An unwanted pregnancy was something Veronica could not afford. That's what she thinks about as she stands in line for her gynecologist's appointment. She used to take birth control pills, but at some point they began to take their toll on her body and she stopped using them.
Her hormones were out of control, she had gained weight and suffered from constant mood swings. She decided to use other preventive methods such as condoms or simply abstinence, the latter of course she had not practiced.
Her parents had spent a lot of money, buying the villa, which by the way had a privileged view, just so she could study quietly in Madrid. Now her fate hung in the balance, if she was pregnant she would have to have an abortion, there was no doubt about it.
Un embarazo no deseado, era algo que Verónica no podía permitirse. En eso piensa mientras esta en la fila para la consulta con su ginecólogo. Antes consumía pastillas anticonceptivas, pero en algún momento comenzaron a hacer mella en su organismo y las dejo de usar.
Sus hormonas estaban descontroladas, había subido de peso y sufría constantes cambios de humor. Decidió usar otros métodos preventivos como los condones o simplemente la abstinencia, esto último por supuesto no lo había practicado.
Sus padres se habían gastado una pasta, comprando el chalet que por cierto tenía una vista privilegiada, solo para que ella pudiera estudiar tranquilamente en Madrid. Ahora su destino pendía de un hilo, si estaba embarazada tendría que abortar de eso no quedaba duda.
In the line there were other pregnant women and young women who, like her, were going for a routine consultation. For men it is easier, they enjoy sex without fear of getting pregnant, would it have been better to be a man, surely yes. Although she thinks about how basic and limited they are.
She finds herself thinking about what she would be like as a mother, but there is no room for such thoughts. Everything in life has its moment and that would not be hers, she had barely enjoyed her freedom. When you go to college you have to learn to stand up for yourself. There are no parents to tell you what to do and what not to do.
It's you, just you against a new city and a bunch of unfamiliar people. It was still not clear if she was pregnant or not, but she was sure that the best thing to do was to give up what was supposedly born in her.
En la fila hay otras mujeres embarazas y jóvenes que como ella iban a una consulta de rutina. Para los hombres es más fácil, disfrutan del sexo sin miedo a quedar embarazados, ¿hubiera sido mejor ser hombre?, seguramente sí. Aunque piensa en lo básico y limitados que son estos.
Se descubre pensando en cómo sería como madre, pero no hay lugar para esos pensamientos. Todo en la vida tiene su momento y aquel no sería el de ella, apenas y había disfrutado su libertad. Cuando vas a la universidad debes aprender a defenderte por ti mismo. Ya no hay padres para decirte que hacer y qué no.
Eres tú, solamente tú contra una ciudad nueva y un montón de personas desconocidas. Todavía no estaba claro si estaba embarazada o no, pero estaba segura que lo mejor era desistir de lo que supuestamente nacía en ella.
Ignacio was an idiot, she would never choose such a man as the father of her children. However, maybe this business of maybe being a father was going to make him a man once and for all. When problems arise, you start to approach life in a different way, you start to think outside the box and confront your foundations.
When they announce her name she is so abstracted in her being, she hesitates for a moment and jumps in fright. It was her turn, a gorgeous guy was going to probe her vagina, but that's okay, that guy was gay. Smiling, she enters her appointment, perhaps with an uncertain destiny ahead of her.
Maybe with life before her, but vibrant because when problems come she has a cool head to think very well her steps. He who fears life, let him not live, said an old proverb. She did not fear it, she faced life.
Ignacio era un idiota, nunca elegiría a un hombre así como el padre de sus hijos. Sin embargo, tal vez este asunto de quizás ser padre lo iba a terminar de conviertir en un hombre de una vez por todas. Cuando surgen problemas, comienzas a plantearte la vida de una manera diferente, comienzas a pensar con otra lógica y a confrontar tus cimientos.
Cuando anuncian su nombre ella está tan abstraída en su ser, que duda un momento y salta asustada. Era su turno, un tipo guapísimo iba a indagar su vagina, pero que no pasa nada, aquel chico era gay. Sonriendo entra a su cita, quizás con un destino incierto por delante.
Quizás con la vida ante sí, pero vibrante porque cuando los problemas vienen ella tiene la cabeza fría para pensar muy bien sus pasos. El que le tema a vida que no viva, rezaba un viejo proverbio. Ella no le temía, ella enfrentaba a la vida.
| Lilibeth - Chapter II | |
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| Verónica | |
| Supermarket story |
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