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Originally Posted by punkmusicfan21
Are then any women or men in here that have been involved in young pregnancy. What was your situation and how did things turn out?
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Maybe I can offer something here. I was 19 and my girlfriend at the time was 16 when she got pregnant. We chose to keep it and we got married. The marriage didn't last for obvious reasons. My daughter is now 16 and it terrifies me to think of her getting pregnant at this age. Karma.
It wasn't easy having a child at such a young age. I will say that while she wasn't planned and I had doubts upon doubts upon doubts about how we were going to make it work, the instant she was born and I saw her, those doubts turned into a conviction to make it work for her sake.
I had to put off college until she was in school because we couldn't afford daycare and there were many, many times where we had collectors on us because we couldn't afford to pay certain bills.
Financially, having a child at a young age was a wreck; however, I've managed to overcome that and am doing just fine now.
Emotionally, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.