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Thursday, 4 March 2010

Alternate endings

Have you ever read one of those books, where you can choose the ending? Like, each page had a next bit of the story, and you pick option A, B or C to decide what happens next.
same story, but so many different endings.

I have been told many times recently that you should not regret decisions from your past, because you did what you thought was for the best at the time, in the given circumstances.

But it could have been so different.

heres the scenario

 Girl goes to a party, gets her drink spiked and gets raped. she tries to tell people because she needs help but noone belives her and she gets bullied, and the university threatens to chuck her out. Ed offers to help her feel better, and pretty soon its worse than its ever been. And she doesnt realise it for a long while, but she is pregnant.

option A
she keeps the baby, and tries to love it, but everytime she looks at it she feels she cant connect.That the baby is something that was part of him. she muddles through life, and tries to do her best for the baby.and makes up a story about the dad, for the child, because look what happened last time she told. And how do you tell a child, YOUR child that anyway.

Option B
she has the baby, and has it adopted.but spends the rest of her life longing and wondering about her child.she gave it up for the babies best interests.But how would you feel if you were the child, and when you were older you asked about your parents, trid to find out.what would the truth do to you?

Option C
Its really late before you realise what is going on.you find out you are pregnant and you feel sick, and your blood runs cold.you feel repulsed, not by the baby, but how it got there,and it makes your skin itch. You have an abortion, but you cannot ever forgive yourself.you have nightmares everynight, and dream about what the baby would have looked like.you haste yourself a little more everyday, until it eats away at all of you, til theres nothing left. you thought it was the only thing to do at the time, but now you wonder.

what really gets me, is that even now, i dont know what the best thing to do was, and i think thats what is tearing at my head everyday.I love children, but i am pro-choice.
but i am not pro-mychoice.
i wish i could explain.i feel like muck. I dont think any of the options has a particulary positive side.
im going around in circles here.because i could do the same thing for what happened when i spoke about it.
if id kept my mouth shut, and pulled my head back together, i could be a mother.all i want in the world.my baby didnt deserve that. I could have carried on at uni.maybe i did really want to do that course, and maybe this stuff got in the way-i dont really know.i could have qualified as a vet last year.big whoop-di-do.
nothing seems iportant after i did that.

ive thought hard about wether this is an appropriate post.But this is my blog, and my thoughts. I dont want to cause anyone any offense, i really dont, i just needed to let it ot of my head.I was writing something ese, and before i realised it, had deleted that, and writen half of this.so maybe it wants to be said.

i respect everyones personal opinions as regards to this tpic, but please-i really dont need any anti abortion lectures, because i hate myself as it is, and really, you couldnt make me feel any worse anyway.and i dont mean any offense by writing that either.
i give up.im talking in muddled circles now.

xxx

9 comments:

Lou Lou said...

you are a very brave person to write this. I am sending you love.
and I am proud of you for having the strength to write this. if any bastard gives you a lecture I'll cut their balls off.
You did what you felt was right at the time. and you weighed it up and made your choice. I am pr-choice. I am pro vicky.
so vics, you have all my support and love and hope for your recovery and for you to come to a peace with this when you are ready.
xxx

Anonymous said...

Vick, the descision you made was the hardest descision anyone could make and you had ur reasons to. But beating yourself up over it is harder cos you can't change the past.

its your blog and you should write how u feel. so writing bout this is to help you.

big cuddles love u

mariposai said...

You certainly won't be getting any lectures from me :-) I think there is no right or wrong decision here. You were faced with a difficult situation, and any decision would have had its downside. You can't change what happened, all you can do is move forward.

I can't even imagine what it must have been like to go through this, and in fact rape victims for me are one of the reasons why pro-choice should exist.

You made the best you could of a difficult situation, and no one here has the right to pass judgement on you for this. I certainly won't ;) I just wish I'd been there to hug and reassure you at the time...

Sarah x

ps looks like we are going to have to fight it out for that union jack dress!

Anonymous said...

I've been reading your blog for a couple of weeks and I couldn't not reply to this. I never thought I would consider abortion until I was raped in 2002, and the stress made my period late. I knew that if I was pregnant I would have to take that option because I would go crazy thinking about how it was created. So I have nothing but empathy and I'm so sorry you went through that <3 I think you're really brave to post this.
Katie

Samf said...

You are so brave to have posted this hun. You did what you felt was right at the time which is the best any of us can ever do.
A lot of my friends are against abortions and they are always shocked that Im not aswell after having two miscarriages. I think everybody should have the right to chose. And especially if you have been denied the right to even stop the pregnancy being created by an evil bastard that rapes you.
Please dont beat yourself up about this. Easier said than done I know but it will get easier.
One of my best friends aborted twins last year in similar curcumstances and I stood right by her even though a times it did tear my heart out, but she is slowly learning to deal with what happend and and you can too.
You are not a bad person.You are an amazing, strong, beautiful woman and you can get through this xxxxxxxxxxxx

Amber Rochelle said...

Maybe it doesn't do any good to regret the past or dwell on those decisions, as you can't change it, but I think it's completely natural to wonder what would have come if a different decision was made. I do that ALL the time.

I agree that you are very brave to post this, and I'm glad that you did. Hearing of your struggles makes you so much more real (not that you weren't real before!). But I have a deeper understanding of where you've been and where you're coming from.

Everyone has reasons for choosing the things they do, and I don't ever think there's necessarily a "right" or a "wrong" answer. You did what you knew to do at the time, and I hope that in time you will find some peace in that. The situation you were/are in is pretty shitty, and unfair that you even had to be there to make that choice to begin with. Afterall, you didn't exactly have a choice in the pre-curser to the event.

I'm sorry I'm babbling. I just really really hope that in time you will find some peace. Because you don't deserve to be tormented.

Jessie said...

You are so, so brave for posting about this. And no one could blame you for the choice you made. You made the best choice you could in your situation and you did nothing wrong. You are such an amazing strong person and you don't deserve to blame yourself for this.

**hugs**

And anyone who gives you crap will have to answer to me. And I can be pretty scary!

Lou Lou said...

im posting on your 2nd to last post again my love. and i just want to give you some huge huge support, because nobody deserves what that guy did, and you are just so beautiful and amazing. and i just want to send you more love.

Sairs said...

I will tell you a story about my brother who was adopted out when my mum was 14, but I decided I will email it to you. I think you are amazing and lovely and I think you should have a choice of what you do when you have been hurt in the most horrible of ways. You know, in the story I will tell you, no choice will ever feel right. You will always wonder, no matter what you do. What matters is that, at that time, when things were so bad, that the choice felt right. You are not a bad person. You have had some horrible things happen and you had to make some very tough decisions. You are stronger than you think and I think you are awesome!
*hugs*
Sarah