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Would you ever forgive an ex who aborted your child?

michaeluk26

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Not only did that but didn't even tell you. I was with this girl for 4 years and the way I found out was because she didn't throw all the paperwork away and I broke up with her from the start.

Well now she's been hitting me up the last few days trying to "make amends"
 
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Not only did that but didn't even tell you. I was with this girl for 4 years and the way I found out was because she didn't throw all the paperwork away and I broke up with her from the start.

Well now she's been hitting me up the last few days trying to "make amends"
What does “make amends” mean in this context?
 
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Kinda seedy snooping through your girlfriend’s personal belongings, surprised she wasn’t more upset about it and wants to take you back. It may not have been yours anyway.
 
Kinda seedy snooping through your girlfriend’s personal belongings, surprised she wasn’t more upset about it and wants to take you back. It may not have been yours anyway.
She was living with me for four years and I most certainly wasn't snooping. Her clean clothes had piled up in a stack to where I couldn't see the tv so I started putting them in a new dresser. The paper with the follow-up appointment was in that stack of clothes. So I googled the place and was horrified to find out what it was. But somehow I'm the asshole? My first thought was that it wasn't mine as well but when I went to see her she swore on her sobriety, a big deal for addicts that not only was it mine, but that she'd never once even thought about cheating on me.
 
And not one I would go to the Paddock for advice either. But that's just me . . .
I've found in my experience total strangers will be more blunt and honest than most friends who will likely tell you what you want to hear.
 
I guess it depends on my prospects with the other girls at the trailer park.
I've never even been to a trailer park, nor have I ever hooked up with a girl from a trailer park. I literally live in lake House and work as a respiratory therapist. I hope none of y'all's wives work at a hospital, cause the women are promiscuous asf.

Actually I take that back, the girl I lost my virginity to at 13 in 8th grade was from a trailer park. But if a girl I fell in love with was from a trailer park I wouldn't care a bit. Nor do I look down on people who live in them. My dad installed in me I was no better than anyone else, nor was anyone else better than me.
 
She started using drugs when I ended things and now she's been sober for four years so it's one of the 12 steps, to make things right with someone you've wronged and tell the truth.
thanks. She is in recovery and is making amends. That is a hard place to be, but is a good sign for her life.

Certainly, forgiveness is a choice and is a condition of the heart, rather than just words. I would hope you could find it in you to forgive.
 
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Maybe the clinic she went to gave her the birth control pills.
Nope. When I confronted her about it she straight up admitted it. She was 22 at the time and I was 36. My anger came from her not telling me she was pregnant and that she didn't include me in the decision. It's literally why I changed my position on abortion 180. I had always thought of the women's rights but never the men's.
 
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thanks. She is in recovery and is making amends. That is a hard place to be, but is a good sign for her life.

Certainly, forgiveness is a choice and is a condition of the heart, rather than just words. I would hope you could find it in you to forgive.
I think that's what I'm gonna do. I need to get the pain and betrayal out of me. It's like poison. If God forgives that surely I should. Thank you for the advice. Truly.
 
I assuming because a) he's posting about it because it clearly bothers him, and b) I don't think it's too high of a bar to set to demand someone be upfront about a pregnancy and at least have the decency to get the father's input.
First, OP broke the 1/2 your age + 7 rule. Secondly, he had unprotected sex with the gal. I would argue anybody who does that had it coming, which is another way of saying "deserve".
 
First, OP broke the 1/2 your age + 7 rule. Secondly, he had unprotected sex with the gal. I would argue anybody who does that had it coming, which is another way of saying "deserve".
What is the 1/2 your age +7 rule? You should never date a girl half your age +7? Generally asking as a question cause I've never heard of it. It's not like a one night stand or a f_(k buddy. We lived together four years. You don't do that to your partner like that. I usually like your posts but it seems we have a vast difference in understanding this. Agree to disagree.
 
I assuming because a) he's posting about it because it clearly bothers him, and b) I don't think it's too high of a bar to set to demand someone be upfront about a pregnancy and at least have the decency to get the father's input.
This exactly. Thank you.
 
What is the 1/2 your age +7 rule? You should never date a girl half your age +7? Generally asking as a question cause I've never heard of it. It's not like a one night stand or a f_(k buddy. We lived together four years. You don't do that to your partner like that. I usually like your posts but it seems we have a vast difference in understanding this. Agree to disagree.

Look man, I don't make the rules here. And yes, the rule of thumb is that you take your age, divide by 2, and add 7. Any gal under that (or even at it, some say) is too young for you. It works pretty well whether you're 20 or 60 (although I'd still question a 37 year old woman dating a 60 year old man). And it's actually more about dating - not hooking up.
 
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Look man, I don't make the rules here. And yes, the rule of thumb is that you take your age, divide by 2, and add 7. Any gal under that (or even at it, some say) is too young for you. It works pretty well whether you're 20 or 60 (although I'd still question a 37 year old woman dating a 60 year old man). And it's actually more about dating - not hooking up.
Okay well thanks for explaining it. Have no problem with your outlook, hell maybe it was proven correct.
 
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