How do I accept my boyfriend's children?

15 years ago

I'm currently in a relationship. My relationship has been off and on. When I started dealing with my boyfriend, he didn't know that a former female he dealt with was pregnant. Just recently, he said the baby might be his. She never told him that she was pregnant until the baby was born. He acts really nice to her and everything. Why? She's horrible and probably doesn't know who the father really is if it took her this long to tell him. No paternity , yet. I just found out that he talks to the little boy sometimes. But, why? Why become close if you do not know if it's yours or not? There's has been no paternity test. I feel like I don't want to be with him anymore because of this... even though this was before us. If so, he will now have 2 kids (2 and 3), with two different moms. I hate it so much. I need advice. A lot of people say that I am jealous because these other women had children with him and I didn't. He wants to marry me. I was just recently thinking about having a child with him in a year or so. But, my mind changed quickly because of this situation. I already have a child from a previous relationship (my daughter is 9yrs. old). Should I just dump him? (I truly love him) or should I be with him? But, I don't want to be bothered with the little boy if it is his. I absolutely loved his daughter but want no ties to the other kid AT ALL. Because of the fact, that I know it was a mistake with this other woman. Thanks! NEED HELP

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imamommy
15 years ago
dump him.

If you can't accept his kids (all of them), walk away!

A kid deserves to have both parents in his/her life & you will either resent this child or make your BF choose. If he chooses you, the child loses a dad. Your daughter doesn't need to be subjected to this drama as well. Your relationship has been off and on, so that tells me that your daughter and his daughter are being subjected to all this baby mama drama. It sounds to me like he has enough kids, so why would you want to have another with him? Can he support another baby after he's ordered to pay for the first two? Will he support a baby from you if things don't work out? Whether paternity has been established or not, he acknowledges the possibility that this is his child and you are criticizing him for taking an active role already.

Makes me wonder what you consider 'LOVE'.
silversword
15 years ago
1) My relationship has been off and on.
2)I feel like I don't want to be with him anymore because of this.
3)I was just recently thinking about having a child with him in a year or so. But, my mind changed quickly because of this situation.
4)Should I just dump him? (I truly love him).

I think you answered your own question. Men don't have the luxury of always knowing their own children. This could have been discovered after you were married. Would you still want nothing to do with this little boy?

Honestly, I am sorry for you. It must be hard to be faced with this. But I think you should not be with this man if you feel like that. It's cruel to the child, and it's cruel to him.
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junegemstar
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Yeah......I'm going to have to agree with Ima. There's no magic formula for accepting your bf's children. You just have to be open to it and you have to have the right mind set for this kind of situation.

First of all, if you guys were planning to get married, this happened at a perfect time. Now your BF can see that you aren't ready for "good and bad times", or "death till you part." To want to leave him over this sounds a bit......selfish.
Secondly, you all need to stop with having all these babies out of wedlock. A child deserves both a mother and father, so if you cannot properly committ to your BF (off and on relationship)having a child should be the LAST thing on your mind.

Really, I have more to say over this, but the bottom line is walk away from the situation. Coming in between the parent/child relationship is one of the worst things you can do.
mom2catie
15 years ago
I agree with everyone else. You should walk away. It's o.k. to feel what your feeling, but try thinking of it if the shoe were on the other foot. How would you feel it he felt the same way about your DD? Maybe he does. Just something to think about. This is an innocent child. He didn't ask to be born and he deserves someone who is going to at least like him.
pseudo_mom
15 years ago
"When I started dealing with my boyfriend" .... typo?
dotz_gw
15 years ago
Psuedo, LOL on dealin...Old school big city slang for dating LOLOLOL
mom2emall
15 years ago
There is no easy way to accept his kids. You either accept that he may have TWO children and you stay with him. Or you don't deal with it and you walk away from the relationship.

I know dealing with my husbands one ex is difficult enough...can't imagine their being two exs!

Your in a tough situation. But you can not only accept one child. For whatever reason he has already accepted the second child, and you need to back him on that. If you can not do that then walk away for all of your sanity!
justnotmartha
15 years ago
If you and this guy had a child together, split up, and his new GF felt annoyed by your child together and told him to choose, how would you feel?
sovra
15 years ago
I would say leave him. If you are certain that you cannot accept this child even with proven paternity, you're just setting yourself, the boyfriend, and the child for unhappiness.

And maybe, to make breaking up a little easier to do so, consider: if you had a child with him within a year, that would mean Child #3 to Mother #3, all in less than 5 years. Even with a wedding ring, I'm not sure I'd trust him to stick around.
athlete2010
15 years ago
Hi nurse31,

Your 9 year old daughter needs to be your number one priority now. Your boyfriend seems like he is too immature and irresponsible to offer a stable home environment.

He has been running around with other women, having unprotected sex, and getting them pregnant. It appears that he doesn't respect them or himself very much. So, why would you choose someone like this to marry?

The man you marry should be a good role model for your daughter. You should break it off with this guy and take some time to think about what's best for her.

Athlete

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