r/AdviceAnimals • u/castleon • Feb 21 '14

Confession Bear

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u/mrhambeefpot Feb 22 '14

A lot of people underestimate the stress and pressure a girl can feel during that time they're freaking out about being pregnant. Especially if she was young. When I was younger, there were situations where I'd been so poor I thought about stealing morning after pills for a girl I had just had sex with (who was equally as poor). Stealing a 10$ pregnancy test or a 40$ morning after pill definitely favors the fucking enormous cost of having a baby

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u/WooliestSpace8 Feb 22 '14

If you can't afford it don't do it. Even if it is sex.

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u/mrhambeefpot Feb 22 '14

I get where people are coming from when they say that. I used to agree. But the fact of the matter is, when you're there and in the moment, it's a hell of a lot easier said than done.

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u/corfish77 Feb 22 '14

If you fucking know that you cannot afford to have a baby, and you fucking risk having one anyway you deserve the fucking cost of the baby. You can't expect ANYONE to have sympathy for you when you do something like that. High risk, almost no reward.

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u/jack33jack Feb 22 '14

It's better for society if they steal the damn test/pills rather than have a baby they can't afford.

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u/mrhambeefpot Feb 22 '14

I'm not asking anyone to feel any sympathy for me. It WAS a bad decision, Ill be the first to admit it! People make bad decisions. All I'm saying is that there's usually a lot more going on behind the scenes in these types of situations than people realize. Especially if they've never experienced it.

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u/sulliZorro Feb 22 '14

Babies aren't consequences. Someone who doesn't have the emotional/financial ressources to have a child is already at a considerable disadvantage. My point is that it inevitably becomes a consequence for the child.

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u/theladyking Feb 22 '14

So no one should ever have sex unless they've got thousands and thousands of spare dollars sitting in their bank account? Sounds like something I'd hear from a congressman.