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He got someone else pregnant

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Sange295 · 01/12/2024 21:29

Been with someone on and off for a couple
Of years. Loads of reasons why we never made it official however, last 6 months we've
been great and we're finally fully committed.

In the times we've been 'off' I've been on dates etc. I've always been up front about any time I had so he was fully in the picture. He's accused me of doing other things but I've always been open and honest and it's always when we've not been together.

Anyway, last week he dropped the bombshell that last 'September' he got someone pregnant. He says it was when we weren't together.

I can't seem to get past it until I have proof of dates that we weren't together. He's saying I should leave it and move forward. I think the biggest thing annoying me is I've been accused and if he's been doing it well.... also, we were def sleeping with each other and he was giving me all the spiel of how much he loved me and I'm his world and bla bla. It was me who wouldn't commit due to a million red flags.

Anyway, I've said tonight I want proof. He's got defensive and said he has no proof. I'm now turning into some kind of psycho searching PA for any posts anyone might put.

AIBU for standing my ground on this one or just leave it and move on?

OP posts:
Mugler · 01/12/2024 22:50

Sange295 · 01/12/2024 21:38

Sorry !!! Totally wasn't clear in my OP.

We're still together ... the girl had an abortion and he went to the hospital with her to have it.

When he says move on, he means me forget it happened and move on with our relationship

That would be game over for me, as soon as he said that he’d be gone. There is no moving on from this in my book, find your self respect and your worth, he’s cheated on you.

Eyresandgraces · 01/12/2024 22:49

Of course he can remember.
It’s not just an ordinary day is it going to the abortion clinic.
He doesn’t want you to know when he was having sex with other people.

Pinkpurpletulips · 01/12/2024 22:48

About the only decent thing about him seems to have been that he went with her to have the abortion. If I were her, I wouldn't want him telling other people my business but I suppose if he didn't name her it's not a privacy matter. The only thing I can think of is that he has been having unprotected sex with other people. I'd be getting myself checked out asap and then I'd check out of this relationship. The whole thing sounds like a hot mess.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 01/12/2024 22:48

Nah, he's not that into you.

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Sange295 · 01/12/2024 22:44

Thanks everyone. To answer a couple Qs...

He was drinking heavily and he turned in to paranoid 🌵 so we'd argue loads. He doesn't drink anymore and is a different person when sober so things have been good. I kept going back cus he'd beg me and I'd believe he'd change. He never did until recently. I love him and tried to move on but always got drawn back in. Looking back fucks knows why I bothers tbh.

No idea why he told me now. I presume to get everything out in the open but I'd have preferred to have known back then.

Just to reiterate there is no step child. She had an abortion.

He said he thinks it was September but can't be sure and said he hasn't spoken to her since and doesn't want to have to bring it back up to her.

Also, recently tested and all clear. Thank god.

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MyrtleStrumpet · 01/12/2024 22:44

You are worth more than this man who has messed you around for two years and is not happy that you need to process what he did.

LTB.

2110l · 01/12/2024 22:42

Get rid of him. There's just no more to it.

coxesorangepippin · 01/12/2024 22:40

Move on

Honestly what's the point

Switcher · 01/12/2024 22:39

Been there. Just bin him. Complete waste of time.

GoldenLegend · 01/12/2024 22:39

Dump him. If you stay with him you won't feel able to trust him. He sounds pretty flaky anyway.

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/12/2024 22:38

So you didnt commit because of the red flags, and now you have so what changed?

Genuine question.

As for whether you stay with him or move on, I think you know that answer to that.

This is just a hunch.......no proof, just my thoughts after a lifetime that has turned me into a massive cynic.

Why did he tell you about the pregnancy? You mention that he went with her for the termination. Is he the kind of person who would take something like that and turn it into "proof" that he is a good guy? "Well this woman I was seeing got PG but I didnt just leave her to it, I took her to the hospital and stayed with her and looked after her......" with the implication that he is a hero for doing that. When you reacted badly, he got cross and said "its not important so just move on and forget about it" (so not a hero at all as to him it doesnt matter and he only mentioned it to try and big himself up....epic fail.)

ShinyPebble32 · 01/12/2024 22:38

Whether you were with him at the time or not, why would you want to be in a relationship with a man who has a baby on the way with someone else?

Viviennemary · 01/12/2024 22:38

Your on off relationship sounds very unstable indeed. It's a waste of time IMHO.,

CaptainRedbeardandbigbadbarry · 01/12/2024 22:37

Run for the absolute hills and don’t look back.

Set your bar higher and walk away from this creep.

MinnieDelight · 01/12/2024 22:36

It’s not clear from your post whether you’re frustrated because he led you to believe he hadn’t slept with anyone else while you were apart, or because you think he cheated on you when you were together?

Why did he fess up now? Are those reasons you weren’t together officially now resolved? Or is this at the crux of your concerns?

If it’s hard proof you feel you need in order to move then presumably he can give you the date of the abortion, and how many weeks she was? If you want to go full bunny boiler and you know who it was with you could cross check that with her. But if you really want to stay with him I think you might need to just draw a line under it. Foundations of sand though…..

ManhattanPopcorn · 01/12/2024 22:35

Forget the proof. It makes no difference. This relationship is going nowhere good. Make a clean break.

allthatfalafel · 01/12/2024 22:32

This wouldn't bother me unless it was in the time frame of you calling it official. Why do you suspect it wasn't?

Crushed23 · 01/12/2024 22:32

Plastictrees · 01/12/2024 21:31

Honestly just move on. This man is a spectacular waste of your time. Thank god you don’t have children with him and can have a clean break.

Yeah this.

He sounds like an utter cock.

Bin & move on.

Bloodybrambles · 01/12/2024 22:29

I was seeing DH for about a month before I referred to him as my boyfriend. He tried his hardest to act normal (he was smiling from ear to ear).

That was that, a couple of years later we were married. In that time the only disagreement we had was if Christmas trees need watering.

Just move on. Not worth (the free) text back

Jl2014 · 01/12/2024 22:24

For goodness sake. This sounds like a dead end relationship. Move on

Christmaseason · 01/12/2024 22:21

Why are you wasting your life being with him?

Slooodie359 · 01/12/2024 22:20

you at least deserve to know who what where this OW is, and his commitment to child as it will be part of your life if you stay,
but think u shouldn’t.

one night stand ?

You have need to know his this impacts you. No different really from u being pregnant from someone else.

SwerveCity · 01/12/2024 22:20

Don’t waste any more time on him.

MounjaroUser · 01/12/2024 22:19

Ugh he's like someone off Jeremy Kyle. You can do so much better than him.

5128gap · 01/12/2024 22:18

You have very little chance of a stable future in this relationship. You have an established pattern of seeing each other as someone to pick up and drop as the mood takes you, and as just an option amongst others. You don't value each other in the way you should a life partner. You won't take each other seriously as you have trained each other that break ups are just 'time out' and you'll plod back towards each other when you're ready. Add to this that he is irresponsible and the fact you don't trust him, and you don't need a crystal ball to predict you are heading for a tedious cycle of drama after row, off and on, on and off..until one of you inevitably calls time. Trouble is, you might have kids and a mortgage by then.