Sometimes, I'm not even sure what to think. People grow, and people change. No one is the same as they were when they were a child; no adult is the same as they were when they were a teenager. Sadly, though, many times, people take the wrong road and end up worse off than they were in their younger years. Some become addicted to drugs, alcohol, and even sex; none of which are a good path to..."achieve", per se.
It seems that the older I get, the younger the people who start. I've seen 5th and 6th graders pregnant in this town. Fifth and sixth graders. Eleven year old children. Pregnant. Often with boys or men several years older than them. And you know what? They go and get an abortion because - and I'm not kidding here - they believe it was the "only way to prevent having a child". Fuck no. Condoms and the pill are a hell of a lot cheaper than raising a child; as is the morning after pill. If you think you're running the risk of getting pregnant, use it. It's better than having to pay for a hospital bill or a child.
I am so sick and tired of people using abortion as birth control.
Yes, it can be used as a last-resort type of thing; but you should never use it as your main birth control.
You have cheaper alternatives: use them. Condoms cost 25 cents in many restrooms. Hell, gas stations sell them. You walk in, buy them, walk out. No one knows what you've done.
Even if I'm one of those people who believe that if you lack the maturity to buy condoms at a store, at a register, with a cashier there, then you aren't mature enough to be having sex.
Another thing I see running rampant? "Teenagers" (also known as 11-17-year-olds, in their minds) running around doing drugs. I know it's a 'normal' thing to experiment with drugs. I haven't done it, myself, but I understand that there are people who do so. The thing is, there's a difference between trying it one or two times, and doing it every time you're able to/getting addicted. A major difference.
If you do it? Alright, fine. However, spreading it all over your facebook - where people obviously are able to tell that it's you - is just going to get you into deep shit along the way somewhere. Especially if it's illegal for you to said drugs, be it age, or just lack of legality for drugs. I know so many people who do this, and it pisses me off to no end.
Same goes out to the girls who post naked/half-naked/provocative pictures of themselves on facebook. I do not want to see that shit. Cut it out, it's disgusting.
Eugh.
