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Fiancé insisting on donating sperm against my wishes

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Shitehound · 13/08/2025 22:27

He won’t back down. I have said multiple times that I don’t support this, we already have a lovely child together and for medical reasons I cannot/won’t risk carrying another baby myself. He keeps asking me to put myself as risk by having another child and because I won’t he has decided to donate sperm.

With DNA ancestry testing, anonymity is no longer possible, and our child could end up with half siblings all over the world. The donor children may get in contact with our family in the future, seems like emotional turmoil waiting to happen and a massive shock for our own child. He’s already started the process and is putting his foot down. It’s causing huge arguments. He said he is determined to carry on as it is his life goal to have lots of children and won’t stop this process.

He had an affair which I found out when our baby was a few weeks old which was devastating and is another reason why I refuse to have another child with him as I don’t want to put myself in a vulnerable position again. We have worked hard together to rebuild trust for me to forgive him after the affair betrayal and now this insistence on sperm donation has made me feel depressed and worthless. Like my opinion doesn’t matter in the slightest…

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Diamond7272 · 03/04/2026 19:30

He sounds plain creepy.

Not on normal court exercise I presume.

hepsitemiz · 03/04/2026 19:00

I’m sorry OP, but he sounds like some perverted misogynist from the manosphere. You have my deepest sympathy. I hope you are able to extricate yourself and your baby very soon xxx

Bimblebombles · 31/03/2026 18:40

I would say from what you've shared already that the likelihood is he will cheat again in the future - self obsessed, intent on procreating, already had one affair, puts you at the bottom of the priority list.

Protect yourself from him and part ways.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 31/03/2026 18:07

What was the outcome op @Shitehound - hope you left his arse? xx

MsSmartShoes · 28/08/2025 22:47

Leave him now! Thank your lucky stars you were you warned before you married him. Move on, don’t look back.

MySweetMaggie · 28/08/2025 22:47

What a twat

Doingtheboxerbeat · 28/08/2025 22:43

RubySquid · 28/08/2025 21:38

Didn't think they got paid tbh

I'm sure it was a quick and easy way for students to make a bit of cash back in the day - I don't know if it's still the case though.

RubySquid · 28/08/2025 21:38

sashh · 28/08/2025 10:08

Sperm donation can lead to another person, that person has a right to know where they come from.

Not enough thought was given to that when sperm donation started to be a thing.

And I think most donors see/saw this as easy money, I don't for one minute think it was altruism.

Didn't think they got paid tbh

sashh · 28/08/2025 10:08

RubySquid · 25/08/2025 21:18

This is what went wrong with sperms donation. Must've put off a lot of prospective donors who are merely trying to help others if they then can be tracked down and made demands of

Sperm donation can lead to another person, that person has a right to know where they come from.

Not enough thought was given to that when sperm donation started to be a thing.

And I think most donors see/saw this as easy money, I don't for one minute think it was altruism.

RubySquid · 25/08/2025 21:18

tara66 · 14/08/2025 07:32

Hopefully in 20 years time he has a long queue of young people trying to contact him and demanding lot of attention and, who knows, the odd £1000,000!!

This is what went wrong with sperms donation. Must've put off a lot of prospective donors who are merely trying to help others if they then can be tracked down and made demands of

Letsbe · 16/08/2025 15:45

PennyAnnLane · 13/08/2025 22:33

He can donate sperm, you can’t stop him, but you can walk away and refuse to be with him. I couldn’t be with someone who donated sperm, I think it’s ethically and morally wrong and I wouldn’t like the idea of random children turning up in future.

For some people its there only chance of having a child following unavoidable medical treatment.

Owl55 · 16/08/2025 14:37

Are you sure he hasn’t got someone else pregnant and will pretend it was a sperm donation not an affair??

Laura95167 · 14/08/2025 21:06

Your opinion doesnt matter to him.

