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For being Judgy McJudgersons about THIS:

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Scorpette · 14/07/2009 23:25

Okay, before I start, I'd like to point out that I am NOT a troll and what I'm about to write really did happen - I didn't step into a parallel Jeremy Kyle Universe!

I was on the bus this morning and 3 teen girls got on, one of them heavily pregnant. The pregnant one sat next to me, her friends on the seat in front and they were chatting loudly and animatedly - the front half of the bus could hear every word. The pregnant one (who I'll call pg-girl) was continuing a conversation the the other two and was fuming about a Doctor's appointment and said: "So I said to him, how was I supposed to know you can get an STI when you're up the duff? You don't need to use condoms if you're pregnant do you, the stupid twat. And he said that you do if you wanted to prevent STIs and I was like, yeah whatever - why would you use condoms? You can't get pregnant! Anyway, he then told me it could cause problems for the baby and when it's born, yeah, so I said, well I'll just have one of those Sumerian* Sections then and he was all like, we don't just give them out willy-nilly and I was like, whatever, and he gave me these tablets and shit, yeah, and said if I was going to shag someone then I have to make the guy use condoms!'. 'Ew!', said one of her pals, 'that is well rank, innit?!'. 'Yeah' said pg-girl,' that ain't happening - well embarassing to ask some random to use a johnny when you just want a quick shag!'. 'Anyway', says the other girl, 'forget about that shit - we're on holidays now, innit'. She then got 3 bottles of WKD out of her bag and all 3 sat and drank them. I was and biting my tongue. Pg-girl then got a tin out of her bag and started rolling a roll-up fag, which she put behind her ear. An old man sat opposite leaned over and said 'You can't smoke on the bus, young lady'. She then yelled at him, 'AM I smoking on the bus, cunt? NO! I'm gunna smoke it when I get off, so fuck you!'. The old man said, 'Well you shouldn't be smoking at all in your condition, Miss' and pg-girl started shouting 'What's it to you? Why do you care about my baby? Are you a fucking Paedo? Paedo! PAEDO!' and all 3 girls started pointing at the old guy and yelling 'PAEDO!' at him. The bus driver pulled over and threw the girls off, amidst much swearing. As he did so, a middle-aged woman shouted 'He's not a paedophile for caring more about your unborn child than you do, you nasty little slut!'. Not exactly a nice thing to shout, but must confess I secretly agreed.

I swear I've not exaggerated any of this. Am I being snooty or judgemental at being utterly shocked and disgusted? I just can't believe people live their lives like that. Feel so sorry for that child before it's even born!

*Yes, she really said 'Sumerian Section'. Is it some sort of ancient middle eastern operation?

OP posts:
flashharriet · 16/07/2009 16:45

Skatergrrl/Skihorse - can you recommend any books etc for dealing with sex ed in a"Dutch" way? I really want to get it right.

OP is so sad for so many different reasons - the baby, the teenagers, the old man

skihorse · 16/07/2009 16:56

This "european" enough for you?

jezebel.com/5300095/70s-european-childrens-book-depicts-penetration-crowning/galler y/

More for the little ones than the big ones.

nickelbabe · 16/07/2009 17:16

golly, i'm going to sound really prejudiced myself now, but i'm from nottm too and i really did think at the beginning of the thread it sounded like something that would happen on an nct bus.
now actually quite saddened that it was notts.
would have felt a bit better if i'd been able to go on thinking that they were from some other deprived area.

we get it all the time.

TheChilliMooseisOnTheLoose · 16/07/2009 17:58

An nct bus? Is it full of women breastfeeding?

Scorpette · 16/07/2009 18:58

Can't help laughing (in a bitter, ironic way) about how everyone from Notts recognises the scenario all too well...

NCT is 'Nottingham City Transport'. Mind you, the girl in question could do with a visit to the other sort of NCT...

skihorse I think that book is great - wouldn't have upset me as a kid (mind you, my Mum told me everything when I was 5, so was fairly unflappable). We ought to have no-nonsense, straightforward stuff like that - the only thing I found upsetting was how the Mother was lying completely on her back for delivery and that she had a flat tum immediately afterwards!

OP posts:
clemette · 16/07/2009 19:18

Was pondering the nature of Nottinghamshire youth today when a 13 year old who arrived at our school two months ago speaking no English, can now spit various expletives at her teachers all in a Notts/Derby accent.

Good job there are plenty of lovely ones too...

ElieRM · 31/07/2009 17:41

Apalling, but utterly believable. Am a young mum myself (18 y/o) and wonder if cases like this are responsible for much of the prejudice I encounter for doing no more than pushing DD round in her pram in public!
I do agree this is shocking, but please remember that not all young mums are like this!

glammam · 01/08/2009 08:30

I recognise the type of girls you are talking about, there are a lot of similar anecdotes I could divulge being from Manchester but I would get too depressed recollecting them! We now live in suburbia just outside the city and much as I miss the throng of the city sometimes (have also lived in London), I do not miss the inner city attitude and aggression that young people today have. I am only early 30's and some would say I was a devil child as a teen, and I was quite badly behaved due to family breakup and lack of discipline etc, but the fundamental right and wrong was always there in me and I think this is what some of these young people are lacking. They have not been parented themselves so how can they become decent parents? I do worry about bringing my kids up in today's society, there is no respect and I would like to move abroad really. Easier said than done though. Most European countries i have been to don't have the same level of vileness that we have here.
I am actually quite interested to know where all these people who don't believe the OP's story live - I would like to move there, it must be idyllic!! Oh, to never have come across these people...!

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