Natalie's Story

I had an abortion on December 31 and I am not over it yet.

I was dating this guy Gianni and for some reason he didn't want to see me anymore, which I didn't really care so I said f--- you and I decided to get another date (there's a lot of fish in the sea). I knew that my period was ten days late but I blamed it to the stress of school. The day after I got the picture that Gianni didn't want to see me any more I bought a pregnancy test and I saw the two ugly pink lines (yes I was pregnant).

I called him and I thought he was very supportive and sweet and kind and the best thing that could ever happened to me but I didn't realize the kind of monster he was. First question he asked: Are you sure I'm the father? He paid for half of the abortion and the medicines; he went with me to the clinic and waited 3 hours for me. During the first week he was calling me quite often to see if I was doing all right and of course he quit such abnormal behavior on the second week. He gave the line that he liked me a lot but he was confused blah,blah... He just dumped me for someone who is better looking than me and who has more money and I find out that he was supportive because he was making sure I wasn't taking his money (what a big skunk - $130). He did this after we went to the clinic and they told me everything was "OK."

I recommend to all my readers to check all the consequences of abortion and you will understand how I'm feeling now. I feel used and dumped. Somebody has played with all the feelings that I have and the worst thing is that I have nobody to talk about what is going on in my upside-down life. Hey, girls you want to know what he said before he dumped me:"Natalie I like you a lot and I wish I could put you in a crystal box in my room so when I am ready to be with you I let you out." Yeah. I laughed too. What else could I do?

I would love to talk to people that need support or who want to support me.

Take care,
Natalie

7 February 1999

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