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Horror at sons "special" christmas present?

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Becc91 · 27/12/2025 17:57

So my DS (20) came home for christmas from bristol uni with a "special" christmas present. Had me open it in front of everyone... only to find a positive pregnancy test 😱!
Turns out his new GF of 6 months, who he met online (discard?) , is an international student from Korea, studying "innovation" 🙄. I want so badly to be happy for him, but just feel he's far too young to be having a child with someone who'll be leaving the country come september.

I've always wanted to be a grandma, but not at 38!!
This, plus the fact she's 26 and we haven't even met makes me SO worried for my DS... but I'm fuming that he thought it was appropriate to give this as a present and make me open it in front of everyone.

DS now isn't speaking to me after I told him in no uncertain terms that the three of them couldn't move in when their degrees are finished- which he had the nerve to suggest over Christmas Dinner?! AIBU?

OP posts:
FlyingCatGirl · 07/01/2026 12:43

Imdunfer · 07/01/2026 08:41

A mother with a suckling baby cannot be left living on the streets.

The baby changes everything!

It won't, because the baby won't be on the streets, it'll be going to Korea with mum. The government won't be emotionally blackmailed when mum and baby can travel back to Korea safely. The government care about how difficult it makes life for the couple, that's for the couple to thrash out how they both keep in the babies life. They are more bothered about not pandering to anchor pregnancies.

SALaw · 07/01/2026 13:16

FlyingCatGirl · 07/01/2026 12:31

Yes and I don't get why you don't think she has the right to do that or why your are assuming her parents were 38 when she had a kid.

I didn’t say anything about her parents? Is your reading comprehension up to scratch?

FlyingCatGirl · 07/01/2026 13:19

SALaw · 07/01/2026 13:16

I didn’t say anything about her parents? Is your reading comprehension up to scratch?

Yes, you said she had no right complain about being a grandma at 38 because you felt she was a hypocrite.

SALaw · 07/01/2026 14:53

FlyingCatGirl · 07/01/2026 13:19

Yes, you said she had no right complain about being a grandma at 38 because you felt she was a hypocrite.

I didn’t use the word hypocrite and I still don’t know where you get that I made any reference to the OP’s parents? I don’t think you understand the posts you’re replying to.

ByWisePanda · 07/01/2026 15:19

FlyingCatGirl · 07/01/2026 12:36

I don't foresee her parents being all happy clappy that their student daughter has messed up her studies to get pregnant to a British student she's been dating for 6 months and will have a mixed race baby with! Funding is irrelevant when.she has no legal right to remain here and could get kicked out the minute she fails to keep up with her studies.

It's not long now until she finishes. She'll most probably have the baby before September. They won't deport her right away.

Honestly, this country is becoming more and more miserable to live in. I don't know why anyone would want to live here. I was watching a documentary about the Windrush and a man said from that generation "English people does not like foreigner's." Looking back on the last ten years and beyond he wasn't wrong. You have to be blind not to see it.

ThatCleverBird · 07/01/2026 16:01

I know you don't like it but sounds like she has no intention of ending the pregnancy so you should be supportive as it's in the best interests of everyone involved especially the child who would benefit from a two parent family and support from your household

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