First and foremost let me say that this is strictly my opinion and not personally geared towards anyone so if you take offense to it, either stop reading or maybe take a look at yourself if you feel that I could be talking about you.
Secondly, I feel like I haven't blogged in FOREVER! Doesn't help that the stupid website has been down for a while for 'maintenence' although it seems like they didn't do crap to it!
So here goes. The good 'ol BC....not before Christ...but birth control! At some point in every persons life, you encounter someone that should honest to God, not reproduce. Working in healthcare, I've had the "advantage" of meeting several of these people but that is neither here nor there. My reason for this blog is that birth control seems to be a seriously overlooked aspect of life! Again, just my opinion!
Birth control is relatively cheap...regardless of if you have insurance or not. Hey now, yes I'm aware that it can cost x amount of dollars every month but lets face it, it's MUCH cheaper than diapers, formula, clothes, daycare, etc! Lets break this down for those that don't understand what I'm talking about....or just can't do math! Condoms: $1-$3 each time, pills, $20-35 per month, IUD $400 for 4 years...that's $100 a year. Now, the average cost of a baby is roughly $12000 for just the FIRST YEAR!!! So birth control is WAY cheaper!!
There have been quite a few people over the years that have said "I just can't afford it" or "my insurance doesn't cover it" or even "I don't want to go to the doctor" but the all time best was fairly recently someone said "it's too much of a pain to go pick it up every 3 months". Why is this irritating? Because A) you're completely lazy for it to be too much trouble to go pick it up, B) You have Tricare insurance so it's completely paid for...what the hell are you complaining about and C) you think picking up prescriptions is a pain in the ass, try pushing out a baby and taking care of it every day for the rest of your life....then you'll really have a pain in the ass!
So why a blog on birth control? Honestly, some people just shouldn't reproduce! Here are my reasonings behind why some people shouldn't (again, just my opinion)! If you're too selfish to think about anyone but yourself, you shouldn't have kids. If you're too lazy to get your ass off the couch and get something to drink, eat, get a Kleenex, etc yourself, you shouldn't have kids! If you can't physically, financially or mentally take care of the kid(s) you already have, you probably should invest in some BC and not have anymore for a while. If you feel the need to physically, mentally, verbally or emotionally abuse your kid(s) you definitely shouldn't have more and you should feel lucky CPS hasn't come and taken away the one(s) you have...and if you are abusing/neglecting them I hope someone kicks your ass! If you are with someone, either married or just in an exclusive relationship and you can't remain faithful to that person, you should not have kids! As a secondary aspect to that, if you have to go on a talk show to have DNA tests on 15 different guys to find a baby daddy, you should have bee sterilized at birth!
Birth control people, try it! It's not just the women I'm talking to...men have a hand in the birth control situation also! The worst thing ever is talking to someone and they say "oh god, I can't believe I'm pregnant, what am I going to do" and when you ask if they were on birth control and they say no, I just want to smack them upside the head! I don't feel a damn bit sorry for you for being irresponsible and getting pregnant. I do feel bad for that child who is going to be brought up in a crappy situation because their parents were idiots! And yes, I'm well aware of the fact that birth control doesn't always work, I know plenty of birth control babies...but at least you were taking precautions to prevent the big "OOPS". Maybe instead of popping ruffies in people's drinks, you should pop a BC pill in there instead!
