How was that relevant at all? O_o

what's wrong with you?

Poor ayse; she was replying (albeit confusingly) to a comment that is no longer there.

Abortion is murder!!!!! That's why everyone gets away with it.

#16 abortion is NOT when the baby has no chance of survival outside of the womb and dies inside. That's called a MISCARRIAGE, and while that is a big deal, it's not controversial or murder. that can't be helped. abortion can.

actually that's not at all what abortion is dummy.

The boss was a guy, wasn't he?

Not very broad minded, are you. There is a plethora of excuses. Not all 'good', but certainly valid. Jail, business trip, hospitalized, missionary work, any job that he just can't leave at a moments notice, the dad left town when he heard the joyful news..

good job using the word plethora

What father would go on a business trip or do mission work two weeks before he knows his wife/girlfriend/baby mama was going to have a child?

Probably one of those deadbeats who ran off as soon as he found out.

Or maybe he had to leave for a month on business and figured the baby wouldn't come 2 weeks early?

and neither would make it ok to be alone. you can't be mad at the dad in those cases, but it's still gonna suck to give birth alone. and so alone you don't even have family nearby

dude, chill. she has a reason to be upset by not being there for her friend . you're on **** My Life, learn how to accept people whining on here.

Ya go into the bosses office and say over and over how 'sick' you are that you can't be there for your friend... then ya make the dry heaves sound as loud as you can.... She'll let ya go.

Just leave. Most companies can't fire you for skipping one day. Most places I've worked for had a "no call, no show" policy where you had to do that 3 times before you were fired. You should've just left early without telling her.

I'd just leave, say I'm going to the hospital and feel the "wrath" later on.

Doesn't always take a while, my Mum was only in labor for 90 minutes before I was born....

If they didn't need the human in this fml to do her job, they wouldn't have hired her

but by that logic whenever there is a family emergency or she is very sick, she cannot call off either. She can make the work up some other time, when her friend is NOT giving birth.

Are you ******* kidding me? I hope you never have a baby!!

i didnt reply to this

Really, I kind of agree. She is expecting special treatment, because her friend is having a baby. Unless you're the parent, no one really is obligated to let you go. You shouldn't be moping because your boss didn't let you shirk your responsibilities to watch someone pop out a baby. If her friend can't deal with having a baby herself, then she probably can't deal with raising it. She got pregnant. She's having a baby. No big deal, in your world. Unless you're like... her lesbian partner, it doesn't really matter if you're there, and you shouldn't get special treatment and released her. Yeah, it sucks... but you have to work, and she has to shoot that kid out without you there... somehow, I think she'll live. And you'll live to see the kid after work, I imagine.

for one thing, a friend can be closer than family..you wouldnt say this if the op was her mother. second, you have no idea why shes having a baby. it could be rape. it could have been with a guy who seemed sweet but walked out. who knows. you should keep your mouth shut.

You are ******* ignorant.

ur a bitch

yo numer 13 and 46 u have no idea of the situation for all u know she could have been raped and confided in her friend with her belief system kept the baby most likely needs her their for emotional support. u should break out of ur bubbles sometime. u know keep ur mind open.

From a medical standpoint you NEED someone there with you incase you cant make decisions for yourself. I had a routine pregnancy but went into labor early, not near my hospital or doctor and almost bled to death during my delivery. If you're unconscious and cant make medical decisions for yourself you want a medical proxy there to make decisions for you, inform your doctors of previous medical conditions, your birth plan, your blood type. You're being kind of a selfish dick for suggesting birth isn't still special, its damn sure not routine for a lot of women. You can go in thinking you're going to have a regular birthing experience and need a cesarean or worse. Also it hurts like all holy hell. You can be perfectly adapt to having and raising and child and still be unprepared for the pain of childbirth. If a friend with no family has a medical emergency (going into labor two weeks early justifies as that) I would do whatever I could to get off work and make sure they had a familiar face for the emotional support and in case something horrible happened and they needed an advocate in the hospital.

Her thing is that she gave plenty of notice that it would happen soon and her boss OKed it. So if it were time off for sumthin else and then the boss backed out betcha would be on her side. Ass.