My husband and I have been trying for three years to get pregnant, and this morning my mother calls me to let me know that my sister is pregnant. My sister is a little over a year older than I am, but she also lives with four other people, one of which is her current boyfriend, in an apartment that I wouldn't inflict on a homeless person. She has a past - and present - of drug use, a past of prostitution, and can't keep a job for more than a month before being fired. To add horror to that, she rarely if ever uses any kind of birth control or protection, and won't have herself tested for STDs because she's afraid of the results. The father of this baby is an ex-convict three times over. She can't take care of herself, much less a baby. We hardly ever see her, even at family gatherings, because her boyfriend refuses to do anything around the family and won't let her go anywhere without him.
I feel pretty justified in being angry about her allowing herself [Cont...]
2006-08-27
17:20:59
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