Rumours are like wildfires. Sometimes they spread wide and far because someone got bored and decided to start drama. Maybe it’s a lie. Maybe it’s truth. It doesn’t matter, people live for gossip. As long as it’s not their matter, they are quick to spread it, with no regard to whom they are hurting. I suffered from false rumours ten years ago.
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There’s this guy, Willy, he is someone special to me now but back then we were not this close. He was just an acquaintance. We barely spoke yet somehow, someone started a rumour that he was my boyfriend.
The matter spread so far that almost everyone who knew me heard it. No matter what I told them that he was just a friend, it didn’t suffice. Things got worse when I heard on the streets that I was pregnant with this same guy’s child but I got rid of it. Everything was a lie.
I had a child at the time but that was it. I wasn’t dating anyone, let alone getting pregnant. Nothing had happened between us. I didn’t even think of him as someone I would date.
Anyway, that was ten years ago. It wasn’t easy to outlive those rumours but I had to. I soldiered on when it was necessary, and told my side of the story to the people who mattered.
After all that drama, I found myself getting close to him. It was all so unexpected but I went with the flow. We started dating before I could say Jack Robinson.
Everything was going smoothly until I found out recently that I am pregnant. I wanted to get rid of it. Sounds like Deja vu, right? If you are religious, then it sounds like a prophecy fulfilled.
The twist is that he wants me to keep it. He is happy that I am going to have his baby. He is in a relationship with a woman his family knows, that’s my problem. Because of that, he is asking me to keep his name on the down low.
“You can tell your family and friends that I am the father. But make sure my family doesn’t find out yet. Things are a little complicated with them right now.”
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He has assured me that he is going to take care of me and the pregnancy. Considering the fact that I have been struggling to conceive after my first child, I should be happy that it has finally happened. My son is currently 16. I gave up on having another child when I tried all those years and failed.
I should be celebrating this pregnancy as a miracle but I am so confused. Is it a good idea for me to keep it like he says? Or I should go with my original plan and get rid of it to save myself from a complicated situation.
—Rachel
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Your prayers has been answered despite how it came about. Besides you work and are capable of taking care of the child . You are no longer young . You might end up having complications due to the abortion. All in all seek the face of God.
What do you do if after getting rid of it you have complications or you’re unable to conceive again?
Your first child is 16.
You hv been trying(with who?) to conceive… Is marriage a taboo in your family?
Haaaa! Ask again?