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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
Out of an awful thing Lightfoot came something really good, am happy for you.Hug

Took me a long time to admit what had happened..
I went to a rape crisis centre about 10 years ago..I never told my parents..


Did it help you going there? Was it like a weight lifted for you?

It's hard to tell the ones we love.Frowner Hug
queenshaks
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Originally posted by charmer:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
I was an unwilling teenage Mum.. way back in the 60's. I was raped by 3 men..one of those men
is the father to my son...BNP why not tell men to keep it in their pants?? Angry

blimey luv,
thats awful
it really is
dont know what else to say

having read what else you said-i know what to say
good on ya luv
sounds like youve got a great kid Wink
charmer
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
Out of an awful thing Lightfoot came something really good, am happy for you.Hug

Took me a long time to admit what had happened..
I went to a rape crisis centre about 10 years ago..I never told my parents..


Did it help you going there? Was it like a weight lifted for you?

It's hard to tell the ones we love.Frowner Hug

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused
lightfoot
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Originally posted by lightfoot:

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused


I started showing at 6 and half months too with both my kids.Smiler

Am so glad you're mentally in a better place. Bless you Hug
queenshaks
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused


I started showing at 6 and half months too with both my kids.Smiler

Amso glad you're mentally in a better place. Bless you Hug

Thankyou.. Smiler
lightfoot
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused


I started showing at 6 and half months too with both my kids.Smiler

Amso glad you're mentally in a better place. Bless you Hug

Thankyou.. Smiler


God how awful. Hug I'm glad that something so good came from something so bad.

Sometimes it's easier to talk to people that aren't so close to you, no pre judgement or too much emotion.
fifilapew
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
Out of an awful thing Lightfoot came something really good, am happy for you.Hug

Took me a long time to admit what had happened..
I went to a rape crisis centre about 10 years ago..I never told my parents..


Did it help you going there? Was it like a weight lifted for you?

It's hard to tell the ones we love.Frowner Hug

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused

i know you'll never forget how you got your son and im not qualified to have an opinion
but youre proud of your lad and the twat that was involved! well he'll never know he has a good, decent lad
and that bit is down to you Nod
charmer
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Originally posted by Sir HP:
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
The housing list allocations policy for each area is usually available from the local authority webpages. My local one adds lots of points for being pregnant or having kids. You also get points for the length of time, upto a year, that you've been on the list. I'm told that you have to say that you've had an irreconcilable breakdown with your family if you're staying with parents to get a leg up after you've had a leg over and are bearing the fruits of it.


have to say, i was offered a 3 bedroom house within 9 months time of applying. course it was in a shitty area, and i was grateful! but i did NOT need a 3 bedroom house. there was only me and and 1 baby.

not like there aren't flats or even smaller houses available. i've seen families of 5 be offered a 2 bed house when i was given a 3 bed...that makes no sense Confused

course i took it, but my council stick you back on the list again if you refuse an offering..but i actually would have prefered somewhere smaller cos i didn't have money/time to decorate


Each council has their own allocations policy (which has to be within certain legal parameters). Anyone in a high demand area who got pregnant to get a council house or HA property would be very foolish indeed as most of them have already moved away from this and others are moving fast. There was also a ruling recently (house of Lords) whereby needs are non cumulative which gives councils even more latitude and means if you are overcrowded and have say a medical need they don't have to give you any higher priority.

Hoobs you'll have got a 3 bedroom 'cos it was in a hard to let area and they'd rather put someone in there than leave it empty.


AHHHHHHH that'll be it then Smiler statistics
Darthhoob
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Originally posted by karmasab****:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused


I started showing at 6 and half months too with both my kids.Smiler

Amso glad you're mentally in a better place. Bless you Hug

Thankyou.. Smiler


God how awful. Hug I'm glad that something so good came from something so bad.

Sometimes it's easier to talk to people that aren't so close to you, no pre judgement or too much emotion.

Very true..thanks everyone..
lightfoot
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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I have known girls that have had babies just to get a council flat and freedom from their parents. i should also add that this doesn't always apply to under 21's. There are actually people who can't wait to get pregnant for the benefits and freedom from having to work. THIS IS TRUE.

