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5ayle

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Originally posted by: Balthazar
Oh hands down knocked up some random girl. (even though she doesnt seem quite so random)
I think just about anyones parent (definitely anyones father:) ) would take hearing their son indiscriminately nailed some chick then....well, that he nailed some dude.

Tha wise man has spoken
 

bozack

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Personally I know it would be much easier telling mine that I knocked up a dozen random women....
 

Zim Hosein

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Originally posted by: bozack
Personally I know it would be much easier telling mine that I knocked up a dozen random women....

:Q
 

KarenMarie

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My parents would rather hear that I was knocked up then to hear I was gay. Well, not sure about my mom cause she is really open about everything. But my dad would freak. He is a 71yr old catholic italian. very old school. Wouldnt like either of them but the latter would be worse then the former.

As a parent I wouldnt like either for my daughter, but being gay is harder in life then being pregnant in today's society.

Hey wait a minute... I am over 40yrs. old and can do what I like! ;)
 

pulse8

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Gay.

Knocking up a random girl can screw up the rest of your life.

I can live with being gay.
 

Siddhartha

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Originally posted by: toekramp
That you had knocked up some random girl, or that you were gay?

Just curious, I remember a while back having to tell my parents that I was taking a DNA test to see if I was the father of a new born (ex-girlfriend that i met up with later down the road) and thought it was the hardest thing ever to discuss with them. If I had been married and what not it would have been a different scenario. They were very supportive and luckily the child wasn't mine (wasn't ready to be a father yet). However, my best friend came out to his parents (his father is a pastor) and I believe his situation was even more difficult than mine...your thoughts?

As an adult, I probably would not tell them about either situations. I do not see where it would be wny of their business.
 

JHoNNy1OoO

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I'm amazed at the amount of people that chose random woman. You're bringing a child into the world that was an accident. You made a mistake and now for the rest of your life you have to tend to another life with a woman you didn't even know for more than a day. Whose to say the baby will come out alright or that the woman would make it easy on you and her to be with the child.

As for being gay you didn't have a choice of whether you are or aren't but about telling your parents the truth about who you are. That's it. Just your parents. You don't have to tell anybody else that you don't want to and can live a normal life. If your parents disown you for telling the truth about who you are then they weren't really understanding parents.

I guess it all comes down to what type of parents you have and the values they showed you. Fessing up to them about who you really are or fessing up that you are bringing a child into this world with a woman you barely know? :/