Save yourself: Safety First!

To be truthful, I was a seventeen year old pregnant girl. I turned eighteen a couple of days after I was pregnant. I was dumb and naive about sex. I really thought I wouldn't get pregnant. I really thought there was no chance I would ever get an STD. Luckily I never did get a STD but I did get pregnant. I was a statistic just like many other young girls out there. Pregnant and alone. I never expected anything from the father of my child when it happened. I told him I would take care of it and he needn't be involved if he didn't want to be. I thought I was an adult. I would have this baby and we would be fine.

Long story short: the father of my first child is my husband today and we have two more children. At the end of September I will celebrate my 30th! I am proud to say I finished college and have my bachelor's degree. I made myself finish and I am glad I did. At this point I am fortunate I am a stay at home mother, though sometimes this job can be quite boring. Oh, let's vacuum again. Sure I'll volunteer, I have nothing else to do. Don't we all want what we don't have? At this point I'm ready for my career... Well, that will come later. Baby steps...

I read the blog: Why do some women trap men with a pregnancy? Lets get honest! by urassismine2 and I have written on this subject myself. I didn't trap my husband, I wasn't into marriage or the idea of it at 17. I was having fun and I got a whole lot of it. My concern is not just pregnancy in young women or women who are trying to keep a man, I am concerned with women and men who participate in sexual relationships with those they are not sure if they have and STD or not? I can sit here and type I didn't really think about it either when I was younger but in today's world you must. A STD no matter which one you could get is mostly FOREVER. Cervical cancer stems from STD's also and this is something to be concerned about. When you are young you think it won't happen to me but the older you get you realize that it can and it does, whatever the problem is.

AIDS is still a concern in society. Herpes is a concern, syphilis, PID, hepatitis... the list goes on. Are you willing to allow yourself one night without a condom for a lifetime with a disease? One that could kill you?

For those out there who want to preach abstinence: ask yourself this question. Did you wait until you got married? Good job if you did! Half of high school students start having sex by the age of fifteen. Do you want your kids out there who will lead you to believe they are waiting for marriage, unprotected from contracting a disease that could kill them or make them deal with the consequences every day of their lives because you preached abstinence? Give them a chance: Talk to them and if need be please give them a condom.