Apart from all the nonsense about short skirts and curfews, i don't see quite whats so wrong with the idea. It's not perfect but is the current system??
Clapping
Antichrist
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by karmasab****:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
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Originally posted by queenshaks:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:

Helped me come to terms.. was hard like reliving it all again.. remember back in the '60s if you cried rape no one believed you..If it hadn't been for a work mate I wouldn't have gone to the doctors.Thing was I was a skinny kid and until it was confirmed at about 6 months I was still skinny.. once the doc, my parents knew I blew out like a balloon..
Confused


I started showing at 6 and half months too with both my kids.Smiler

Amso glad you're mentally in a better place. Bless you Hug

Thankyou.. Smiler


God how awful. Hug I'm glad that something so good came from something so bad.

Sometimes it's easier to talk to people that aren't so close to you, no pre judgement or too much emotion.

Very true..thanks everyone..

Just changed avator(spell) in case someone recognised my old dog..
lightfoot
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Originally posted by Mazzystar:
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Originally posted by *BB*:
I've been watching a series on iPlayer about pregnant young teenage girls around the ages of 14 - 17 years and the series follows them through their pregnancy and afterwards when they have had their babies. What I saw has been nothing like what we are told in the media about what happens. No automatic council house, no nothing in most cases! It was quite an eye-opener for me.


I saw that too,BB.
The girls weren't your stereotypical 'chavette' we are led to believe goes round willingly getting impregnated at 15 so she can have five minutes of fame on Jeremy Kyle.They were ordinary run of the mill tenns from a street in any town.
Any parent under 16 is NOT entitled to benefits..so its the grandparents bear the financial burden in these cases.

Its well worth watching btw.


It certainly is well worth watching. Aww! The girls' faces when they had just given birth to their babies! Smiler They all made lovely, caring young mums and all showed such maturity. Clapping
B
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Originally posted by Lockes no 1 fan:
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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
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Originally posted by lightfoot:
I was an unwilling teenage Mum.. way back in the 60's. I was raped by 3 men..one of those men
is the father to my son...BNP why not tell men to keep it in their pants?? Angry


Oh my God lightfoot

Hug




Frowner Hug Valentine

Thanks.. I've had a lot of years to come to terms.. It does surface every now and then..Just wanted to say night to you all and thanks.You have all helped.
lightfoot
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Originally posted by Antichrist:
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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I have known girls that have had babies just to get a council flat and freedom from their parents. i should also add that this doesn't always apply to under 21's. There are actually people who can't wait to get pregnant for the benefits and freedom from having to work. THIS IS TRUE.

Apart from all the nonsense about short skirts and curfews, i don't see quite whats so wrong with the idea. It's not perfect but is the current system??
Clapping
Every system has its flaws....but my gawd to throw all young mums into homes just cos a minority exploit the system!?! FFS.

I am shaking my head here, I cant believe some people.
MoFo
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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
I have to say that while, ethically, both the man and the woman are equally responsible, the consequences fall more heavily on the woman and so for that reason I'd expect them to take more responsibility for themselves at least.


But most of the teenage mums are still children themselves, not women.
B
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Originally posted by MoFo:
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Originally posted by Antichrist:
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Originally posted by karmasab****:
I have known girls that have had babies just to get a council flat and freedom from their parents. i should also add that this doesn't always apply to under 21's. There are actually people who can't wait to get pregnant for the benefits and freedom from having to work. THIS IS TRUE.

Apart from all the nonsense about short skirts and curfews, i don't see quite whats so wrong with the idea. It's not perfect but is the current system??
Clapping
Every system has its flaws....but my gawd to throw all young mums into homes just cos a minority exploit the system!?! FFS.

I am shaking my head here, I cant believe some people.


I'm sorry you feel that way, however i am talking from personal experience. You and others may have different experiences and after reading some of the other posts I can see that there are numerous reasons for ending up with a baby and no means to support it.

I just wonder would a MODERN well thought out system whereby these young girls, and more importantly their babies , were given somewhere to go that helped and educated them, instead of just giving them a coucil flat and some benefits and saying 'off you go', because i'm sorry but, regardless of the exceptions, there are 1000's of girls/women having children KNOWING that they have no means to support them. I spent 21 years of my life living on a housing estate that was full of them.
fifilapew
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Originally posted by *BB*:
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Originally posted by Mazzystar:
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
what was name of that programme mazzy?


Sorry,hoobs..cant remember.Was on recently tho as part of the teen series on BBC3.


