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Yes I think you are making much ado about nothing.
In fact, as long as you are being traditionalist, why not make the default "husband"?
Oh but your son is not the husband. Oops.
See how that works?
Wow, bet she didn't see that coming back to bite her.
That does complicate matters and he isn't a major part of anything unless the child has his last name. If the family sees him as a minor player so will the hospital and contact numbers will reflect so. Husband/father carries far more weight than ''sperm donor''.
Son should have married baby momma if he wants to share the stage. If not he becomes yet another baby daddy in the great sea of lost boys.
What are the odds they marry? Slim to none is better than 50/50.
You're probably one of those family members that makes me hate being in health care. If it bothered you so much you could have easily written father next to the support person spot.
Why aren't they married? How is he 'legal' father if they aren't married? Perhaps if they were married that would have said her support person was 'husband'. If they're not married, your son could be the father of the baby, or the mother's friend, or her second cousin twice removed.
Has our society gone so far that the father of a baby is no longer expected to be the mother's husband? How sad for children.
Why aren't they married? How is he 'legal' father if they aren't married? Perhaps if they were married that would have said her support person was 'husband'. If they're not married, your son could be the father of the baby, or the mother's friend, or her second cousin twice removed.
Has our society gone so far that the father of a baby is no longer expected to be the mother's husband? How sad for children.
Maybe I am a little slow, but I am having a hard time understanding why the issue of whether they are married or not keeps coming up. It would have made no difference in this situation. Whether they were married or not, the hospital only recognized the role of support person - not to mention the fact that the mom was just as unmarked as the father. So what?
You're probably one of those family members that makes me hate being in health care. If it bothered you so much you could have easily written father next to the support person spot.
If you want/need to get technical, the room is your daughter's...the baby is in the nursery so since your son is not your daughter's father, putting down 'father' would be inappropriate.
BTW, those boards aren't sacrosanct. I write stuff on them all the time. Add 'father' next to his name if it makes you feel better.
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