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The one-on-one time gives me time to bond with them as individuals. But they always inevitably end up fighting each other over the blankets. For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay single fathers who made the choice to become parents via surrogacy.

On the first trip, I took my son to Batanes for three days. You had the same fights since you were 2 years old. Jon-jon also makes it a point to spend one-on-one time with Lucian and Lilith as he does not want them defined by being twins.

Now that they are 10 years old, he still sees them at least twice a week. Jon-jon ensures both children have an active lifestyle. Even as a gay man, Jon-jon Rufino had dreams of starting a family. Single Gay Dads: Yes, It’s A Thing Jul 10, Single Gay Dads: Yes, It’s A Thing Someone out there a long time ago, decided that the “natural” order of events goes something like this: you fall in love, get married, settle down, then have a child or two (or three, or however many).

I would implement a trip where I would take one kid and leave one kid with my parents, which makes my parents happy. That way, you really get valuable individual time with the kids. It was only at around age four when I had to explain to them that this is not how most people are born.

Jon-jon Rufino has never hidden the story of how his twins Lucian and Lilith were conceived, sharing that the story of how they were made became their favorite bedtime story. She is putting in the hours, she trains two hours a day, six days a week.

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But that isn’t everyone’s story. However, that started changing in Five years ago, most people hadn’t heard of single gay dad José Rolón unless they needed a wedding planner in New York or happened to follow him on social media at @nycgaydad, where Rolón. As they understood more, I filled in more and more details.

He shares that he had a friend whose father died when he was 20 and lamented that he did not have a parent to help him navigate adulthood. At 10 years old, Lucian and Lilith have developed a competitive streak, he shares. He bought a van to help get them around.

When Lucian and Lilith finally arrived in the Philippines, no one was more ecstatic than their grandparents. Yet, while Jon-jon started the process at 35, it took him four IVF tries and three different surrogates before Lucian and Lilith were conceived.

They enjoy demonstrating their love to me as a contest with each other.

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While Jon-jon loves being a dad, he admits that raising two kids as a single father involves a lot of work. While Lilith and Lucian both take the same lessons, their differences in terms of interest are beginning to show. In fact, I share that with all my friends with more than one child.

Jon-jon shares that his parents have been a fantastic support system in raising the kids.