do my best to explain how it happened,but didn't. The most important thing I want to say before I start from the beginning is that if Lisa had gotten her wish,the black babies would've gotten exactly the same love and care that our only baby did. The fact that some of the black soldiers were so good with our baby wasn't insignificant in Lisa's wanting to be pregnant with theirs either.
From the beginning:
Although we should have,we didn't talk about anything having to do with pregnancy,babies,family,and such until several months after we married. Lisa was an "Army Hotwife" from the beginning,but we used the "Open Marriage" term then. Her period was late,and she asked me the question: "What if I'm pregnant or get pregnant and it's not your baby,or we're not sure whether or not it's your baby?"....Going on to say that she could never give up her baby...that she thought she would eventually want to start a family,but that she wanted to wait a few years. All heavy stuff for me,and I had to think seriously about all of it. I decided that we would raise her baby as if it was mine too,regardless of whether was or not. I promised I would never ask her to give up a baby. No conditions.
Fast forward two years,or a little more than two years: Lisa's confirmed pregnant
Lisa's been living with black guys for about two years and fucking around the clock. In addition to that,she's been on a short vacation back home with one of them and fucked almost a dozen of his homies,....and forgot to take her pills with her.
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I hadn't been home for weeks,since well before her last period,so there was no question that she was pregnant with a black baby.
We were both shaken a lot at first. We weren't prepared for a baby. Lisa loved the way she was living. I wasn't home much,and couldn't change that for at least another year or two. In no way were either of us ready for a baby,but Lisa was pregnant,and the baby would be black.
We both calmed down after having some time to let it soak in. We would do what we had to do. People on post would know the baby was black,but that was all they would know. They would think Lisa had a black boyfriend,and that would be it. There was nothing we could do about that,but we could tell the folks back home that we adopted. We couldn't have gotten away with that forever,but that was our plan.
In a short time,Lisa's concerns were gone and she was giddy about being pregnant. She changed her patterns,making sure she ate the right foods,reading about caring for a baby and so on. She hadn't started with the baby clothes,but that wouldn't have waited much longer either. She was already checking her image in the mirror. She thought she was showing,but that was unlikely. She probably wasn't far enough along to have been showing. It's more likely that she was so excited about being pregnant with her first baby that she imagined her baby bump.
When Lisa miscarried,she was devastated. Losing a baby is probably terrible for most women,and maybe even worse when it's their first.
In the next several years there were at least three more miscarriages,all happening before Lisa was sure she was pregnant. If she was seriously upset then,I couldn't tell. I think the damage had already been done.
Lisa hasn't said it in so many words. This is my best analysis of her feelings,and it's possible that I'm wrong. But,I think much of her wanting to be pregnant and carry a black baby to full term was hoping to compensate for the loss of her first baby.
That's the best I can do. I hope I got it straight to Lisa's satisfaction,regardless of what anyone else thinks.