When the alarm on a woman's biological clock starts ringing, no snooze button on earth can truly turn the thing off.
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Just ask Zoe. Sure, some folks might assume that she already owns everything the average Manhattanite could want: a comfortable apartment, a thriving business, the looks of Jennifer Lopez. But Zoe feels like something's missing ... something small and warm and burpy.
No, no. We're not talking about a Boston terrier. She already has one of those. She wants a baby. And since she's not in a relationship, she sets up a date with a fertility specialist and a vial of sperm.
Wouldn't you know it, the day--nay, the very hour--after her first clinical rendezvous, Zoe runs into Stan, a hunk-a-hunk-a-hunky cheese farmer from upstate. Edam! Zoe exclaims to herself. He's just too gouda to be true! But too true he is, just like a nice, ripe feta, and it's not long before they're going on picture-perfect dates, spending long weekends on the cheese farm and falling in love.
Oh, yeah, and growing a baby, too.
When Stan first finds out, he sours a bit on the whole relationship. But not wanting to be a curd, he decides to stick around, molding true love out of an unusual baby-makes-three arrangement.
Which leaves us with just one question: If it's a boy, will they name him Colby?
Positive Elements
We don't see Zoe interact much with children, even after she has them. (She delivers twins.) But we do know that she dotes on her dog--supplying the canine (whose back legs don't work) with special carts so he can walk/wheel himself around. And not once considering abortion as an option--even when Stan goes a little green at the thought of having kids--her yen for them is nice, so far as it goes.
But the real hero here is Stan. Once he comes to grips with the fact that kids are on their way, he does everything he can to support his ever-expanding sweetie--dealing with her cravings, her neuroses and, for a time, even her omnipresent full-body pillow. He contracts a custom-made stroller and manfully breeches the great unknown with a sense of understated sacrifice and humor.
When Zoe asks him why he would want to deal with her children, he answers, "Because I love their mommy--and what I want more than anything else in the world is to be their daddy."
Cheesy? Naturally. But admirably so--as is the fact that the two eventually marry.
SOURCE: Plugged In - Paul Asay
