When 18-year-old Joyce was pregnant with her first child, she was riddled with uncertainty and questions. How could I afford milk powder and school fees? How could I party like normal 18-year-olds do? What would people think? A polytechnic student at...
She said: “I knew abortion was not an option. Not even when I texted my ex-boyfriend to say “hey I’m pregnant” and he replied: ’My mum asks you abort’.“I had constant dilemmas. I thought: If I go to work now, will I have enough time for my kids? If I have enough time, will I have enough money? If I go out now, will I be able to send them to school on time tomorrow?
Single teen mums are often made to believe they’re ‘unwanted’ by men, said Joyce. So when she met her first ex-husband a few years after Caden’s birth, she was easily “swayed by his sweet tongue”. “I was so blinded by love that I thought a child could ‘save’ him. But months later, I called it quits when he tried to take money from the baby’s hong bao to pay off his debt, and used weapons to threaten us.”“ is a simple man; he’s more mature, he jokes, he loves me. I told myself every marriage is different and I can’t pit one relationship against another.”“I felt uncomfortable to have him ‘claim’ Caden, so he was respectful enough to address himself as an ‘uncle’s friend,’” said Joyce.
“I used to be afraid of what others might think, but being a mother has helped me grow physically, morally, and emotionally.
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Single mum raises three children from three fathers, says they are her 'biggest blessings'When 18-year-old Joyce was pregnant with her first child, she was riddled with uncertainty and questions. How could I afford milk powder and school fees? How could I party like normal 18-year-olds do? What would people think? A polytechnic student at...
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