Coping With an Unplanned Pregnancy

Written by Patty Hone


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Eventually you are going to have to tell some people. You don't have to tell everyone and you can tell people about this in your own time. Your partner may not berepparttar first person you want to tell and that's okay. When you are ready find a time to sit down and talk to him. The longer you go without telling himrepparttar 111104 harder it will be. Sometimes it is easier to tell him earlier and let him adjust torepparttar 111105 situation than it is to wait and have him angry for not telling him sooner. Either way if you think that he will be unhappy it is going to be hard to tell himrepparttar 111106 news. Prepare yourself forrepparttar 111107 reactions and when you are ready just tell him. There are no right words to say. Try to avoid blaming or takingrepparttar 111108 blame. This situation doesn't happen with only one person involved. It is not all your fault or all his fault. It is a shared responsibility thatrepparttar 111109 two of you will have to deal with.

If your partner, friends and family are not initially supportive that's okay. It is not their life or their pregnancy. They are notrepparttar 111110 ones who have to live with your decision. You are. Try not to let unwanted comments get to you. You can use humor to lightenrepparttar 111111 mood. If you are excited about this and they are not, then share your excitement. You can use I statements to let them know how you feel. If others fail to respect your decision and do not have anything positive to offer, you might want to simply explain thatrepparttar 111112 discussion is off limits and refuse to talk about it with them. Whatever your choice may be, inrepparttar 111113 end it is your decision.

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Go Ahead...Rearrange My Face!

Written by David Leonhardt


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And lazy.

Some have suggested that I am growing my beard to make up for my receding hairline. I've heard it all.

"Once upon a time, your hair was on your head. Now, your head is on your hair."

"Your hair must have slipped off your head, and now it's hanging on for dear life."

"That solar panel you had installed up there is really fueling a growth below."

"The 'Hanging Gardens of Babble-on'"

Ha, ha, very funny.

I think my curiosity is settled. I am still lazy, but I am ready to shave off my beard. Unfortunately, my wife's grandmother has not yet seen it, so I am keeping it on by special request until she can see it. Due to a heavy schedule, that visit might be a while.

Oops. Silly me. My wiferepparttar proofreader has saved me from inaccuracy once more. I am told that it is due to being too lazy to shave my beard, that visit might be a while.

But sooner or later,repparttar 111103 beard will have to go. I don't want to be mistaken for Charles Manson. Nor Fidel Castro. Nor Josephia Quade, whomever she is.

And summer is notrepparttar 111104 best season for growing a beard. It would make more sense in winter, when I need protection againstrepparttar 111105 bitter arctic winds. In summer, it will only make my face sweat.

But what will finally end my curiosity – and my laziness! – is food. When something gets stuck inrepparttar 111106 beard that I cannot identify, that will probably scare me into shaving it off.

Besides, all this beard-growing is probably of little comfort to those people wanting most to rearrange my face because of my vocal opinions. A beard won't solve their problem.

A stapler might.

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