Pregnant for a magician
What is it about pregnancy that can make an otherwise committed man run for the hills? Many a story has been told of men who worship the ground their women walked on, only for them to go MIA when a pregnancy is announced.
What would you do if you got pregnant and the father-to-be decided to opt out of the relationship?
Farrah, 27:
What could I do? I’d already be pregnant. I would just have to face the reality that I’m going to be doing it on my own.
Anna-Kay, 33:
I grew up in a single-parent house, with my mother being both mother and father. I didn’t turn out worse off than anyone else, so my child would be just fine without a father.
Georgene, 28:
A lot of men do this. Many of them love the process of making the baby and then once the bun is in the oven they are gone. Then they only come back around when the child makes something of themselves and they want to reap the reward off a seed they only planted and never cared for.
Jhenelle, 30:
This happened to me. I got pregnant at 17 and the guy was 22. When I told him I was pregnant he avoided me. When my mother got involved and contacted him he told her he wasn’t the only man I was seeing, which was a lie and he knew it was a lie. I was depressed because I didn’t know what to do. If it wasn’t for my family I don’t know what would have happened. Since I had the baby he hasn’t called even once. But my son is in high school now and he’s doing great.
Kenese, 34:
Sometimes when things like this happen you want to hunt down the man and do all sorts of things to him, but at the end of the day karma will deal with him. So until life catches up with him, I would be the best parent I could be.
