Yep, that is what my jury duty was. Baby Mama Drama! That is what the State’s Attorney called it. Once those words were said, I couldn’t get them out of my head. I had a hard time keeping a straight face. The words echoed all day……..
We’ve seen it on “Those” talk shows. We’ve seen the women trashing each other. Heard their stories. Ridiculed them. Shook our heads and wondered what the heck they were thinking.
The case I was a juror on involved two young women, both very attractive. Both of them expecting, due at about the same time, by the same man. Yep, Baby Mama Drama in all it’s cliche’d glory.
One of the young ladies showed up where the other was at, words were exchanged, a hammer was used on a truck, a tire iron was thrown through a window, an injury happened.
5 women, 1 man. Charged with determining if one of these young women would spend time in jail, away from her children. Serious stuff. Scary stuff. Yet we couldn’t look at each other without grinning, the attorney’s words echoing in our head.
I had planned on using this as a funny post, using my amazing sarcasm skills. Seeing it on TV, I’ve ridiculed the drama, made fun of the women who let themselves become involved in things like this. Yet as I sit and write this, I can’t find the humor in the situation.
It’s heart breaking. It involves someone’s life. Someone’s children are going to suffer the consequences of their mother’s actions against another. I could put myself in their places and understand the hurt and anger they both felt. The betrayal and the pain they both felt. Yet I can’t imagine doing what they did. It’s heartbreaking that young, smart women still let themselves become a cliche and feel trapped in a lifestyle that offers no hope. That a 30 year old has 7 children, all under the age of 10. That they think it’s ok to live on welfare and food stamps. The man involved never showed his face in court. Neither did his mother, despite the fact she was called as a witness for the plaintiff.
I have no answers on how to help these women. That is better left to those who have the knowledge I don’t.
Jury Duty changed my mind on several things. My duty to serve, my understanding of a lifestyle I had ridiculed for years. The true meaning of Baby Mama Drama.
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