Review: Poor Mitch!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2014
This story annoyed me to no end.  As a woman and the mother of a son, I have to say I totally get what Mitch is going through and the reviews have been somewhat biased in the assessment of his reaction. I think the title says it all so I do not feel like I am ruining any plot twists.  These are two people who were using one form of contraception until Paige went on the pill.  At that point, she had total power over their reproductive choices.  When she chose to stop using the pill, she owed it to him to tell him and the idea that she "forgot" is an insult to her and him.  I do not care how hot the emotions are, you DO NOT forget that you are no longer on the pill and stopped a while back.  This was not missed a dose here and there.  She totally stopped.  Then she lied to him!!!  She only fessed up after he confronted her.  THAT to me opens the door legitimately to questioning her and I am glad that he did just that. If she had mentioned that when she initially told him she was pregnant, I do not think he would have started questioning everything else.  Let's not minimize her choices here and the fact that she had more control over everything than he did.  As far as he was concerned they were having protected sex but she knew all along that that was not the case at all.  She knew she was off the pill and that they would likely have sex when he came home and took no steps for alternate protection ( condoms, Depo, etc).  I felt very little sympathy for her.  If she at any point gave him a heads up and he opted to take the risk with her, that would be another story....  "Oh, Mitch, you might want to go back to using condoms". She took away his choice.  That being said, the child should not suffer for the mother's poor choices and hopefully Mitch comes through in the end.Not sure why I am so bothered by this storyline...  How do you forget that you are no longer on the Pill!!  She was stupid at best or deceptive at worst.  Again, they were using condoms then stopped because she went on the pill.  Logically she knew he would likely have wanted to go back to using condoms if option of pills was removed.  Yes, he was there ( it takes two and all the standard lingos) and obviously had sex with her but he was not accorded the same facts as she was.  For that, I feel no sympathy for her.