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New York Times
16-07-2025
- General
- New York Times
I Found My Daughter's Pregnancy Test. Should I Have Told My Wife?
About a year ago, while doing some minor renovation work in my 25-year-old daughter's bedroom closet, I stumbled upon an unopened but clearly hidden pregnancy-test kit. I left it alone without mention, wanting to honor my daughter's privacy about her sex life. A year later, my wife stumbled upon the same unopened test kit while searching for a handbag my daughter had borrowed. When my wife mentioned finding it, I admitted to seeing it a year earlier. My wife is now hurt that I didn't tell her at the time. Had my daughter been a minor, I might have acted differently, but I believe that my daughter's right to privacy as an adult superseded the duty my wife says I owed her as a co-parent. Who is right? — Shawn, Queens From the Ethicist: You owe it to your adult daughter to respect her privacy. You owe it to your wife to share important information about your daughter's life. Which matters more here? That may depend in part on your particular marital understanding, which may depend, in turn, on your cultural traditions. But to my way of thinking, that unused plastic wand is pretty low on the list of things that clamor for disclosure. This wasn't a cache of heroin or an alarming medical report. (If you ever did come across something truly consequential, you might want to talk to your daughter first and offer to help her share it if needed.) So I'm with you. You stumbled on something that this 25-year-old presumably intended to keep private, and you recognized that she's entitled to that privacy — even when under your roof, even when sharing the Wi-Fi. That doesn't make you a secretive spouse. It makes you a father who knows, perhaps better than most, how to respect an adult child's boundaries. Kudos for that. Readers Respond The previous question was from a reader who was dating a man who wanted to be exclusive. He wrote: 'I'm a 20-year-old male college student who met someone new this spring. I recently let him know I'm not interested in monogamy right now. He seemed to take it all right, but I later discovered that within two weeks, he slept with three people without telling me. 'To ease tensions, I agreed to four months of exclusivity to see where we stand. … Should I suppress my bohemian urges and go along with his desire for exclusivity or attempt another structured conversation about it?' — Name Withheld Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Sun
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
I was 18 when I got a negative pregnancy test but 18 years on she's still here & folk can't tell which of us is the mum
A WOMAN has shared how her 'negative' pregnancy test has just turned 18. Jeanice Perez, from the US, took to social media to share her teen mum story as she celebrated her daughter's 18th birthday. 2 However, it seems that viewers were more preoccupied with learning who the mum was in the video as she looked so young. In the clip, Jeanice said: "POV The negative pregnancy test you took when you were 18 turns 18 this year." Jeanice and her daughter can both be seen singing along to a Kesha song and dancing in the kitchen. But the mum's youthful appearance had viewers confused as to who was who. Her daughter, Jordyn, could be seen wearing a beige apron while her mum wore a red vest top and a baseball hat. The stunning duo often shares snippets of their life and how Jeanice went from being a teen mum to parenting a teen. In the past, the mum has hit back at those who claim she 'doesn't dress like a mum.' One comment read: "Her daughter is probably so embarrassed of her. She is a mum and should dress like one." Jeanice showed off her outfit which consisted of a grey mini skirt and red tie-front top. She hit back: "Let's not put women in competitions they didn't sign up to be in." I'm a 65-year-old gran but look so young people think I'm my daughter's twin - they're stunned when they hear the truth The clip was shared on her TikTok account @ jeaniceperez and went viral with over 12 million views. People were quick to take to the comments, many wondering who was who while others were traumatised by her negative pregnancy test story. One person wrote: "I genuinely can not tell who is who." "WHICH ONE IS THE MUM??" penned a third. Meanwhile a fourth said: "So which one is 18?" "Okay. Who is who?' claimed a fifth. Someone else added: 'My 6 negatives turned 11 this year."
