All of these things I want to confess, but don't. Getting pregnant at 17 seems so messy. In the eyes of my parents, their friends and even my friends, it signifies poor planning, sloppiness and loose morals. Pregnant is not sexy and cool.
Even my closest friends wouldn't understand. The virgins would be horrified and condescending. The ones who have "done it" would see me as incompetent, as having bungled the first hurdle of womanhood by not planning enough in advance. My boyfriend? He'd think me immature and a liability, a bother, a nuisance or so I told myself in my panicked and paranoid state.