Dear Prudence,
My wife and I (we’re both women) want to start a family and have approached a good male friend as a sperm donor. Happily, he agreed. However, going the artificial insemination route is expensive, so we are going to use the turkey baster method. When I told my sister, she was aghast and said it was a terrible idea. Even worse, she told our mother (without my consent), who in turn told my aunts, cousins, and grandmother, and now they’re all up in arms! How do I put this fire out?