Why vasectomies should be legally enforced

[Courtney Parker]

The one that started it all - William Ray Reynolds (47)
Courtney's perspective - "I mean, I supposed that you could say that he's my 'dad' like he went to my first soccer game when I was little and he always paid his child support. I never really saw him so I don't consider him anything more than just the assistant in my creation and that's okay with me. I'm not interested in becoming a 'Reynolds' nor do I think that I ever will be. I mean there's a reason that I have my stepfather's last name and not his. The only thing that he had to do with my name was my first name which is after some stripper that he met."


The first wife - Sophia Louise Parker (42)
Courtney's perspective - "I could never thank her enough for giving me the life that I deserved even if it meant possibly doing it on her own. She filed for divorced from my 'father' the day that she found out that she was pregnant and got married my stepfather about two days before I was born. I appreciate how she found a man who would love and support us both because he didn't have to be the father that he was to me."


Me - Courtney Fiona Parker (24)
"I'm a mess and I'm scared that I'm becoming my father's daughter... Maybe nature does play a bigger role than 'nurture'."

[Beatrice Reynolds]

The second wife wife - Kendra Marie Roberts (42)
William married Kendra the day that his divorce was finalized and never spoke of the situation again. She has never once meet her former stepdaughter and calls her the bastard spawn from the north which is also why her children are not close to their sister. They got divorced after almost nineteen years of marriage when their children - Annabel was nineteen at the time, Bee was fourteen, Esme & Cooper were twelve, Peyton was eleven and Lorelai was ten.

Annabel Joy Jacobs - (24)
Annabel and Courtney were conceived on the same day and were born exactly three hours apart at the same hospital. William chose not to visit his dark haired beauty and focused on his blonde cutie. If you ask him today then he'll happily tell you that he has no regrets. He did what he thought was best.

Beatrice Elaine Reynolds - (19)
Why 'Bee' - William couldn't spell Beatrice until she was three years old and 'Bee' was easier to remember when he was drunk anyway.

Collages coming up for -
Esme Faith Reynolds - 17
Why 'Faith' - Kendra suggested 'Faith' as in 'I have Faith in you that you'll really get a vasectomy this time around and not lie'

Cooper Ray Reynolds - 17
He was named after his father and 'Cooper' was the name of some guy that his mother dated in high school. Awkward, yes but 'Esme' is after a prostitute so it's better than that.

Peyton Hope Reynolds - 16
Why Hope - William got to pick her middle name and blatantly suggested hope because "I /Hope/ this is our last child"

Lorelai Kathleen Reynolds - 15
The babiest baby according to her father who openly states that the sun and the moon shine on his baby girl.

Prescott James Roberts - 10
How is he ten if Kendra and William didn't divorce until Esme and Cooper were 12? William knew that his wife was pregnant but chose not to comment or question it. He also knew that she was having a long-term affair but again didn't question it. He wanted nothing to do with the 'other baby' and didn't even fight when she gave birth and announced that she was giving him the last name of her boyfriend. The final years of their marriage were mostly for financial reasons along with the fact that Roy was constantly away on business and she didn't want to take care of all of her children completely on her own. She waited to leave until the second that her divorce was final and immediately rushed to get married shortly after Prescott turned 5. They obviously shielded their children from this side of the drama and they are still not fully aware of what went on during this time. (I loosely based this off of something that actually happened irl to someone I knew)

The best husband ever - Jonathan Jacob Russel
He's perfect in every single way.

Unrelated but still a true brother - Mark Armando Daniels - 17
Everyone in the family thinks of him as just as much of a brother as Cooper. He's perfect.