# You're in denial that you knocked her up

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 2, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866 "2010-08-02T08:10:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866/121 "2010-08-13T00:58:34Z")

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> [@kasuo](#):
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> > [@digs](#):
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> > I respect that you’re “chatting” less. That’s healthy. And “sounding like a chick” is a good thing. So why are you still involved in this trainwreck of a soap opera?
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> > Do you not have enough jerks in your life? If this guy is a douche to her, he WILL be a douche to you… when you least expect it, and most need him.
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> My involvement is near nil now. The last time we chatted was what was mentioned in the OP. I’m curious to see how this turns out.
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> As for jerks in my life, I’ve been cutting off ties with several people. It may come off as cold and methodical but I’ve been analysing my relationships with people using SWOT and it’s slowly helping me shed a lot of crap I used to put up with.

Wait… wouldn’t that include over 95% of us here? I know I offer only three opportunities a year (yep, I looked up SWOT)-- and those are in Cafe Society… :~}

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866/122 "2010-08-13T04:22:04Z")

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> [@kasuo](#):
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> > [@digs](#):
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> > I respect that you’re “chatting” less. That’s healthy. And “sounding like a chick” is a good thing. So why are you still involved in this trainwreck of a soap opera?
> > 
> > Do you not have enough jerks in your life? If this guy is a douche to her, he WILL be a douche to you… when you least expect it, and most need him.
> 
> My involvement is near nil now. The last time we chatted was what was mentioned in the OP. I’m curious to see how this turns out.
> 
> As for jerks in my life, I’ve been cutting off ties with several people. It may come off as cold and methodical but I’ve been analysing my relationships with people using SWOT and it’s slowly helping me shed a lot of crap I used to put up with.

Hey, a hell of a lot of people would be better off if they really looked at whether certain relationships were giving or taking from them.

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**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866/123 "2010-08-13T04:23:06Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Wait… wouldn’t that include over 95% of us here? I know I offer only three opportunities a year (yep, I looked up SWOT)-- and those are in Cafe Society… :~}

I enjoy the antics here on the Dope so the ‘O’ I get out of this is the opportunity for comedy, though it would also fit under ‘T’ as a threat to my time here. Hmm..

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866/124 "2010-08-13T13:27:01Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> ETA: “Pulsations of the penis” would be a great something. User name? Album title?

White noise meditation tape.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-in-denial-that-you-knocked-her-up/548866/125 "2010-08-13T14:17:26Z")

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> [@johnpost](#):
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> > [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> > I always thought that vasectomies were reversible
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> there was at some time someone experimenting with a **valve** vasectomy. i wouldn’t want to risk a leak myself. seems smarter to make a bucket of frozen sperm and get snipped for permanent.

I think I heard Click and Clack talking about that one Saturday morning.

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