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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 01:58 PM
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Man, so, the most irresponsible of my friends is gonna be a dad
Ritch, fresh off a divorce after a four month marriage, has knocked up the girl he was dating. This is a guy who has never finished a thing, never focussed on an idea for more than two days, and once had his car stolen and torched for the insurance money - AFTER THE INSURANCE EXPIRED.

ANd now he's gonna be a dad.... ruh roh.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:01 PM
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1. Poor girl...she'll be alone.
That car torching reminds me of a stupid commercial playing here in the lower 50...people destroying their cars so they can a new one. Talk about irresponsibility...and none of them were SUVs being keyed, drowned, thrown off a cliff, burnt.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:04 PM
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2. Yeah
This is one thing he can't walk away from. Some others are saying, "This is good, Maybe this will get Ritch to get his act together"
Fuck, that, cause if it doesn't that poor kid will suffer the effects
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 03:23 PM
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11. Well, at least the kid won't be born in the USA
so people will cry and complain how the taxpayers, food stamps, etc. have to foot the bill. I tell you, some US citizens only like embryos.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:11 PM
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3. beat his ass. then tell him to be responsible
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:49 PM
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18. Normally, I don't advocate violence, but...
yeah. Not that it'll work, but still.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:15 PM
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4. Sounds like he has ADHD, maybe mention this to him
cuz the kid will probably be prone too
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:21 PM
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6. oh he has that - and hyper activity
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:30 PM
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7. so maybe he needs to be treated for it then
maybe it would help him to focus and settle down and behave responsibly. Now more than ever he needs to get it under control, and if he's really already been diagnosed, then it's not simply a matter of him just buckling down - he's got a brain chemistry malfunction that can be treated (or so they say)
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:16 PM
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5. Oh dear. One can sincerely hope this forces him to grow up in a hurry, but I wouldn't count on it
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:35 PM
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8. sounds like he finished something
:shrug: just sayin'

Seriously though, I sincerely hope he is ready to take responsibility for this child. He and the baby's Mom have a lot of thinking and planning to do.
I wish them all the best.

aA
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:58 PM
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9. The only person I know my age (45) who even has a kid
is a single mother who is a meth head, suicide risk, been fired from every job she's had over the last ten years.

Go figure. You don't have to get a license / permit to have a kid.

BTW she was in the hospital getting about 500 Xanax pumped out of her stomach when they discovered that she was 2 weeks pregnant.
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 03:10 PM
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10. Being irresponsible is one of the most common ways of becoming a dad. nt
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 03:29 PM
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13. You got that right. n/t
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 03:27 PM
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12. There's a guy in his 40's who lives across the
Edited on Tue May-06-08 03:28 PM by LibDemAlways
street from my parents. He lives with his mother who, at age 85, is working full time to support him and his 8 year old, who lives there too. This guy spends his entire day out in front of the house smoking, driking beer, and fiddling with his old junker of a car. He has no job and no hope of ever getting one.

At some point a person needs to grow up and start taking responsibility for his actions. In the case of my parents' neighbor, sadly not.

I hope your friend takes this as a wake up call and starts cleaning up his act.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 04:00 PM
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14. There must be something in the air.
We have a similar situation going on with someone near and dear to us. Every time I think about it I feel like I'm going to throw up.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 04:01 PM
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15. And unfortunately an innocent child has to pay for this...sad..n/t
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:34 PM
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16. Christ! He didn't even bother to borrow a condom?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:36 PM
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17. Oh no...
:(
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 06:50 PM
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19. Good job he's not American
Next thing you know he'd be running for president and getting (s)elected :P
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