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What Will We
Do?
I'M
PREGNANT"
Who is responsible for preventing hundreds of
thousands of illegitimate children? Society? Par–
ents? The girl? The boy? This article points out who
must shoulder the responsibility in boy-girl inter–
personal relationships if we are to reverse the
worldwide tragedy of premarital conceptions.
S
IXTEEN-YEAR-QLD
Diane was On
her living room couch. The
moonlight case a shadowy aura
across her and Colín, her high school
boyfrícnd of six monchs.
In che background, che emphatic
words of che lacese
45
rpm insísrendy
droned, " Baby, I've been loving you
so long...."
Diane's parencs had lefr for dínner
and a movíe. O fren, when her parencs
were gone for che evening, Díane and
Colín had necked and petted. Each
rime Colín pressed Diane ro go al!
che way. Diane had res ísced sexual
íncercourse up uncí l chree mo nrhs
ago.
The Crucial Moment
Lasc week, Diane learned for sure:
she wm pregnant.
But why, she wondered, did íc
have ro happen
ro
me? She had
crusred Colín. And he had said ir was
20
by
Poul W. Kroll
safe - norhing would happen.
For che pase chree days Diane had
been living in rurmoil. How would
she break che news
ro
her parenrs?
How would she rcll Colín ?Would
he
underscand?
Then Colín carne by ro see Diane.
Her parenrs were noc ac home, so as
usuaL he began his sexual advances.
Buc Diane's mind was on che baby.
She jusr had ro find sorne way ro
explain.
During cheir íncimacy, Diane
blurred our, "Colín, I'm going ro
have a baby. Will you marry
me
and
supporr che child?"
Colin was shocked. "You muse be
kidding!"
"No, I'm nor," Díane ínsísced.
"Ir
happened. l 'm pregnanc. \'{fíll you
man-y
me?"
she added wíth expectant
eyes.
Col ín proresred. "Diane, you know
I love you."
"1 know," D íane answered. "But
please cell me
mnu.
Wi U you marry
me and support che chíld?"
Colín was exasperared. "Don't you
trust me?"
"Yes," was Diane's now rarher
hure reply, "bur wíll vou give me an
answer?"
Colín was becoming vísibly upser.
He had never really rhought of mar–
ríage
now.
Anda baby
oo
rop of ir al!.
Perhaps for che firsc rime
he
began co
underscand thar he really didn'r have
that kind
of !ove for Diane.
Diane had hoped for a guick and
reassuríng affirmatíon of !ove. But
Colín's idea of love fell far shorr of
assuming che kind of responsíbílicy
that spells crue love in marriage. Yec,
D íane's desire for emocional and
physical supporr was little else chan
che rerms of a marriage vow. Such a
vow also assumes che man will sup–
porr his wife and family. Colin 's
PLAIN TRUTH September-October 1972