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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, you need to have more than a few screws loose to be the AP of a married man and keep the baby. It's absolutely insane and recipe for a life of drama, pain, and crippling heartache (for both the mother, baby, and father). The female AP is basically a massive masochist. [/quote] I know my husband's AP kept the baby in hopes that he will leave me and marry her. I'm sure he encouraged her in this thinking because no sane woman would have a baby otherwise. Well, not only did he not leave me, but we ended up having more children. She is very angry, and now, when she is realizing how much drama there will be for her child in the foreseeable future, she gets angrier every day. It's a terrible situation, as I said. No one wins, everyone is in pain, forever. She says her daughter has been deprived of a father for five years, and I'm like yes....she has been...what did you think it was going to be like?[/quote] Sounds like you're still (understandably) angry too. Not sure I could respect a man who doesn't father his kids enough to remain with him. One day your children will know that their parents knew of their sister but deliberately ignored her. Not sure how I'd feel about my parents doing that. I'm really not judging you because I can't imagine the betrayal. I also realize you guys are trying to deal with life the best way you can. But I'd encourage you to seriously reconsider tossing that child away. You need to look at the bigger picture. I can't imagine much good coming to adults who turn their backs on flesh and blood.[/quote] She isn't tossed away. He sees his daughter (with the AP) at least three times a week. He also takes her to school and picks her up every day (it's on the way). All the kids have dinner together once a week. The reality is, however, that our kids get a lot more parenting time and resources than that. That's just the fact of life. She is angry about that because she somehow envisaged a scenario where kids get "equal time". That's impossible. Time is finite, and more time spent in one place means less time somewhere else. [b]Much of this stems from the fact that she doesn't allow the girl to come to our house (that way she could spend more time with her father and siblings in a way that doesn't take time away from the family).[/b] It is what it is. The AP, however, doesn't seem to understand that she is the reason her daughter is deprived of a full-time father because she decided to have a child with a married man. And that was my original point. Having a child outside of marriage is a terrible, terrible decision. It creates so much pain and drama for everyone involved, and primarily for the innocent parties - the wife and the children, both of marriage and of the AP. There are no winners there. [/quote] I don't understand this bit. Do you all put up with this to keep peace? This seems totally unenforceable. Otherwise, why not go to court and get a custody agreement that gives your husband more autonomy and decision making authority? [/quote]
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