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Friend claiming she got pregnant like this?

175 replies

Retuols · 11/06/2021 07:05

Friend claiming she is pregnant after her partner went half way inside her for 4 seconds and didn’t ejaculate Confused

Is this actually possible?! This is a close friend and in a weird way it’s made me feel distant from her as it clearly seems to be a lie?! Not she’s why it’s bothered me, maybe because I feel like she’s lying and we are very close.

OP posts:
June2021 · 11/06/2021 08:08

Are you both 15 years old?

Does it actually matter? The point is she is pregnant.

Pinchoftums · 11/06/2021 08:09

I'm worried you don't think this is possible.

notthenever · 11/06/2021 08:12

Yes it is possible and it does happen.

Men leak sperm when they are aroused, are only one needs to get its way to the egg to get pregnant.

Interested in this thread?

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Sparklfairy · 11/06/2021 08:12

He must be a shit lay if she was able to concentrate on how far he was in and count the seconds he was in for.

JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 11/06/2021 08:12

@Pinchoftums

I'm worried you don't think this is possible.
Oh behave. She knows full well it’s possible, but also knows how incredibly unlikely it is which one the balance of probability means her mate is probably full of shit.
4amWitchingHour · 11/06/2021 08:12

@Pinchoftums

I'm worried you don't think this is possible.
Ditto! Make sure you've got your contraception sorted OP!
4amWitchingHour · 11/06/2021 08:13

@Sparklfairy

He must be a shit lay if she was able to concentrate on how far he was in and count the seconds he was in for.
🤣
BobbidyBob · 11/06/2021 08:16

😂 Yes of course this happened. Are you both 16?!

JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 11/06/2021 08:17

There’s also a lot of misinformation on this thread:

Precum does not contain viable sperm unless the bloke has ejaculated recently.

Although yes this is entirely possible, the odds are also astronomically tiny. Occam’s razor: she’s lying to justify how they got pregnant when he other half doesn’t want a baby.

How she actually got pregnant - condom sabotage or ejaculate harvesting from used condoms. Both of which in my view are grounds to end a friendship. I’m guessing that’s why OP is concerned. I wouldn’t want to be friends with a liar either.

notthenever · 11/06/2021 08:17

Not sure why people think its weird she told you. Presumably this was an unintended pg and she is in shock. So it was a ' Fuck I can't believe I am pg, we didn't even have full sex - he was only in four seconds and didn't cum!' type conversation.

HopeYourHighHorseBucks · 11/06/2021 08:19

Just me then who could imagine having this conversation with a close friend Blush

Anything is possible when you dont wear protection. That's the first thing most people learn about sex, surely?

Sparklingbrook · 11/06/2021 08:20

Not sure why people think its weird she told you

I think it's really weird. But I am not an oversharer by nature and thankfully neither are my friends. That said though my friends know how contraception works presumably.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 11/06/2021 08:21

Yes, it is possible. Especially if she was saying "condom" and he was saying "not yet, let me just put it a bit in first, it'll be fine, no I promise I won't, it's hardly in at all" etc.

I don't think your friend is lying, OP. I presume she is trying to explain an unexpected pregnancy.

Rhubarbfizzles · 11/06/2021 08:21

Just another thought. This did happen (because it can happen), your friends surprised and wanted to talk to a ‘friend’ about what happened. Especially as it’s likely not a planned pregnancy.

Also if I thought a friend was lying about a pregnancy, I’d be more concerned about them than feeling distant. In what way does how she got pregnant affect you? Unless she consistently lies all the time, just believe her or shrug it off because either way she’s having a baby.

Also I talk to my friends in this way ALL the time. It’s a bit of a laugh more than anything.

Jasmine11 · 11/06/2021 08:22

It only takes one stray sperm to get pregnant - I'm not sure why you are so disbelieving of your friend - or is the father someone who she is ashamed of having sex with so she is downplaying what intimacies happened? In any case why not just offer her your support?

Zzelda · 11/06/2021 08:22

[quote Retuols]@RodiganReed not sure just seems impossible surely! Don’t think her partner wanted another hence why they stopped apparently[/quote]
Why do you claim it's "surely" impossible when so many people have pointed out that it isn't?

FlossieTeacakesFurCoat18 · 11/06/2021 08:23

So many people on here had shit sex education and then they think other people are lying?

Of course it's possible. Why wouldn't it be?

JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 11/06/2021 08:23

Not impossible, but the odds are so astronomically tiny that it might as well be.

Pyewackect · 11/06/2021 08:25

I'd be getting a DNA test if I were her partner.

RockPainting · 11/06/2021 08:29

Did you never read Just Seventeen?! Of course you can get pregnant like this! Unlikely but possible.

spaceghett0 · 11/06/2021 08:30

@Sparklingbrook

What a wonderful way to announce a pregnancy. Different.
This.
Livelovebehappy · 11/06/2021 08:31

Sounds like she’s trying to justify for some reason why she’s pregnant. Not necessary, and I wouldn’t judge her on what she’s said, but would judge on why she felt she needed to say it.

JackieWeaversAuthorityHere · 11/06/2021 08:33

@FlossieTeacakesFurCoat18

So many people on here had shit sex education and then they think other people are lying?

Of course it's possible. Why wouldn't it be?

So many people on here relying on their high school ‘it only takes one sperm’ basic fertility education in order to make themselves feel superior....

While it’s technically possible, if you know anything at all about fertility beyond what you were taught at school, you’ll know how the odds of this happening under those circumstances are absolutely tiny. It takes just one sperm to make a baby, but also a ton of other conditions that would all have to be absolutely perfect at exactly that 4 second moment. Even the chances of successful sperm transfer without proper penetration is enough to make this story bullshit.

NewlyGranny · 11/06/2021 08:33

I doubt she's lying to you - why would she? It's perfectly possible. Unless she has form for fantasising, believe her and don't spoil your friendship.

Bluntness100 · 11/06/2021 08:33

@FlossieTeacakesFurCoat18

So many people on here had shit sex education and then they think other people are lying?

Of course it's possible. Why wouldn't it be?

I know, it’s very odd. How any adult doesn’t know this is possible beats me.