A young man told me that his girlfriend had told him that she was pregnant for him. I asked him what his reply was and he said to me. "Uncle Praises, to be sincere I wanted to give up instantly. I just held myself. I am still waiting to hear that it was all a joke." I told him to stay calm and play a supportive lover to his girlfriend. And if the story turns out to be true, he should take responsibility for the baby. He said to me. "God forbid." I asked him why he said that. He told me he was not ready and he was still a student at the university. "So you were not ready to father a child and you were having sex with each other and letting all your semen inside of her." He went silent. I told him to play a supportive boyfriend. "Your girlfriend might just be trying to see how you treat her during this period." He took my advice. One month passed. Two months passed. When he saw his girlfriend in the third month, her stomach was protruding. It was the first time he was seeing her after she broke the news to him. He had been a supportive lover all along. Thinking his girlfriend was playing with him. He called me on the phone the moment he saw her and shouted. "Praises she is really pregnant o. She is really pregnant." I cleared my throat and asked him to add the "Uncle" to my name. "Uncle Praises" he echoed. "Yes. So what is your plan now?" "I can't keep it." "Have you told her?" He said no. "Do you love her?" "Uncle Praises, with every bit of my bones. I love her." "So go back and kiss the fruit of your labor together. Go through this phase together and make sure you don't leave her. Don't terminate the child." He nodded. I actually felt he would terminate the pregnancy. 6 months passed and by the 9th month, he broke the news to me that he was a father. He told me he had found a way to pay the dowry of the woman with the help of his family, and was planning a full and proper wedding after he had graduated. His wedding happened in 2022. His child is 3 years old today. I saw him kissing the baby, and making a video with her on social media and I smiled. See Pikin this man wanted to throw away before if not for one great advice. Sometimes the choices we make out of fear could be as a result of the advice we received, who we listened to, and what was said to us. Who you listen to matters a lot. Seek good counsel always. My name is Janedoo đź’‹
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