There was a post yesterday that touched me. More than that, made me physically upset. Thought I’d put my thoughts to paper. Young men, you have a voice. Use it. When I was a younger man, my girlfriend at the time became pregnant. I’m no saint, never proclaimed to be, but there was always something in the back of my mind that said this is wrong. She stopped taking her birth control, unbeknownst to me, and became pregnant. Told her I’d never marry her just bc of this, but would support her in any decision SHE made. This is the only regret I have in my life. I have made MANY mistakes, but only one regret.

I should have fought. I should have fought for the possibility of that innocent life. I’m not religious whatsoever, slide me in the agnostic box, but I should have fought. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time. Now that I’m older, married with children, I think about that time often. To this day it makes me upset. If you don’t have children, or are a shit father, you won’t understand. To the young men out there, I promise you, that choice will follow you for the rest of your life. To the young women, I couldn’t possibly put myself in your shoes, but your decisions affect not just you.