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Why I'm Keeping My Pregnancy a Secret From My Baby's Father
yahoo.com ^ | Janaury 8, 2014 | JL Scott

Posted on 01/09/2015 10:08:31 AM PST by grundle

I blinked at my computer screen. It was a response to an email I had sent to a friend telling her I was 12 weeks pregnant and that the father was someone I had met during my summer abroad. He didn’t know I was pregnant — and I had no plans to tell him.

I had expected surprise or at the very least, “Congratulations!” but her response made me briefly wonder whether I was setting myself —and my baby — up for a lifetime of second guessing.

Still, 10 weeks later, now that I’ve found out I’m having a daughter, my position is clear, if controversial: Despite the unfairness and complications, I will not tell this man that he has a child.

I met Nick at a bar one Thursday night in Dublin, where I lived for several months while working on a writing project. I had gotten used to exploring my new city alone and meeting whoever came along. After a few vodka sodas, I invited Nick back to my apartment. The truth is, I didn’t want to talk to him anymore. He and I disagreed about almost everything. Still, the physical connection was palpable.

We had sex, and in the moment, neither of us were as careful as we should have been. As we said goodbye, we had an awkward conversation. “And you’re … okay?” He asked tentatively, clearly referring to birth control.

I nodded. I wasn’t, exactly — my birth control prescription had run out a few months before and, because I was abroad, I hadn’t gotten a new one.

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1 posted on 01/09/2015 10:08:31 AM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Passion creates error.


2 posted on 01/09/2015 10:10:06 AM PST by Kackikat
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To: grundle

Well if she goes for any public assistance she may very well be required to declare paternity.


3 posted on 01/09/2015 10:11:15 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: grundle
look up slut....

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/slut

4 posted on 01/09/2015 10:12:48 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: grundle

I thought this would be written my a 20 something. Land’s sake this woman is 31 years old. So this pregnancy was no error. She deliberately set out to become pregnant by a stranger to save the sperm bank fee.


5 posted on 01/09/2015 10:13:17 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: lastchance

Obammycare will take care of her..... that means each of us will pay for it.


6 posted on 01/09/2015 10:13:31 AM PST by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: grundle

She set herself up for a lifetime of second guessing when she had her one night stand.


7 posted on 01/09/2015 10:14:33 AM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: grundle

There is no girl on the planet easier to bed than an American on vacation in Europe. This dummy (either one)should have spent the 50cents on a condom. At least she isn’t killing the baby.


8 posted on 01/09/2015 10:14:46 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: grundle

He might be a criminal!! Then why’d you have sex with him, you stupid loon.


9 posted on 01/09/2015 10:15:05 AM PST by Shimmer1 (Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. MLK)
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To: Paladin2

Julia


10 posted on 01/09/2015 10:15:16 AM PST by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: lastchance

“Well if she goes for any public assistance she may very well be required to declare paternity.”

hmmm ...

—I only know Nick’s first name—


11 posted on 01/09/2015 10:16:56 AM PST by TexasGator
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“And you’re … okay?” He asked tentatively, clearly referring to birth control.


He was also probably asking about STDs but she is too vain to realize it.


12 posted on 01/09/2015 10:17:27 AM PST by lodi90
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To: TexasGator

“She thinks his name was John” by Reba


13 posted on 01/09/2015 10:19:07 AM PST by Klemper
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To: grundle

There has always been selfish twats who lie and deceive men regarding paternity.

So the father doesn’t know. Oh well.

But her child knows. The child knows his mother didn’t love him enough to provide a proper home and good guidance. The child knows he will always be socially, educationally, economically disadvantaged.

The child is a bastard. Thanks Mom!


14 posted on 01/09/2015 10:19:24 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Hi Al Baby's Mom!)
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To: grundle

Stupid girl.


15 posted on 01/09/2015 10:19:46 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: grundle

Notice how many times she used the word “I” or variants thereof. She doesn’t care about others, and this means she won’t care for her daughter, either. It’s all about “me me me”.

She didn’t like her father, but she still had one. There is a good likelihood that her daughter will not like her, but will have no “port in the storm”, a parent who cares about her, who will put her needs first.


16 posted on 01/09/2015 10:20:25 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: grundle

Read the article. SHE’S AN IDIOT.


17 posted on 01/09/2015 10:21:22 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: grundle
I met Nick at a bar one Thursday night
We had sex

Pretty much sums it up. You are a sleazy skank who got knocked up from a one-nighter. Not unusual or particularly complicated. Certainly not worth hearing about. There are a lot of you out there ...

18 posted on 01/09/2015 10:22:01 AM PST by IronJack
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quote “And you’re … okay?” He asked tentatively, clearly referring to birth control”

um... no. This woman knows NOTHING about men! that wasn’t at ALL what the man was referring too! He wanted to know if she we “ok” that they had just had a one night stand!


20 posted on 01/09/2015 10:23:39 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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