Irony at its Best

I've experienced irony at its best and after careful consideration, I've decided to blog about it.Yesterday, after leaving our class, I followed my normal Tuesday ritual. I grabbed a snack, rode the shuttle back to Golden Bear, checked my facebook and my email, then started my homework. I left my facebook page minimized and started to work on my query letter. (another example of a distraction) A new message popped up from an old friend I haven't talked to in a while. She has messaged me to see how I was and finally said "I have something to tell you and I wanted you to hear it from me and not someone else." Immediately my heart started racing and I started thinking the worst. Then, her next message popped  up that said "I'm having a baby." After a sigh of relief that it wasn't the worst, I didn't know what to say except oh my god. I literally sat at the computer screen, staring blankly, unsure of what to say. A close friend, 20 years old, who has just moved to New York, has gotten pregnant. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say congratulations or I'm sorry, which relates to our discussion in class yesterday. I couldn't believe that we had just had this long discussion about teen pregnancy and acceptance in our society versus acceptance from the 60's and now my friend was telling me she is pregnant. I thought it was kinda cool that I could relate a class discussion to my real life situation within a matter of two hours. I started thinking about the story 'shunned' and how the girl had no options and no one wanted to help her. I kept thinking about the time period and how things have changed drastically and how people are more accepting now than they were back then. There's TV shows like teen mom and 16 & pregnant that highlight the struggles that teen moms face. If that's not acceptance in this time period I don't know what is. I think it sucks for the older generation that had to deal with being shunned in their communities and I can't imagine how hard it must have been for Meredith to be secluded from everyone including her own family. I feel bad that she had to go through all of that, but it also makes me happy that she has overcome those struggles in order to live a happy and successful life. The difference between that time period and now are vast. My friends parents and her boyfriends parents are overjoyed and could not be happier to help them out. They are accepting and supportive of the new baby into both of their families. I think that it is interesting to know they are supportive and that everyone including my two friends are excited. They are so young and both in college and to me seems like they are throwing away their future because they weren't careful, but at the same time I'm also happy that they aren't shunned in their families (although its probably not acceptable in our community) such like Meredith was in her story.