[Dennis Kalma]

OK, I gotta ask the esteemed intelligentsia on this forum.

I have a friend, strictly platonic (I am married) who just announced to the world that she is pregnant. OK, fine, only odd thing is that she went out and got herself artificially inseminated as there was "no man in her life". Intent apparently is to raise the kid on her own.

I guess I am so shocked by this as she is one of the most intelligent people I have met, albeit somewhat of a flake....but isn't there enough kids being raised by single parents in the world already?

My thoughts are torn between walking away and never seeing her again or seeing what I can do to assist. Part of me thinks that this was the most selfish thing anyone could do (her opinion is that she always wanted to be a parent and have the fun of raising a kid) and the ultimate in narcissistic behaviour and part of me (the fundamentalist Christian part) helping her in spite of the mistake I think she has made.....

Are there other points of view? THoughts?