that i would be home soon. and take it back to my father, obviously took it out of the envelope. bless him, hejust thought it was true. thought you were away? yeah. this was in 1967, i was 16. - i met my boyfriend, - and then i became pregnant. gill had been in a steady relationship, but everyone from her parents to her doctor made it clear she had done wrong. it was the most shameful thing that could happen. i it was described as a fate worse than death, - to be unmarried and pregnant.