It's called Underage and Pregnant. I'm following it on iPlayer as we don't have digital.


ty bout to watch it now Smiler

and i have to say to the above poster...having a kid was probably the biggest education i ever had. but just cos someone is young doesn't mean they definately need parenting classes. i see plenty of older parents who could benefit from it too.
Darthhoob
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
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Originally posted by *BB*:
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Originally posted by Mazzystar:
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
what was name of that programme mazzy?


Sorry,hoobs..cant remember.Was on recently tho as part of the teen series on BBC3.


It's called Underage and Pregnant. I'm following it on iPlayer as we don't have digital.


ty bout to watch it now Smiler

and i have to say to the above poster...having a kid was probably the biggest education i ever had. but just cos someone is young doesn't mean they definately need parenting classes. i see plenty of older parents who could benefit from it too.


Hoobs you are so right. A neighbour of mine has 4 kids. They are all a nightmare, the youngest has been in care for 4 months due to really bad anger problems (she's 12). Every other word out of the parents mouth is an expletive, they are also always fighting etc. Mother decides to go on holiday with a friend, her friends 12 yeard son and his pal. She popped round to mine the other day because she needed something and to tell me she was going away, also told me that she had just had an argument with her daughter, because her daughter wants to go with her (the care home would have allowed her to go) but she told her daughter she needed a break Eeker she hasn't had her home for longer than a day in 4 months. I've looked at her fb wall and on it are all pictures of her and her friends son and pal on the beach, cuddling etc. It has made me want to vomit.

The only problems that child has is that the environment she has been brought up in stinks, they have even been sending family councellors to go and work with the family, and they have pretended to be out when they come.

Her eldest daughter (who is claiming the dole) told me that she can't wait to have a baby and get a council house, but she has to wait for the arsehole to get out of prison first.

Sorry for the long post Frowner
Puss
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Originally posted by pussycatj:
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
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Originally posted by *BB*:
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Originally posted by Mazzystar:
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Originally posted by Darthhoob:
what was name of that programme mazzy?


Sorry,hoobs..cant remember.Was on recently tho as part of the teen series on BBC3.


It's called Underage and Pregnant. I'm following it on iPlayer as we don't have digital.


ty bout to watch it now Smiler

and i have to say to the above poster...having a kid was probably the biggest education i ever had. but just cos someone is young doesn't mean they definately need parenting classes. i see plenty of older parents who could benefit from it too.


Hoobs you are so right. A neighbour of mine has 4 kids. They are all a nightmare, the youngest has been in care for 4 months due to really bad anger problems (she's 12). Every other word out of the parents mouth is an expletive, they are also always fighting etc. Mother decides to go on holiday with a friend, her friends 12 yeard son and his pal. She popped round to mine the other day because she needed something and to tell me she was going away, also told me that she had just had an argument with her daughter, because her daughter wants to go with her (the care home would have allowed her to go) but she told her daughter she needed a break Eeker she hasn't had her home for longer than a day in 4 months. I've looked at her fb wall and on it are all pictures of her and her friends son and pal on the beach, cuddling etc. It has made me want to vomit.

The only problems that child has is that the environment she has been brought up in stinks, they have even been sending family councellors to go and work with the family, and they have pretended to be out when they come.

Her eldest daughter (who is claiming the dole) told me that she can't wait to have a baby and get a council house, but she has to wait for the arsehole to get out of prison first.

Sorry for the long post Frowner


sad situation for the youngest Frowner why can't parents think of their kids before themselves. you'd think it would come naturally wouldn't you. i've known similar mothers, i tended to make friends with 'wayward' kids when i was a kid Big Grin


i just watched that show (all 5 episodes so far) and those young mothers all seemed to just crack on the get it done and learn alongthe way.
parenting is something we ALL learn along the way...young or old. there are no rule books or instructions and all babies are different. i found being a mum at 19 was alot easier than at 26, although i was older, experienced, and in a better situation, the babies were comepltely different! my eldest slept for starters Laugh but also he didn't crave attetnion like my youngest does. so i had to learn it all over again. no doubt i will when this baby arrives.

plus thinking about it there is help thesedays for young mothers (well mums of all ages). Surestart is one place. was crap when i had my eldest but it's great now. can do courses, learn parenting tips, breasfeeding workshops etc etc. and thats just there. watching that programme i learnt there are special schools for teenage mums. never knew about them till tonight.

ofc it's upto the mother (and father...stuff for them to do in surestart too) whether they take the help.
Darthhoob

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