NoTeaPartyPleez
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- Dec 2, 2012
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I have a daughter who is the result of not using birth control. My wife was unable to use birth control at the time because she had complications from a recent birth to twins. The twins had nearly killed her. Literally.
We had four month old twins when we found out she was pregnant again. And I had just been laid off from my job.
Every excuse people use to get an abortion, we had it. Too soon after newborn twins. No job. Health of the mother.
But we never even considered abortion even though most of our friends recommended it. In fact, my wife has said she would give birth to a baby even if it was the result of rape. She's more hardcore pro-life than I ever imagined!
We pulled our asses up by our own bootstraps.
So finish the story. What DID you do? How long were you unemployed? Where did you get the money to continue to take care of the twins, a pregnant wife and a new baby nine months after that? Did you get a job? Did your wife go back to work? Anybody in the family offer to help with daycare?
I mean you got me here at the climax (no pun intended) of this high family drama. I'm on the edge of my keyboard. What happened next?
I worked my ass off to get another job. I switched careers. We came very close to losing our house, but I made getting a job a full time job until I got another one.
Things were very tight during that period, especially since our hot water heater decided to explode at the same time.
Our daughter lives. Happily. That's the only ending that matters.
Nice anecdotal answer. How LONG were you unemployed? Where did the money come from in the interim?
What you experienced is only 1/300,000,000 of what counts in this country. Got it?