response1

Good morning class and Professor,

When it comes to dating and mate selection, the textbook defines it as: they are influenced by all levels of the bio-ecological model. (Howe, 2018). Forgive me in how I answered this discussion question but this is how I took the question as. I was 18 years old and I fell in love with this guy. Well, at least I thought it was love. After all I am only 18 years old and this was my first boyfriend. What am I supposed to know? He made me all kinds of promises and such. Well, long story short, we broke up and then shortly after that I found out I was pregnant. I feel my limbic brain took over with my emotions and that led to my actions and outcome. The the rational part of my brain kicked in and since I was alone, living at home with no job, I had to do something. I was not able to support or care for a baby at that time nor was I in a position to, so I had to make the painful decision to give him up for adoption despite how hard it was to do. I sure learned things the hard way. I should have done things differently so I didn't end up in the boat I was in. I should not have listened to my limbic brain and should have been more rational.

Thank you and have a good day.

maria

2 posts

Hello Class,

When I first found out that my ex-husband was cheating on me, I became angry and lashed out at him and everyone around me. I have a tendency to do this even now. However, if I had taken the time to think things through, I would have talked to him about why he chose to do it and what we could do to change the situation so that we could solve the problem without arguing and fighting.

Blessed, Amber Cochrane