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Originally posted by BrownEyedGirl
About your friend, I think she would have been the definition of responsibility had she LEFT her cheating, abusive boyfriend (thereby taking responsibility for her physical and psychological health) and found a new, more reliable form of birth control. Or two. Three abortions by age 21? Something must not have been working properly there and I'd think it would be worth it to check it out.
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Oh, I definitely agree. I'm certainly not holding her up as a model of responsibility because she isn't. But in that case, I think the abortions were a responsible solution. Her main argument for not leaving the boyfriend was that, as she had no driver's license and no car, and he was the one that took her to work, without him she would have no income. I'm sure there was some "But he LOVES me, he just gets out of control sometimes" traditional abused partner rhetoric in there too.
This is getting into a whole 'nother subject entirely, but this is why I feel you should never, ever get too dependent on your boyfriend or husband -- it gives you an excuse to stay in bad relationships far longer than you have to.
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