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Old 02-05-2002, 12:04 PM   #85
Larry_OHF
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Join Date: March 1, 2001
Location: Midlands, South Carolina
Age: 49
Posts: 14,759
Let me reinerate a point that I made previously.
If a man has intimate relations with a woman and gets her pregnant, he then may decide to leave her with child, alone to raise the kid. She, of course, may then decide to file for a child support claim, but alot of women (my sister-in-law, included) are so afraid to let the man come anywhere near their children...that they do not file the child support claim, because they do not want the man to feel like he is entitled to come near her or her baby. That is a misconception that some women have, because in truth, after getting child support, you can also get a legal statement for the man to stay away, or be prosecuted.
Then, the woman has to find another suitable man. When you have a kid...it is more difficult to find a man, as most men don't want a child already in the picture...and the woman has to constantly pay for babysitters in order to get back into the dating scene. I am speaking on this, as I see my sister-in-law going through it, and she has told me how much she wishes that she would have gotten married first. Now, the 6 year old nephew of mine is her burdon to bare, alone, trying to find a man that will date her, and possibly marry her. I mean, the poor kid does not have a father, and wants to paint his toenails like he sees his mommy doing!

Back to the point. How can a woman be absolutely positive that the man will not pregnatize her? Alot of guys will try to get out of wearing protection, if they can, and put that responsibility on the woman to be secured against pregnancy. Birth Control pills, I believe, are 85% effective, and you cannot miss not one day.

That is alot for a woman to work on and hope for. 85% is not 100%. The Depo shot is 98%, but causes pimples in some women, as well as 15 pound weight gain.
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