Baby Daddy

The Proposal

Suppose you are a man (this is important to the point being made). You go on a date with a woman who is out of your league. She has some combination of beauty, intelligence, humor, popularity, status, and wealth that would normally preclude a relationship between you two, or at least make it unstable since she has, honestly speaking, better options. Let's also assume that she is seen as a high-value partner in your eyes, not just general opinion. She is kind to you, treats you with respect, and there is some personal chemistry. Now she makes the following deal (as indirectly and subtly as custom requires):

-She will donate an egg that is to be fertilized with your sperm. 

-The fertilized egg will be gestated by a surrogate mother, whose free cooperation and compensation she will provide for.

-When the child is born, it will be taken care of and raised by you. She will pay for about 2/3 of the expenses for the both of you, so unless you're ready to lower your living standard a bit, you will have to be a working single parent eventually.

This is of course just a gender-flipped version of an arrangement that women have been presented with throughout all of history, and that some have gone along with. That is, having a child with a wealthier man out of wedlock (he is most likely married to someone else), but with his financial support. The mechanics are a bit different, but the pros and cons from your perspective are the same.