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[-] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago

That was me. Girlfriend and I got pregnant when I was 15 and again at 17. Kept both and got a job. Studied hard and graduated 19th in my class with honors. Ton of negativity from school staff and loss of friends which is still hard to let go of. We did marry the fall after I graduated and after years of poverty things have slowly gotten more stable.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

That's cute!!! You did the right thing, I'm sure it was difficult and it's very brave not chickening out of it.

[-] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Thank you; it's been a long, hard road for sure and our kiddos are now grown and doing well. We took the lessons learned and went into foster / adoption and now have a large family which has been a huge learning experience of its own.

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