I was in Borders today and I was perusing the romance section looking for the right thing to rekindle my love of reading. Looking at the row of young adult books behind me were two girls blathering on about 'Edward and Bella'. Finally one of them said, "let me just look at a couple more books, then we can go look at pregnancy books." The other responded, "Good idea, maybe they can give you ideas on how to dress to hide it for longer."
I was just stunned. I mean, I know teen pregnancy exists. I even witnessed it with several girls in my high school, but these two girls just looked so young. I guess that when I was their age, it wouldn't have seemed like such a big deal but now that I'm no longer a teen, its a little more shocking. I understand the urgency in all the PSAs now.
Sometimes I even feel nostalgic about those high school days, gossiping about the girls who were having sex. Getting our kicks from hearing about those of the faster girls. Jealousy mixed with contempt.
Goodnight Sweet Blogverse, tonight you leave me mulling the life of this young fetus.
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