Kid Plans And Living With The Consequences

The fall of my junior year in high school my father accepted a job for the following school year as Superintendent of a school district in the Texas 'valley'. A far cry from Plano. That's when my best friend and me we came up with the idea, the plan to stay in Plano. Get pregnant, get married.

I had to get going. I had to be reliably pregnant, with an up and coming boy or 'man' who would take responsibility and marry me. Much harder than you think, I kept getting caught up with liking him. I was running out of time when I laid down and let him. A college senior in engineering, a bit of a nerd, he liked bowling and talked music and old movies. Beggars can't be choosers and I could always fall in love with him, or learn to live with him.

He had no idea, it was his first time too, he was floored and upset. I was just turned 17, he was a solid 22. My parents weren't having anything to do with my plan and would not agree that it was consensual. On advice from a lawyer he signed the marriage license to avoid facing charges and officially be the recognized father, and further acknowledge that I was going to the valley with my parents. As soon as practical after the baby was born he would make his exit. He says she says is a bad place for him to be standing.

I had my baby, graduated from high school in the valley, turned 18, and ran away to live with my husband. And promptly got pregnant again. We live in Fort Worth, a long way from Plano. Being an adult, running a home, two preschool babies, budgeting, cooking and cleaning. And I still have to go to college.