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Old 07-12-2012, 11:54 AM
 
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Even if the fatherhood is easily disproven due to in vitro records? Or being a step-parent? I don't know, I'm really asking.
Oh yes... if you're the husband, in the eyes of the state, you're the legal father and financially obligated to that child.

I hate posting this... gives some women information they shouldn't have.
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Old 07-12-2012, 11:56 AM
 
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Because, from the sound of it, he's not "some man." She cares deeply for him.
Good point.
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Old 07-12-2012, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Whoville....
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Because, from the sound of it, he's not "some man." She cares deeply for him.
Statistically speaking, she has a pretty good chance of finding another man who isn't just some man. They say we meet 6 or 7 people in our lifetime that we could be happy with for the rest of our lives. If this one doesn't want a baby, maybe the next one will.

Boyfriends and spouses are replacable. If one doesn't work out, find another. It sounds like this one is not working out.
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Old 07-12-2012, 12:18 PM
 
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spouses are replacable.
Not in my world.
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Old 07-12-2012, 12:34 PM
 
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Boyfriends and spouses are replacable. If one doesn't work out, find another. It sounds like this one is not working out.
This is so sad. I can't understand why someone like this would even get married. Seriously, what's the point?
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Old 07-12-2012, 12:43 PM
 
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The real issue is whether or not you can stay with a man who won't work with you on this issue. After all....you may not find another man to have a child with, you may have fertility problems. Decide if you want to stay with this man or not...don't dream up a magical man and non existent baby to compare him to...
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Old 07-12-2012, 12:43 PM
 
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This is so sad. I can't understand why someone like this would even get married. Seriously, what's the point?
Says a lot, doesn't it?
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Old 07-12-2012, 01:08 PM
 
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Statistically speaking, she has a pretty good chance of finding another man who isn't just some man. They say we meet 6 or 7 people in our lifetime that we could be happy with for the rest of our lives. If this one doesn't want a baby, maybe the next one will.

...and spouses are replacable. If one doesn't work out, find another. It sounds like this one is not working out.
And that is why we say 'till death do you part? I worry about you. I really do.
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Old 07-12-2012, 01:22 PM
 
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Boyfriends and spouses are replacable. If one doesn't work out, find another. It sounds like this one is not working out.
Boyfriends,maybe, which is why this subject needs to be hammered out before those boyfriends become husbands. But if anybody is that cavalier about wedding vows, they shouldn't be making them.
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Old 07-12-2012, 03:23 PM
 
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Ok....first off, are you married to this man? If you are, this should have been discussed before you were married. If not, then you have to make the decision as to whether or not you want to stay. I had a few friends that this was a deal breaker. When I married my 2nd husband (now deceased), he had a vasectomy done 16 years before we met, because he knew he did want anymore kids with his first wife. Fast forward to me. He promised he would have it reversed so we could have a baby. I was 31 when we married. He had it done, but it didn't work. Then he dragged his feet when the Doctor told him he could try something else. Fast forward 10 years...the night before my husband was killed, he looked at me and said this, "I never thought I wanted to have another baby, but now I know I want one with you, and I'm ready" We decided on a donor, because that would be better than no baby at all. We would find one that had his features, etc. The next day, he was killed. I say, if a baby is what you want, sit down and have a heart to heart with him.
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