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Old 11-05-2009, 07:01 AM   #63
Sundae
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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FTR - I do know of a positive case of teen pregnancy too.
I may have mentioned it here before because it shocked me, a part of family history I was completely unaware of.

Mum's cousin got his 15yo girlfriend pregnant.
She was not considered a suitable match, being the daughter of an alcohol prostitute and a Chinese father (just a sailor from the Docks where her mother plied her trade).

She was hidden in the family's back bedroom until she was 16 and could legally be married. The daughter was the first of two the couple eventually had. Both now professional women and mothers, and the couple are still married.

I know it's not necessarily a deathknell. It's the circumstances the children are brought up in that I think is a factor for our society. What sort of life experience does a 13 year old have? How can a 19 year old who has never worked instill a work ethic to her 3 children? It can happen. It does. But the odds are stacked against them.

And Casi - no idea. I certainly didn't develop depression on Depo. I already had it before my first foray, and the next time it hit me I was off it.
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