Posted on 03/11/2009 3:47:01 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
The pair, parents to 2-month-old son Tripp, broke up 'a few weeks ago'
Bristol Palin and her fiancé Levi Johnston have broken up, two sources tell PEOPLE.
The split happened "a few weeks ago," according to a source close to the couple, but it's unclear what precipitated it. "It was a mutual thing," adds the source.
"It kind of just happened," says the source, referring to the split. "I thought they would stick it out. But I think they can work together to raise Tripp."
Despite the breakup, Levi still sees the couple's son. Levi's dad, Keith Johnston, told PEOPLE recently that his son is a devoted and "proud father."
Bristol, meanwhile, is attending Wasilla High, taking a class to supplement course work she is completing at home. She also is considering enrolling in college next fall and studying nursing.
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Oh My gosh! It shouldn’t even be about giving away one’s child or marriage. This Bristol kid, Palin’s daughter, had sex as a teen (gasp) and now has a baby with an extended loving family. She had the baby (thank God) and has a great family support system(thank God).
There’s absolutely no reason this baby should be given to strangers to raise when he has a family that is willing and apparently able to help raise him.
Bristol had sex. Oh my gosh. A teen having sex. Maybe many on here lived pure lives and personally I never had pre marital sex, but come on. It happens. It’s been happening for FOREVER. All of these posts claiming she should give her baby up for adoption, now that’s just freaky.
Exactly.
“Hmmm, that’s pretty self centered. Don’t you want the best for your child?
I sat in that position. Where it was giving up my baby to a great couple or keeping her for poverty.
I took the high road. You think of it as shame. I think of it as love. And let me tell you something else. I have a cousin that was given up by my aunt for the same reason. When they got back together, my cousin was SO proud of her biological mother.
So really, it’s not all about the mom, is it?”
So you gave your baby up for adoption and now regret that? Or now think that adoption is such a selfless choice and anyone teen should give up their baby?
Apparently it is all about the “mom” since you gave up your baby, your choice and the best choice for you and your baby, so now it’s the best choice for any unmarried parent? And now you’re trying to adopt, and that’s been a rough road since there’s not that many babies to adopt now a days, and you have a couple kids too.
Hmm that’s pretty self centered, don’t you think?
Thank you. Exactly. Some of these posts are freaky. They make it seem like adoption to a two parent couple will last forever when that’s not the case at all.
Bristol has a loving family that is ok with her keeping her baby. Doesn’t seem like “society” is influencing them at all. Thank Goodness for that.
Great post. No personal issues here since I do agree with the poster on most occasions. Just not this one.
This entire thread has created one of those moments for me.
Her CHOICE was her CHOICE. Nobody forced it.
And just because she gave her child up for adoption doesn’t mean she took the “high road” only that she did what was best for her.
Forget statistics as we all know they are manipulated.
You gave your baby up for adoption and did what was best for you and your baby. Great. Doesn’t mean it’s the best thing for anyone else in that situation. And per the thread, certainly not best for the Palin family. They’ll do what’s best for them. Whether you agree or not.
Do you have kids? If so, should one have sex and become pregnant, would you suggest she or he give their child up for adoption? Your grandchild?
Well the “mom” point of view differs depending on the “mom.”
“Before things like SCHIF, etc., Christian charity had done a pretty good and progressively better job with a lot of it in prosperous, free Western societies for the past couple of centuries”
well in those days an unmarried mother gave the baby to an orphanage since she wouldn’t be able to support her baby without all kinds of govt help.
I have no doubt that you made the best decision and your child is loved. Family matters.
Bristol did no such thing. She had sex as a teen (gasp) and now is raising her child.
The traditional norm as you call it wasn’t always the norm. Of course, mature married parents are always best but then who gets to decide who is mature and marriages don’t always last. This is where family comes in. Those of us in families realize this.
Well said.
You didn’t twist anything.
I agree.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
So goes the beautiful psalm. It doesn't say "lamp unto our feet," or "light unto our path."
The bible respects the dignity of the individual in living life to that moral path. We should respect it, too. Treat others as you would have yourself be treated. We all have regrettable moments, mistaken choices, skeletons in our closets. Every single one. Shall we go all EST (remember Verner Whats-his-name) and vomit them all up at each other?
All humans, no matter how corrupted, and we are all corrupted, are entitled to dignity. My stars, people must have a lot of nerve, lead very boring lives, or have pretty high opinions of their own authority to overtly pronounce verdict on the likes of Bristol and Levi. God bless them for the miracle of life, I say, and raise a toast with a prayer. We all come into this world alone and go out alone; those three souls -- Bristol, Levi, and the child -- are no different.
The most oily part is that so many Church Ladies (male and female) here think they're being good Christians. I would say they're being weak Christians.
You were giving her a better life according to what you thought was a better life. It was your choice. I have no doubt that you made the right choice as most parents make the right choice for their kids.
However, your right choice isn’t necessarily anyone else’s right choice and to claim that a child should be adopted because that is what you chose, doesn’t mean it’s the right choice for all children or their parents.
People DO get it. You just don’t like that they don’t get what you want them to choose. You did the best for your child. Doesn’t mean it’s the best for anyone else.
Nothing. So the whole “adoption is best” argument really falls flat.
LOL! You rock! Best post of the thread.
Oh gosh. Most ridiculous post.
So goes the beautiful psalm. It doesn't say "lamp unto our feet," or "light unto our path."
The bible respects the dignity of the individual in living life to that moral path.
That is a very insightful point that you have made...I have heard that Psalm countless times and I never thought about that distinction. Thank you.
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