Posted on 04/17/2015 12:07:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a teenage boy who apparently has impregnated a teenage girl. She says she's in love with me still, but also she will not get an abortion and insists that I pay support. I think this is all mood swings. How do I support her morally but not monetarily?
GENTLE READER: That is neither a moral nor a legal position. Miss Manners trusts that the young lady's lawyer will explain that to you.
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Since you are one to appreciate simplicity, even elegance of expression...
The sexual revolution is over - and men won.
The father needs to explain it to him.
A modern teen wrote “impregnated”?
And that’s why I keep it firmly in my pants.
Not having any STDs or children is entirely worth being celibate.
Are you surprised he didn't say 'with child'?
Oh really? Explain to me how I lost a home I bought BEFORE I was married to a divorce. I want to hear this...
People slip into big-wordism when they’re scared or trying to impress their intended audience. I suspect this kid was doing both.
The order is date, marry, THEN have kids.
Dumba$$
The “Sexual Revolution” is bad for all men and all women in the long run. But good for a certain kind of shallow selfish pr-— in the short run.
Frankly, even though she is right, this boy deserves an attorney also. That is the person who should set him straight.
Saying that the girl’s attorney should fill him in suggests that’s where he needs to get his information.
That is a severely flawed response.
The boy is very wrong to think he should be able to demand the girl get an abortion. He should be responsible. HIS attorney should fill him in.
Would this columnist also suggest a man get his advice from his wife’s divorce attorney? Good grief.
That said, if he's under 18 can he be held responsible?
“The boy is very wrong to think he should be able to demand the girl get an abortion.”
Right, everyone knows only women have “reproductive freedom”.
I would not want to contribute one iota to the idea that this morally miniscule male should take an adversarial approach against his own child, which is what “lawyering up” entails.
Guess he didn't see the movie "knocked up"
Oh really? Explain to me how I lost a home I bought BEFORE I was married to a divorce. I want to hear this...
Welcome to life, Dad.
Equal rights would mean that nobody can walk away from or abort their parental responsibility.
>>That said, if he’s under 18 can he be held responsible?
Oh yeah, I was teaching at a high school with a high teen pregnancy rate and those girls went after the boys as soon as they turned 18.
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