weird psychic prediction

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Registered: 10-11-2005
weird psychic prediction
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Mon, 11-28-2005 - 8:25am
My boyfriend's mom hired a psychic to come into her house and tell the fortunes of her and her friends. When it was her turn, the psychic told her her future and also the future of her husband and kids. When she got to my boyfriend, she said that he and his girlfriend have not yet had sex, but are talking about it and are close to it (which is true). She also said that my boyfriend should be careful because the condom is going to break.
So now I'm a bit worried about this. I thought the only way a condom could break is if you passed the expiration date. He checked, and the condoms he bought won't expire until 2007. We will be using them before that. Does anyone know any other way a condom could break?
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Registered: 04-23-2004
Mon, 11-28-2005 - 9:04am

Condoms can break even if they aren't out of date but it's not all that common.


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Registered: 07-26-2005
Mon, 11-28-2005 - 9:35am

Condoms can break for many reasons. One, being stored in a place that's too warm, such as the glove compartment of a car, and too humid, such as a bathroom. They can also break when they're used improperly, without enough lube, too roughly, etc. Also, a breaking condom doesn't mean you'll get pregnant, but if you happen to be ovulating around that time, it's possible. As Tish said, why not just get on birth control, and then you won't have to worry.

As for Psychics.....if you believe everything they say, you're very gullible. They predict all kinds of things, based on whom they're talking to. They can "read" people very well. A person of a certain age will have children of a certain age. Children of a certain age might very well be experimenting with sex. Older people can be expected to get sick in the foreseeable future. Middle aged people can be expected to take a trip in the future. Psychics will predict all kinds of logical things, and they'll be right on a few things....then people remember what the psychic said, and it's a miracle. Most of us don't remember all the things they say that NEVER happen. If Psychics could really predict the future, they wouldn't be doing house parties for a few dollars an evening. They'd be at the race track winning every race, or they'd be in Las Vegas, winning at the blackjack tables, or buying lottery tickets, and winning the big ones. They would be doing that even if they only got a few predictions right!

Psychics are for FUN, and they might get a few things right, (lucky guesses) but they'll get a LOT more wrong.

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Registered: 10-18-2001
Tue, 11-29-2005 - 12:42am
I like what the pyschic said about you and your b/f. There are all sorts of cues and tips that she could have picked up from your mother to make her prediction. Here's a simple example: If your mother mentioned you and your boyfriend at some point. If you had been with this guy for a while your mother might have mentioned him by name instead of referring to him as your "boyfriend". The psychic can take your age and the fact that your mother doesn't know your b/f well enough to call him by name and figure out that you probably haven't had a long relationship. Add that to a number of other things and she can probably pretty accurately figure out the odds of you and your b/f having sex. And as far as condons breaking goes? I think that most people have had a condom break on them at one time or another. Lack of lubrication, sex in a jacuzzi, using oil-based lubes instead of rubber-safe ones, and plain bad luck all contribute to condoms breaking. Honestly I think that there is less magic and more weighing up the odds involved here.