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Oh those MFers
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Re: Oh those MFers
Not to mention a recruiter lets a kid enlist with an underage girlfriend/wife/baby mama.
This.
Yep, there is a guy in J's shop that had the same situation.
He was just trying to make his quota! :-p
67/200
Please! You know recruiters are NOT given quotas. How dare you spread falsehoods and half truths!!
I have a friend who was raised by her grandmother and great grandmother, both of whom were married at 14 and 15. They allowed her to marry at 15. She had a baby at 16. At one point, I had to cut her and my godson out of my life because, at 16, I was paying her rent and buying her baby diapers. She was divorced at 19.
We are friends again, but it took a while. It does happen.
I definitely agree with this. Also, pretty much everyone I know who was ever told they couldn't get pregnant has eventually gotten pregnant.
A guy in one of DH's prior units was 21 with a wife who had just turned 17 when we met them - 16 when they married. Her parents thought it was awesome.
By some miracle he was smart enough to know not to get her pregnant and was thus able to divorce her @ss quickly and easily when the inevitable happened (this chick was whack to begin with).
I'd bet 100 bucks no legitimate medical professional told her she couldn't get pregnant. Sounds like 14 y/o girl gossip to me. "OMG, your periods are irregular?!?! You'll never be able to get preggo!!!"
Really Mel? Because most of the ones I know who were told they couldn't get pregnant, still aren't my pregnant. I think I know what you meant but........
It can be legal if her parents sign for her to get married. Her bio said he was 18 and she was 16 when they got married so he isn't a 45 year old skeezeball like you seem to be thinking. Well, he may be a skeeze, but he isn't old.
I'm sorry, but this made me lol. When you were that age? Like, two years ago?
Yeah, um.
You...........................................................................................The point
Photo bomb, yeah!
I am wondering why getting to appointments is an issue now. How did she get to her prenatal appointments? I can't imagine that her hubby's command allowed him time off for all of her appointments while pregnant.
I know it is unrealistic, but there should be rules or requirements for spouses of service members. The first one should be the ability, under normal circumstances, to care for oneself and any dependents, OR to have a plan in place that is realistic regardless of the service member's duty assignment. Life happens, and we all need help from time to time, but a spouse who is unable or unwilling to drive creates a burden that must be shouldered by *someone*. (FWIW, I don't *really* think there should be such "rules", but it would be nice to live in a world where all people thought out their decisions a little bit better.)
It always comes back to the service member. A service member will be held responsible for choosing to marry people who are incapable of caring for themselves, whether it happens because the spouse keeps calling the Shirt, they get busted with a nasty house during a morale and welfare check, or a neighbor calls SFS because a toddler is standing on the roof of their two-story duplex.
I think this goes hand in hand with Stantopia, e.g. junior enlisted getting permission to marry, or commands at least requiring pre-marital counseling so these issues can be addressed before they become detrimental.
It's my job as a spouse to spread falsehoods and half truths! ;-p
Spina bifida doesn't keep you from getting pregnant. I just did a quick google search to confirm. I did tons of research on this as I have a family history of spina bifida. No one ever, ever told me or anyone else we had fertility issues or even potential issues due to SB/history. All you have to do is take extra folic acid.
My mom has occult spina bifida. She had four children; none of us have spina bifida (occult or otherwise). The only thing it can interfere with is getting an epidural, which is hardly a necessity.
I think it's different to tell someone with cancer undergoing chemo that it's likely/possible that the treatment will affect their fertility than to tell a 15 year old they can't ever get pregnant. Isn't it pretty hard to come to that conclusion? Sounds like at best, 15 year old interpretation of a medical diagnosis.