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forcefulSea7026 June 23rd

My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years and I have been on birth control for 5 years. Never have I ever missed a

dose, I am always on top of. This past week I have been preoccupied with work and I missed a dose. I didn’t realize it until the following day when I saw the pill from the previous day still in the pack.


Realizing the mistake I started to freak out, I told my boyfriend and got a reaction that was not helpful. He started yelling at me saying how could you forget, it’s not like you have anything else more important than this. He told me I cannot be trusted. I was already upset at myself from forgetting he wasn’t helping at all. He just continued telling me how ridiculous I am for forgetting (keep in mind he forgets to take his pills all the time). I completely understand the severity of this situation and how it could lead to an unplanned pregnancy, but him yelling at me calling me names, and that I am stupid does not help. Afterwards he started stonewalling me, ignoring me not even looking at me. I have apologized, but he won’t hear of it.


We are supposed to be a team, I wanted him to say we can sort it out together and understand that I would never intentional forget one as I take it very seriously but as we all know life happens. Him ignoring me makes me feel hurt. I know and understand the consequences of it but it was an honest mistake, I have never ever missed a pill or even been late in taking one in all my years of taking it.


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PineTreeTree June 23rd

@forcefulSea7026 Well if something as trivial as the color of flowers you picked lit his hair on fire how much worse can his temper tantrum be this time? There is a pattern here. But this could be huge if you live in the U.S. and that is how I’m imagining for you. He lives in his head mostly and compassion for you is at best secondary. He may learn to grow out of it, but I’d bet not without having his world shaken up and by that time you might be exhausted and so done with it all. He is too dense to understand that you have options. You might want to buy him a clue.