Dear Queenie,
My girlfriend and I have been living together for about a year now. We both have jobs and are working hard to save up to buy a house. We don’t want children yet, not until we can afford them.
The problem is, condoms aren’t cheap and sometimes I just can’t afford them, so she is on the pill, but sometimes she says she is short of money and wants me to pay for her prescription.
Queenie, she’s the one who is taking the pills. Why should I have to pay?—Running out of money
Dear Running out of money,
You should pay because birth control is your responsibility as much as hers and because you are sharing in the benefits. In fact, you should be sharing the cost with her on a regular basis, not just when she runs short of money.
Look at it this way: It will cost you a lot less in the long run than the medical expenses and child support you will have to pay if you don’t help pay for the pills.
