By melmel - 05/05/2014 05:07 - United States - Cumming

Today, I spent an hour explaining to a college student how you could have a baby and not be married. He still doesn't get it. FML
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kinky44 28

Everyone knows genitals don't work until you get a marriage license and the state activates them.

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PickledSweets 22

Oh, how I fear for the future of America.

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MadmanOZ 10

well... someone had a sheltered childhood...

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alex_gen 38

If you would read, it is implied that he does know about sex, but was raised/taught abstinence. It is likely that he is Christian, or any other religion that looks down on pre-marital sex, and as such was probably taught that marriage comes before offsprings. There's no reason to keep joking about Christianity. Just because he is abstinent, doesn't give reason to mock a religion. Would you rather have a planned pregnancy after you're married and suitable to have children, or have an unwanted child with your girlfriend of three months, who you'll probably break up with out of spite of not being ready for such a commitment? It's not a hard choice. So go ahead and downvote me. I don't care. Just trying to get some sense into this conversation, instead of the constant bagging on religion and his parents.

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askullnamedbilly 33

Nothing in this FML says he's Christian and believes in abstinence. He could be screwing half the college without conception because he thinks he can't get anyone pregnant unless he marries them for all you know - simply because he was never told otherwise. Abstinence is fine, but 'abstinence only' is the single most stupid thing that the American education system has ever come up with. Everyone who's biologically capable of having a child or getting an STD needs to know EXACTLY how sex works, what the dangers are and how to do it right - because guess what, people are going to do it anyway. Not teaching young people how it works only leads to them believing in half truths and superstitions. There's still an alarmingly large group of people who honestly think the pull-out method works, for example. And since the 'abstinence only' programs do have a religious origin, I AM going to blame religion for this.

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rocker_chick23 27

Well this shows abstinence only programs fail big time. Abstinence only states have the highest pregnancy rates compared to states that teach sex ed. Mississippi has the largest percentage of teen pregnancies, infant mortality and poverty. Guess what they teach? Abstinence.

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kittcatt 8

Being married doesn't make you a suitable parent. A desire to have children, a strong support system of friends and family, a bank account large enough to afford the child, and a lot of love for that child are necessary.

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kittcatt 8

But not necessarily marriage. You can be married and detest kids, or married and still unable to afford children. A well off single woman who goes to the sperm bank and has a ton of friends and family willing to lend a hand is going to be a more suitable parent than the married couple living hand to mouth that never wanted kids but their birth control failed.

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JazNim17 18

Yes, 74, but we have a lot of idiots here in Mississippi too. And a lot of lazy bums who have babies to get a welfare check. I wouldn't blame it all on the "abstinence" policy when I personally know a woman with 8 kids who is purposefully pregnant again. I think she's figured out where they come from by now.

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messeduplife2 7

What do they teach in school? It's ridiculous...

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miss_jules 11

FHL! If he really doesn't understand. FYL if he was having you on, which i suspect.

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worldclassrager 39

That's a good thing...unless he is in that situation at the moment

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askullnamedbilly 33

With that attitude, he probably will.

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Marielle_T 10

Apparently, we just need to make sure he never gets married and everything will be fine!

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fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22

Teaching him that children should be born inside wedlock, fair enough, his parents are entitled to their beliefs, but telling him that kids cannot be born outside marriage is plain disturbing.

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Oliok 19

You know this could be a good thing what with all these people having kids that aren't ready.

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RedPillSucks 31

Were they from Oral Roberts or Brigham Young University?

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gongs99 11

It seems like a good thing to have one less person quickening the spread of teen pregnancy and stds

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