From “just another reason to be ashamed to be a baby boomer” file: Arrested development case Walter Klein and his “girlfriend” Susan Joncha. Is it just me, or does it seem ridiculous for anyone over 50 to be a “girlfriend” or a “boyfriend?” If you haven’t read about these two mopes and their Christmas tug-of-war over two adopted Chinese girls, ages 2 and 6, check out today’s Chicago Sun-Times.

We first read about Klein and Joncha in last Sunday’s Sun-Times. There we learned the following facts:

• They started dating in 1992.
• In 2001 they moved to Tucson (another red flag).
• They went to China together, picked up the first child, and returned to Tucson to resume shacking up.
• In 2005, they went back for a second helping of Chinese (you know what they say about Chinese and getting hungry an hour later), and returned to Chicago.
• They broke up just before Christmas 2005.

Walter Klein, 56, claims he is the girls’ “father,” and is therefore entitled to visit them on Christmas. That’s what the lawsuit was all about. Yesterday Mr. Klein was confronted with reality in the form of Judge Leida Santiago’s verdict, wisely denying him any visitation.

Most of you are probably wondering why these two didn’t just get married, as quaint as they may sound to hipsters like them. Here’s the answer, as reported in the Sun-Times. “Klein was married once before and did not like it, he said.” Which part don’t you like, Mr. Klein? The responsibility? The commitment? You seem to like the benefits of having a wife and family, but that other stuff, …not so much. “I want to see my kids. Whaaa! Whaaa! Whaaa!,” you whine. My answer to you is grow up. We’re trying to have a civilization here, and marriage is the glue that holds it together. If you want to make a mockery of the fundamental building block of our society, you can just sit home alone on Christmas sucking on a frozen Swanson’s turkey dinner for all I care. If you love your “children,” you’d want them to have the best, which includes married parents, but I have a feeling that this is all about you, no?

As for the “girlfriend,” Lady, what the !@#$*& were you thinking? “Dating,” as in shacking up, for 13 years? Adopting kids with a guy who was never going to do the right thing for you and for them? You say he was “just a guy [you] dated.” Thank God that the Chinese government is restricting adoptions to prevent dumb bunnies like you from using children as props to play house with guys you “date.” Those commies have more sense than either you or your narcissistic “boyfriend.” Isn’t it great to know that this dingbat is a teacher? There’s a fine example for young people.

Thanks, Judge Leida Santiago, for a common sense ruling.

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