cool, we can go with that. and it can be a mystery about if it is his or not. obviously she will know and whomever else she wants to know, but i would like to play him in the dark about it and surprised when he shows back up. he is almost 27 and has been gone since he left before his first year of college, so the kid should probably be like... does the math... if she got pregnant like the summer of 2000 (he would have been 18 and getting ready to head off to college) then the child would be 8 1/2ish?