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I've heard many times before a woman will say 'it was an accident' when they fall pregnant.

The thing I find very odd about that is, birth control pills are like 99.99999% effective, yet many women who claim to be using protection such as that are still falling pregnant.

And surely that's due to negligence, either conveniently 'forgetting' to take a pill or by being 'careless' and not taking it on time.

My friend is a guy, and his girlfriend is now pregnant. There was no talk of kids, or coming off protection as he's busy trying to get his degree, in order to get a better job.

He only started his degree in September, and his girlfriend walked in with a positive pregnancy test in early January, and he said he just sat there shocked and said next to nothing. Obviously with his girlfriend being pregnant, he'll need to drop out of college and get a job to support her and the child.

Sure, he admits it takes two to make a baby, but I can't help but feel as if this has been a tactic to tie him down. And I can't help but feel this is such a selfish move that more and more women seem to be making these days.

I'm genuinely quite worried for my friend, surely guys should have a say in when they want to have a baby. It shouldn't just be down to the girl.

Thoughts?

So, my boyfriend of almost 2 years has been coming over to my house for a really long time, probably about 5 months after we started dating? (I'm 16, he's 15 - just a few months apart if that matters). He at first started coming over once every other week but recently he's been coming over about 2-3 days a week (he's started coming to church w/ me & my mom: we pick him up Sunday mornings & his parents come get him around 4, & on Wednesdays he rides the bus home with me & we chill until about 5-6 for church & then drop him home). Every other Saturday he comes over about 1:30-6. Here's where the problem comes in.

First, to let you know, I am a great child. Not a problem child. I get good grades at school, & have around a 3.7-4.0 GPA, maintaining a 100 in class for months now. I'm a reserved person, introvert. I go absolutely nowhere (i live in a tiny town anyways, there's nowhere to go). You get the point. Anywho, whenever my boyfriend comes over, we stay in the den (we're not allowed to be in my room). We normally lay down on the couch & watch tv/Netflix/YT, sleep, talk, kiss, cuddle (cmon, we're dating), & just have a fun time. When we lay down on the couch, we typically have covers on us. My house loves to stay cold, & it is still the winter time. Long story short, my mother has something against us cuddling in the covers, & it's become more recently & frequent that she tells me this. If she's afraid that were going to have sex, she needs to relax. For one, I have no interest in doing that right now (i actually stayed after school at tutoring to both do schoolwork & look up career options). Even if I were to want that right now, I have a form of protection (birth control - shot). I got that recently & maybe that's a leading reason she's being so uptight. I'm growing up, she has to learn to give me either some space, trust, or some room to let me make a mistake.