If your on the pill, needle, ring, implant, etc, It can cost money. Some B-control is 28-30 a month..doesnt seem like alot but it adds up. If you are in a relationship do you not think that your boyfriend should pay half for your birth control if they are not wearing condoms and your relation is monogomous and long term?

Birth control is the safest method..way more effective than condoms..condoms cost more actually in the long run. We both agreed that no kids were happenening..when i couldnt afford my b control..i didnt use it..i got condoms. When we asked why i wasnt taking it i told him straight out that the extra thirty a month did make a diffrence especiallly when i am supporting two other adults and have to drive to work and pay gas to do so. Holy frig, my boyfriend pays half for my birth control, shoot me. I am not the only person i know, my other friends boyfriend pays for all of it.

I don't see why he shouldn't. I pay for my own movies/diners/dates..if i dont have cash we dont go out..but as far as pregnancy goes..he asked me to go back on it..so i guess its part his responability

and i am not on the "pill"

Maybe i should give a little more info. I was his first..he was mine..we have been together since high school. i work full time..i help out my disabled parents..and yeah 30 bucks is alot of cash for me..we havnt used condoms for a year now..and i have been paying for my birth control..until i couldnt afford it and i had to come off it..for three monthes...it came to the point where i asked him to pay 15 bucks a month for it..or else he would have to buy his own condoms because it was between b control and gas to go to work. I am not cheap, i am barley getting groceries

The poster isn't asking whether she should stop using birth control if her partner refuses to help pay. She's not even asking whether it is her ultimate responsibility to protect HERSELF from an unwanted pregnancy. Clearly it is, clearly she realises that, and as her multiple posts have established, she takes that responsibility seriously. SHE and only she provides it, whether it is in condom or some other form, as things stand.

BUT. She IS asking whether in a long-term, serious relationship, it COULD actually be considered a JOINT responsibility, shared between the TWO people who regularly have sex together, and ONLY with each other

The answer to your question is no, no, no and no!!!! I would never expect a man to pay for birth control pills, patch, shot, etc. It's my body and my responsibility.

If you don't have money for the pills, like others have suggested, go to a free clinic.

I have seen threads on whether or not a man should pay for the babysitter (for a woman's children) so they can go on a date, whether a man should pay for every meal, movie and activity, whether a man should pay just to enjoy my company. Ladies, we live in a time when we can get out and earn a living, where we can own our own home, car, and other things, we can live alone and don't HAVE to be married or live with parents. Personally, I'm so happy to live at a time where I'm considered an equal. But being equal means I must take responsibility, too. Responsibility is realizing that I must take care of myself, my body, my son, my home, etc. Responsibility is realizing that no one owes me anything. If I want to date a man, I date him because I enjoy his company, not his wallet. Threads like this give women a bad name!!

Especially since insurance companies won't cover the cost of most birth control. (but ironically, they'll cover Viagra. Oh, the lovely double standard again!)