Thursday, August 5, 2010

Observations


I'm noticing a lot of pregnancies occurring through creepin' on Facebook when I'm bored, and it's somewhat unsettling to me. Not necessarily because pregnancy is bad or children are the bane of all existence, but mostly because of the ages of the girls. I can understand having kids when you're still mildly young, because the body adapts better to weight loss if you exercise after pregnancy and hormones are going great. But it scares me because it's unexpected, probably as unexpected as the girls who did get pregnant. It baffles me because I can't imagine why you'd want to have kids before you can even afford to have kids. You need money to take care of babies/toddlers. How many clothes do you think they'd go through just during the baby to toddler stage? A lot. And that's just the clothing; there's all sorts of other responsibilities that goes along with children.

It freaks me out and I'm not even doing anything to promote the occurrence of pregnancy with myself. It's such a daunting task that I can't imagine anyone being able to do it successfully (meaning the child has all they need and then some plus grows up at a normal pace) at the age of 18. I just can't. Babies are awesome and I'd much rather a girl give birth to a baby and take care of them, then have them get an abortion, which is something that shouldn't be done in my humble/personal opinion.

I'm all for having a family at some point and I give major kudos to the girls who are not only pregnant, but who are also keeping the baby. It takes a lot of guts and respect (among other things =P) to have a kid with a guy who may or may not be there in the end. I kinda blame TV shows like 16 and Pregnant and whatever other shows MTV is pushing out about pregnancy. You know, the post has to stop when I'm punning, intentionally or otherwise.

Point of the matter is, ladies and gents, please keep your parts in your pants and your minds on your future. If your future is in the others' pants, then have at it, but live with the consequences or rewards that may come from pursuing that.

"I may not have ended up where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." (Douglas Adam)

1 comment:

  1. Plus people need to be responsible! 8P ( i tried to keep it clean for the kids)

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