Middle Child POV: The waiting game
Paul Randall Adams
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: Opinions
Beautiful girl. Handsome boy. Long walks on the beach, hand in hand, quiet nights by the candles.
She giggles, he chuckles, and the world is at peace.
Days turn into weeks and weeks into months, until the young couple is celebrating their anniversary.
He has the entire night planned with roses and a quiet dinner. They both know that this is it. This is the night they'll remember forever.
This is the night that they will have sex for the first time.
The nerves set in, she shivers in excitement, and the next morning she wakes up a different woman.
Nine months later, the nerves set in once more, and soon enough follows the pain.
She looks down at the baby in her arms and cries, fearing what the world has in store for him. For as a single mother, she fears she will always struggle.
As a single mother she fears that her son may never meet the man whom he already resembles so closely.
Unfortunately, this situation is not so uncommon in today's society.
More and more children are being born out of wedlock, as of late, and most of them are forced to grow up without fathers.
There is a great social stigma today for girls who become pregnant before they're married.
They're ridiculed, judged, made fun of. They become the subjects of hair-salon gossip and coffee-table discussions.
People love to talk, share the story of how girls with such bright futures throw it all away for one night of passion.
This is how they're viewed.
And they have no way out.
Abortion is frowned upon; they'd be disowned by everybody, especially in the more conservative South.
And adoption is out of the question - that's taking the easy way out. It was her mistake, so she just has to be stuck with it.
And yet the father of the child bears no repercussions.
Unless the mother announces who it is, then he may never have to hear of the baby again.
How many babies are products of the phrase "I love you?" How many of those babies ever actually meet their fathers?
She giggles, he chuckles, and the world is at peace.
Days turn into weeks and weeks into months, until the young couple is celebrating their anniversary.
He has the entire night planned with roses and a quiet dinner. They both know that this is it. This is the night they'll remember forever.
This is the night that they will have sex for the first time.
The nerves set in, she shivers in excitement, and the next morning she wakes up a different woman.
Nine months later, the nerves set in once more, and soon enough follows the pain.
She looks down at the baby in her arms and cries, fearing what the world has in store for him. For as a single mother, she fears she will always struggle.
As a single mother she fears that her son may never meet the man whom he already resembles so closely.
Unfortunately, this situation is not so uncommon in today's society.
More and more children are being born out of wedlock, as of late, and most of them are forced to grow up without fathers.
There is a great social stigma today for girls who become pregnant before they're married.
They're ridiculed, judged, made fun of. They become the subjects of hair-salon gossip and coffee-table discussions.
People love to talk, share the story of how girls with such bright futures throw it all away for one night of passion.
This is how they're viewed.
And they have no way out.
Abortion is frowned upon; they'd be disowned by everybody, especially in the more conservative South.
And adoption is out of the question - that's taking the easy way out. It was her mistake, so she just has to be stuck with it.
And yet the father of the child bears no repercussions.
Unless the mother announces who it is, then he may never have to hear of the baby again.
How many babies are products of the phrase "I love you?" How many of those babies ever actually meet their fathers?
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