Reprint: Lei Xiaoyu "Unintended Pregnancy"

Madalyn 2022-03-24 09:02:26

I have had several nightmares in my life, and the thought that one day they might actually happen to me makes me lose the courage to live.

For example, being smashed to the head by the isolation pole in the parking lot turns into a vegetative state. For example, when lighting a cigarette, the bangs were burned by the lighter and the result was disfigured. For example, when he entered the revolving door, he suddenly got stuck, and he was shot and killed by the underworld. There are ways to prevent these accidents. For example, switch from driving to walking and walk around the parking lot. For example, even if you can't stop smoking, you can at least brush your bangs up. For example, it's totally possible not to go through the revolving door, and it's totally possible not to mix with the underworld.

But there is also one of the worst nightmares, it is deeply hidden in the deepest part of my soul. Even with all the precautions taken, it could happen suddenly one day and become the killer of my life. That is - an unintended pregnancy.

My fear of this incident came out of nowhere because none of my friends and relatives were involved. On the contrary, there are many such scenes in TV dramas, which are used to promote the development of the storyline. In the best case, the male protagonist picks up the female protagonist, turns happily in circles, and shouts while turning: Great, I'm going to be a father! In the worst case, a sneer appeared on the corner of the male protagonist's mouth, and he squeezed out such a rude sentence from his teeth: It's not mine, right? I also watched an entertainment talk show, and the host of the show said that for a man, the best response at this time is to say: Dear, I listen to you, you can do what you say. This is really a cheap trick to live within your means.

For women, things don't seem to be difficult - either be killed or born, what else? But the problem is - what Woody Allen says, the answer is love, of course, but before that, sex raises a lot of incredible questions. Unintended pregnancy is one of many problems that can be overwhelming.

Last night, a friend asked me to eat kebabs and drink beer, and then told me irritably that she was almost three months pregnant. If it wasn't too abrupt, she could have told me that the afternoon she learned of her pregnancy, a strong earthquake occurred in my country. The impact of this unplanned pregnancy on her life is just as unforgettable as the impact of the earthquake on the country.

Her boyfriend's reaction was normal and crude: give birth to the child quickly, and get married before the child is born, forget about it. But there is one important thing that is really hard to talk about - as a person who believes in love, you shouldn't talk about it - the boyfriend's work and income don't know when he will have a face, he is like every artistic youth in Beidri. Like leaving early and returning late, his personality is gloomy, conceited, and fragile, but he also has an occasional overwhelmed gentleness that is hard to let go of.

Her problem is that she feels that she loves him without him, but she also finds it difficult to live with him. Now, this unexpected child makes them have to face the question that was deliberately ignored before: Is love omnipotent? Who should we choose to spend the rest of our lives with?

This question is long beyond the scope of my intellect. I don't know her love, I think about myself. I read a novel before, about a girl who bought a gift to visit her pregnant friend. She was horrified to find that the other party suddenly looked like a wife who was used to being courteous, and then a sincere politeness about work issues and sincere lies about her married life. She immediately felt a strong isolation and Alienation oppressed her.

This novel is written by a woman, and it is exaggerated to the point of affectation. However, I have the same fears as this girl. In fact, this fear is very selfish. I am afraid of her pregnancy because I am afraid of being alone. I am afraid that because of her pregnancy, I will lose another friend and I will be alone again. My fears are still superficial. I always feel that a woman with children and a woman without children are people from two different worlds. They can’t have a natural tacit understanding like they did when they were girls. Sitting together for a long time without saying a word is not enough. Don't feel embarrassed.

In "Sex and the City", it is said that nine times out of ten, life is unhappy, and you need friendship to overcome difficulties - but when your friend is pregnant unexpectedly, what can you do? There is a movie "Three Weeks and Two Days in April", which said that a girl was pregnant, and her good friend did not hesitate to have a relationship with the doctor in exchange for the cost of the operation in order to help her perform the operation... Speaking of the operation, she asked me later that she was pregnant. When I was in a bad mood, is it particularly easy to give birth to a child with a three-mouthed mouth? If I have an operation tomorrow, will a child with a three-mouthed mouth laugh at me? I was actually a little uncomfortable. I saw her wearing black clothes, but she was still amazingly thin. She hugged her shoulders and turned around the street corner of the Drum Tower, and she disappeared all of a sudden. No matter which one she chooses, the one that is not chosen will become an unchosen road, which will be remembered by her many years later, for her aftertaste. At that time, she may have forgotten that there is a girl who is as thin as her and likes to wear black clothes, standing with her under the street lamp on the corner, waiting for the Beijing wind to dry the tears on her face, and she is heartbroken. The melancholy, even she herself can't understand.

Seeing this, you will also find that the joy at the beginning of this article is what I pretended to be.

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