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Sometimes birth control fails! Like it did with me and my girlfriend a few months ago. My poor ass is now job hunting!

by gonnabedaddy 15y ago

eru 15y ago
If you can't take that risk: Abstinence (or just different sex practices), abortion, adoption or tough if out.
- radicalbyte 15y ago
  My capitalist instincts would suggest another option: sell the child to a wealthy couple who can't bear their own.
  - eru 15y ago
    You can try that, but the market for that is probably very strange. For example, I can imagine that demand goes up with price, because no one wants a cheap child. And for some combinations of properties of the child you'll probably have to charge less than nothing (i.e. pay the adopters). Of course, someone who really believes in the market would harvest the child for organs. (Sarcasm implied.)
0x12 15y ago
Time to grow up! Congratulations are in order anyway, so here are mine, and I really hope that you get that job. My children were all planned and even if I did fall on hard times (twice) in the intermediate the fact that we cut down to the bone as soon as trouble hit helped us survive. Things that don't kill you will make you stronger.
bartonfink 15y ago
Quite true. My daughter is the failure case for condoms combined with birth control and a wife who was told "you can't have babies." I'm just glad it happened two months after we got married instead of for the 3 years we shacked up previously. Good luck, boss!
- DifE-Q 15y ago
  Sage advice, and yes it IS possible to follow (and I know it is too late for you now but here it is anyway): 1. Do not have sex if you do not want a baby. 2. Do not get married unless you can support a baby.
- lurker19 15y ago
  Life finds a way! Make a solid investment in her, and she'll pay you back with interest.
Tichy 15y ago
Still: congratulations! Babies are great.
lurker19 15y ago
Many ancient religious proscriptions have their basis in correlations to healthy living. There really are reasons to consider abstaining from pork and sex before marriage. Anyway, everyone's life is half chance. Make the best of it and enjoy the ride.

Sometimes birth control fails! Like it did with me and my girlfriend a few months ago. My poor ass is now job hunting!

eru 15y ago

If you can't take that risk: Abstinence (or just different sex practices), abortion, adoption or tough if out.

radicalbyte 15y ago
My capitalist instincts would suggest another option: sell the child to a wealthy couple who can't bear their own.
- eru 15y ago
  You can try that, but the market for that is probably very strange. For example, I can imagine that demand goes up with price, because no one wants a cheap child. And for some combinations of properties of the child you'll probably have to charge less than nothing (i.e. pay the adopters). Of course, someone who really believes in the market would harvest the child for organs. (Sarcasm implied.)

0x12 15y ago

Time to grow up! Congratulations are in order anyway, so here are mine, and I really hope that you get that job. My children were all planned and even if I did fall on hard times (twice) in the intermediate the fact that we cut down to the bone as soon as trouble hit helped us survive. Things that don't kill you will make you stronger.

bartonfink 15y ago

Quite true. My daughter is the failure case for condoms combined with birth control and a wife who was told "you can't have babies." I'm just glad it happened two months after we got married instead of for the 3 years we shacked up previously. Good luck, boss!

DifE-Q 15y ago
Sage advice, and yes it IS possible to follow (and I know it is too late for you now but here it is anyway): 1. Do not have sex if you do not want a baby. 2. Do not get married unless you can support a baby.
lurker19 15y ago
Life finds a way! Make a solid investment in her, and she'll pay you back with interest.

Tichy 15y ago

Still: congratulations! Babies are great.

lurker19 15y ago

Many ancient religious proscriptions have their basis in correlations to healthy living. There really are reasons to consider abstaining from pork and sex before marriage. Anyway, everyone's life is half chance. Make the best of it and enjoy the ride.