“So I’m very late, and I’m never late... I might be pregnant.“ I said

“We’re at different places in our lives...I thought you let me because you had protection,” He said.

“What are you talking about? You know I stopped taking the pill because it made me fat and I assumed...

you knew what it meant, what it could mean,” I said.

“...You came inside me!” I said.

“There was a miscommunication,” He said.

“Kwame!” I said in a plea and a prayer.

“I think I should leave, is that okay?” He asked as though he needed my permission to abandon me.

Excerpt from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story, #Zikora

Let’s discuss: When an unmarried couple have unprotected sex but no verbal agreement to procreate, can the woman go ahead, get pregnant and expect the man to readily accept it?

Should such things be discussed first?