Sorry OP, please dont marry him

mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/08/2025 19:12

BatchCookBabe · 14/08/2025 14:47

This in spades. ^ I am furious on your behalf @Shitehound He sounds like an utter arsehole. OMG, your post has angered me so much. 😠You deserve soooooo much better. What an absolute tool wanting to donate sperm 'to make more babies!' He is very unlikely to meet them, unless they try and trace him in 18-20 years. Is he gonna play daddy then is he? 🙄

WTAF have I just read? Please don't stay with this man OP. He does not love and respect you. ❤

Same, I really feel pissed off on behalf of the op x

Shitehound · 14/08/2025 19:02

Thank you so much for all your replies, I have read them all. Really grateful for the support and clarity on what feels like a very weird situation that I’m ashamed to bring up in conversation IRL.

To answer a couple of questions - no we are absolutely not getting married.

I have no idea if this whole donation thing is to cover up a potential child that pops up down the line from an affair. I suspect not, as mentioned by a PP dates wouldn’t work.

All the references to Elon and ‘What in the Elon Musk is going on here?’ Really made me laugh. Thank you for making me smile in this stupidly shitty situation.

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WellIquitelikesprouts · 14/08/2025 17:51

He wants another child and this isn’t an option for you. Looks like there’s nowhere to go sadly.

ForHeartyPeachOtter · 14/08/2025 16:45

Wonder if it’s some sort of weird fetish. I remember reading on Reddit about a woman whose husband kept begging her to have more children. Turned out he was really into some kind of impregnation porn. Bleugh. Maybe the sperm donor thing is a way to get his kicks.

BatchCookBabe · 14/08/2025 14:47

mumofoneAloneandwell · 13/08/2025 22:31

Huh? So hes saying that because you can't have more children, he is going to become an anonymous sperm donor so that his dna will live on in other's families?

He has also had an affair?

Girl, STAND UP. This man does not like or respect you.

Take your baby, divorce this man and do your best to surround him with positive influences moving forwards.

Sorry to be blunt but your marriage to this bellend is over xx

This in spades. ^ I am furious on your behalf @Shitehound He sounds like an utter arsehole. OMG, your post has angered me so much. 😠You deserve soooooo much better. What an absolute tool wanting to donate sperm 'to make more babies!' He is very unlikely to meet them, unless they try and trace him in 18-20 years. Is he gonna play daddy then is he? 🙄

WTAF have I just read? Please don't stay with this man OP. He does not love and respect you. ❤

MyRootinTootinBaby · 14/08/2025 13:55

He sounds terrible. He’s had an affair and obviously sees himself as having superior DNA. It’s not going to end well either way so I’d end it on your own terms.

Swiftie1878 · 14/08/2025 13:22

Time to part ways.

Clemdfandango · 14/08/2025 13:21

What an absolute weirdo.

Leave him and his future sprogs.

Bababear987 · 14/08/2025 13:18

Ahhh this is so creepy!

His reasons matter and whilst I think it can be an incredibly nice thing to do, his reasons seem more selfish and kinky than anything. Also he cheated on you whilst pregnant?

Come on now OP, this is not even a semi decent man and he clearly has 0 respect for you. Step away.

GreyPearlSatin · 14/08/2025 13:16

He wants to have a lot of children, but as a sperm donor he will largely be unknown to them unless they choose to seek him out. Seriously, what's wrong with him?

This combined with the fact that he wants you to put your life on the line for another child, is the height of selfishness.

Saladbar · 14/08/2025 13:10

DandyDenimScroller · 14/08/2025 12:59

I wonder if he's got someone else pregnant and using that as an excuse for when it comes to light?

i was wondering the same because it’s such a bizarre choice for him to make unilaterally and he’s got form for being a cheat.

Saladbar · 14/08/2025 13:09

Both would relationship ending for me. It sounds like he caused you serious trauma when you were postpartum. He is a cunt. Therapy has done wonders for my own ptsd post partum (caused by actual birthing issues not an affair). I cannot imagine the betrayal of both of these and it’s time to put you and baby first. He’s a fucking weirdo honestly! Who sounds like he has a breeding obsession. He’s not doing it for couples who can’t conceive is he, it’s all about HIM.