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Ex having new baby

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HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 11:36

My ex and I share a 18 month old little girl. We broke up during pregnancy, he was signed up to dating sites days after our break up which was heartbreaking but he made it clear that he didn't want to be with me.

I was a mess during the pregnancy and first few months of our daughters life because of the relationship breakdown and really struggled to bring her up alone, but i got through it. He is a good father, he sees her regularly and pays maintenence, so no complaints on that front.

I've just been told by a friend of mine who works with my exes partner that they are expecting a baby and she is about to go on maternity leave next month. They must have got together when our daughter was a few months old.

I feel totally gutted. Ex and I were together 14 years, I had 5 miscarriages in a row and my daughter was our miracle baby. After we had our 12 week scan, and realised that it looked like this one was progressing, we talked about having more children after she was born, maybe trying again when she was 1. So to hear that he is having a baby when our daughter is one, but not with me, is utterly heartwrenching.

I feel so bloody angry with him. I'm trying to work out my feelings here. I don't know if I have any right to be angry at him or if my own feelings are clouding my judgement here. I've cried pretty much non stop since finding out a couple of days ago.

I texted him about it and he initially ignored it. I texted again last night and he got really angry, saying it was none of my business however he had done nothing wrong, we've been broken up a long time now and that he's entitled to move on with his life. I get that, he is entitled to move on with his life, but this just feels so wrong seeing that our little one isn't much more than a baby herself and he has a new one on the way already.

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TheTimeTravellerswifeisaFraser · 11/05/2024 12:18

It’s not unreasonable for you to be upset. It’s unreasonable to bring it up with him. It’s not a fixable situation and they may be very happy to be expecting a baby. This is a vent to other people type situation. Not a call you ex and tell him he’s a bastard situation. He’ll just ignore you or worse, start telling people you’re deranged.

Aquamarine1029 · 11/05/2024 12:17

I'm sorry this happened and that you're hurting, but you have to stop messaging him about this. Don't ever do it again because it's harassment, plain and simple, and he is correct that he doesn't owe you any explanation for how he lives his life. As hard as it was for you, he had every right to end your relationship.

Unless it's about your shared child, leave him alone.

Toomanysquishmallows · 11/05/2024 12:15

@HereComesTheYellowTrain , huge empathy , my ex did this within 18 months of us splitting up , our daughter was 3 months old when he met ow ! I met someone else a few years later and we had two more dc . He no longer sees dd1 , but that is his loss .

Caffeineneedednow · 11/05/2024 12:14

HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 12:10

For those who have voted that I am being unreasonable, I'm not sure I understand why. Is it reasonable to bring a new baby with a new woman into the world before your first baby is even 2? That's utterly mind-boggling to me.

I voted YABU because while i understand that this hurts you have broken up so you have no control over each others lives. He has the right to move on including having another child.

I am sorry that this hurts

Picklesjar20 · 11/05/2024 12:14

Although logically i understand there is no crime and you don't know the details of their circumstances. Have no rights to dictate or judge another adults life and choices.

BUT I wouldn't be able to help it, i would be really hurt and how i feel about them would be intense and emotionallly driven. There would be a complete contradiction on how i feel i "should" react and feel and my own honest feelings.

HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 12:12

Riverlee · 11/05/2024 12:10

You don’t know the circumstances of the pregnancy. Maybe it wasn’t planned.

I can understand why you feel upset though.

You're right, I don't know the circumstances, perhaps it was unplanned, they've apparently set up home together though. I just feel like their baby gets this happy family set up which my baby didn't get.

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HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 12:10

For those who have voted that I am being unreasonable, I'm not sure I understand why. Is it reasonable to bring a new baby with a new woman into the world before your first baby is even 2? That's utterly mind-boggling to me.

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Riverlee · 11/05/2024 12:10

You don’t know the circumstances of the pregnancy. Maybe it wasn’t planned.

I can understand why you feel upset though.

HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 12:08

Thank you. To be honest, I don't want to meet someone else, I feel like I'm happy being single, so it's not about that. It's more about the fact rhat we were together for 14 years, the first 11 or 12 of them very happy, then we went through a really rough patch due to my fertility issues and miscarriages. Fighting all the time, lack of intimacy etc. After all that, he's with some women for a few months and recreates everything that we were meant to have with her.

There isn't any point saying it to him though, you're right. He's very black and white thinking, he could've got someone pregnant the day after we broke up and he'd think he hadn't done anything wrong as we had technically broken up.

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Tanyahawkes · 11/05/2024 11:56

I’m sorry this is happening and you are hurting. You have every right to feel hurt by this, I do think it’s not helpful to tell him this though. He will be defensive as he has been, get angry and nothing is going to be achieved to alleviate your pain. I’m saying this because clearly he is not the right person for you, he’s proved this by leaving and then starting a new family. All you can hope for is that he will continue to be a good dad to your child. And that one day you will move past feeling any new or continued hurt from him, one day feel like he did you a favour by leaving and allowing you to one day meet your person, meant for you

HereComesTheYellowTrain · 11/05/2024 11:47

I just feel so replaceable. It's literally our timeline, I would've hopefully been pregnant around this time and having our second baby if all had went to plan. But now he's following the timeline, just with someone else.

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Noed · 11/05/2024 11:43

You have every right to feel how you feel, my ex left me when I was pregnant with DC2 and it was so hard. He now has another family but still sees the DC regularly and provides for them. It feels utterly shit I know but and I know it sounds cliche time really does heal. It will get easier, be kind to yourself, look after yourself and your DD, sending good wishes your way.