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PiscesArkansas Mother Sells Naming Rights of Unborn Son on eBay
Fox News: What's in a name? For an expectant mom who's down on her luck, hopefully $25,000 or more.
An Arkansas woman is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes that she will receive enough money to buy a "trustworthy" car and to relieve her sister's burden of supporting her cash-strapped family.
Lavonne Drummond, 36, of Smackover, Ark., a "super small town" in the southern part of the state, says the idea to hawk the first name of her second son "just came to me" while she was thinking of ways out of her economic nightmare.
"It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there's someone out there who could help me out with a good name," Drummond told FOXNews.com. "I'm running out of names."
Drummond -- whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 -- said the proposal hasn't exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn't even know about it yet.
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Lavonne Drummond, 36, of Smackover, Ark., a "super small town" in the southern part of the state, says the idea to hawk the first name of her second son "just came to me" while she was thinking of ways out of her economic nightmare.
"It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there's someone out there who could help me out with a good name," Drummond told FOXNews.com. "I'm running out of names."
Drummond -- whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 -- said the proposal hasn't exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn't even know about it yet.
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Anonymous August 6, 2009, 12:03 PM
Umemployed? Probably getting welfare. Why she is having a 7th kid?
heather aldama August 6, 2009, 5:52 PM
STOP HAVING CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorrie August 9, 2009, 6:29 PM
Well, it’s too late to say “use Protection” or “stop having kids”. But, the 19 year old should have a job, the next one could help babysit. The ex husband should be paying child support (quite a bit, I should think). There is an enormous (sp) amount of help for a single mother. More than for the rest of us for sure.
Why isn’t she living with her husband? Her husband is military which means they get a housing allowance or they could live on the military base. Also there are quite a few jobs on and around military bases. This entire story sounds strange. Also, if you can’t afford that many children then use birth control!