Well, that's not the life I live. So instead I shall only explain what is relevant, my new life. I have always been the son that listens to his mother, doesn't do any drugs, and barely has even been in trouble. But, as many people ask, how is it that I came to be a father when I was 17? No, I did not go around having unprotected sex. In fact my life just less than two years ago was a lonely one. I rarely left my home and I had few friends. Well this is how I turned into who I am today.
When I was 17 in my Senior year of high-school, I had a friend who wanted to chat with me on webcam, however instead of being able to use AIM, she was forced to use Meebo.com (an instant messaging service.) So she asked me to use that. While there I was taken by the simplicity of the site and found myself using it more and more.
Eventually I found out that they supported chat rooms, so during Thanksgiving break I decided to join one to kill time. While in the chat room I "met" a girl named Suzi. She was a 17 year old girl that lived in Portland, Oregon. Oh, and she was seven months pregnant. I chatted with her on that for a while and eventually swapped phone numbers with her. We sent text messages back and fourth all the time. Then in the Winter we decided to try out a long-distance relationship. It was not a good idea, it didn't work out. We both realized that it was hard to want to be in a relationship with someone who you have only shared words with. We both wanted something so come May I flew out to Portland, Oregon to meet her and her daughter, Milah. I had to return to Maryland to finish up high-school, but just that one visit was enough for us to want to try again, and this time without the distance. So in late June, she moved out here. We were back together and I started taking care of and raising Milah. As for the sperm-donor, to make a long story short, he will never be in the picture.
The bond between Milah and I grew and grew. She would even at times want for me to hold her more than her own mother. After a talk with Suzi we both agreed that I would be called Daddy. I had no second thoughts, didn't think for once about how it would restrict me from doing all the things I wanted to do while I was young, all I knew was I loved her with all my heart and that deep down, she truly felt like mine, she was mine.
So that's where I am. 19 years old with a daughter.
