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Nather · 22/11/2019 21:48

I've namechanged as don't want this to be too outing

Son is almost 20 and has been with his girlfriend for almost a year. She's his first girlfriend.

I'm friends with his girlfriends mum and recently she found out she was pregnant. She told me and her mum she was having an abortion (we didn't try to change her mind as it was her choice).

Today son found out and he told me he hates me and that I forced her and he told me I love DD (23) more than him.

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Nather · 24/11/2019 18:24

Yes he was the father. I would've supported him if she kept baby but I didn't want to tell him as his girlfriend would probably not trust me again.

I don't know what to do as he's told us to leave him alone and gone out. He won't even talk to his dad and we arnt together so he didn't know.

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Nather · 24/11/2019 20:00

And I know why he's upset but I don't know what to do

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Redcherries · 24/11/2019 20:10

Have I misunderstood, he’s found out after the abortion? So his child was aborted with your knowledge and he had no say and found out after it had happened?

If I’ve understood correctly I have no idea what you could do either, I guess at the very least give him some space for now.

Nather · 24/11/2019 20:18

Yes he found out after the abortion. I have been giving him space but he won't even talk to his dad and he also didn't know

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AlmostAJillSandwich · 24/11/2019 21:02

He's hurting, give him space.
This is likely to feel similar to him, as a miscarriage does to a woman.
He had absolutely no say at all in the decision of if his child is aborted, or brought into the world. He wasn't even asked his feelings on the subject, he has just simply been told after the fact "Oh, you created a life, and i decided to end it without even letting you know so you could say goodbye to your own child".
To add to that pain, he then finds out his own mother knew about the baby, and the plan to abort it, and didn't have the decency to tell him!

You have knowingly denied your child the chance to know about their own child while they still existed, and process that and come to terms with the idea of termination, and helped deny him the chance to "talk" to the baby and say goodbye and make peace with the decision.

You were absolutely in the wrong to not tell your son, your loyalty should have been to him and his feelings as his mother. How would you have felt honestly in his shoes? If someone had made the decision to abort YOUR child without you even being allowed to share your wants and feelings? It was clearlyfelt he would possibly want this child given he reasoning of being affraid he would try to change her mind.

His gf is quite frankly an awful person. Shes happy enough to commit to a relationship with him, happy to consent to have sex with him, knowing theres no 100% reliable contraception, willingly accepting the possibility of creating a child with him, and then doesn't even have the respect for him to let him know the baby exists or ask his thoughts and feelings and decides to abort (yes its HER decision, rightly, but he had a right to know about the baby BEFORE the abortion) then doesn't even have the decency to keep it a secret, and relieves herself of her own guilt by unburdening herself of the secret and turning his life upside down devastating him? Thats quite evil actually.

Nather · 26/11/2019 17:04

I would probably feel upset but wouldn't be angry. He still won't talk to me and has started ignoring DD.

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Drum2018 · 26/11/2019 17:13

I didn't want to tell him as his girlfriend would probably not trust me again.

But it's ok to lose the trust of your son? There is no way I'd keep something so serious from my son. How will you feel if they break up and her trust no longer matters to you anyway? Your son will still hate you and she'll be long gone. Hmm

PBo83 · 26/11/2019 17:19

I get that it's a difficult situation but he's acting like a 12 year old. Hardly surprising she didn't rush to tell him. I get that he is your son but he is not the person most in need of support right now.

I don't know, having just found out that his girlfriend had conceived, spoken to both mothers and terminated their baby without his knowledge, I think he may be in need of a bit of support.

ohwheniknow · 26/11/2019 17:36

She's "evil" for trying to protect herself from being bullied into making the wrong decision for her body, her health and her life? Sod that.

If I found out someone I loved had an abortion in secret because they didn't feel safe I would support and respect them, then I'd be gutted, worried for their well-being and feeling guilty about my behaviour. I sure as hell wouldn't be getting self righteous about it.

He didn't have a right to know, he didn't have a right to influence her decision, and he doesn't have the right to treat people badly because he's hurting. But he does have the right to whatever feelings he's going through right now.

All you can do is give him time to work through it.

MT2017 · 26/11/2019 17:39

If I was your son I would be absolutely livid with you. And that would most definitely have fractured any relationship and trust.

You should not have kept this from him under any circumstances - how did you think he would react? Shock

Nather · 26/11/2019 17:53

I didn't think she would tell him that she was pregnant but had an abortion. Not sure why she did

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