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6 comments:
Not to seem a male chauvinist, but think about this: There is not possible way the man could have POSSIBLY expressed his opinion on whether he would like to keep the fetus. You (girls - yes, I profiling) would have jumped and been offended at anything the man said except complete utter silence, and to have let the woman make the decision without his imput.
Remember, it's his "kid" too.
The man simply lost the argument the final decision is hers so he had show his true colors which although seem cruel may have been for the better,and although he runs from responsibility he is trying to run back to the life they had before,but ultimately left the final decision to the one who the greatest burden is upon but showed he could not have anything to do with it.
and so the decision is rightfully hers,but to let the life live is to essentially kill the lives of others.
To a point, I agree with crls spncr. Obviously he didn't want to have the child, and no matter what way he expressed his feelings he would have come off as a complete jerk. While I can feel sympathy for the girl, I don't really respect her. It IS half her fault that she got pregnant in the first place.
I thought that the man sounded a bit self-centered and selfish because he was basically saying that she was ruining their life togeather and that she should do it for them(him).
The woman seemed to be a little confused as well, she didn't seem to know what she wanted and was just listening to what he was saying.
In the end though it almost seemed to me like she had made up her mind. She said, "I'm just fine." It seems like she was saying she didn't want to change anything and wanted to keep the child.
honestly, it takes two to tango. it was equally her fault that she got pregnant. although i don't think that the man should have pressed his opinion on her. i can understand how the woman would be confused. when you're faced with a lfe and death situation, it kind of takes some thinking.
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