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Confused; Casual bf wants to have a baby with me

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gaijinetal · 27/01/2021 18:06

I should make it clear; I'm not confused about whether to have a baby with him (nope), I'm confused about why he wants to.

We're both expats as such, I'm from the UK, he's from a West African country but has been living & working here for several years, my neighbour, his friend (from the same county) introduced us.
He was very keen from the start, I was flattered but cautious and got involved partly because I'm a bit lonely tbh (and he's v attractive Blush) but saw it as fairly casual. There are things about him that make me think he's not exactly backward inn coming forward with women .. another reason I've seen it as casual.

He recently said he wanted to have a baby with me, which totally surprised me and made me think wtf. We've only been seeing each other for a couple of months roughly. I said very little, but it's been raised again - in a weird sort of jokey way, with his mate/my neighbour while in the car (he jokily his friend to open the door for me because "she's pregnant you know" and his friend played along saying things like "oh, is she, I'll be careful" or words to that effect).

I was not amused and it was obvious so they didn't carry on, buft wtf could this be about?

I'd previously asked him if he had any kids (he's a good bit older than me, he's been sheepish and vague about his age, I'm guessing he's late 30s, I'm early 20s) and he said no. That a previous gf had had a termination but that was it.

At first I thought it might be something to do with being "older" and not having had any kids yet; because I know from doing a placement in the country bordering his that people tend to have kids relatively young, and it's common to meet guys who have several children by his age. That he's somehow putting himself under pressure to catch up and he's gotten carried away. But I'm really mind boggled. I also wondered about visa issues but he apparently has a visa to work here, in a developed, pretty wealthy country so .... ?

It has put me off continuing the relationship tbh, but I didn't want to end it in a kneed jerk reaction. I felt like I was being manipulated/stage managed in that car and I'm dwelling on it.

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gaijinetal · 28/01/2021 15:08

I suppose that with men from developed countries, your main concern would be being used for sex (presuming you weren't just looking for an yourself) and I suppose with a minority, used for money or similar. There isnt this visa issue.

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gaijinetal · 28/01/2021 15:37

Another thing has occurred to me about him wanting a UK visa in spite of saving residence here; he can speak the language reasonably, but it's really quite difficult to learn the writing system here, so it's difficult to be able to read & write competently (let alone fluently) so if he wanted to better himself above the hospitality/manual jobs he's been doing or run a business, he'd really struggle here. He wouldn't have that problem in an English speaking country.

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GreenlandTheMovie · 28/01/2021 15:44

Then there's the predatory, exploitative, treating me like I'm a dumb ass, apparent bid for a UK visa. And potentially involving an innocent child. Fuck him.

Theres nothing more off putting than a predatory man on the make.

Be wary of him having some kind of tantrum when he realises his golden ticket is escaping!

gaijinetal · 28/01/2021 17:39

@GreenlandTheMovie

Then there's the predatory, exploitative, treating me like I'm a dumb ass, apparent bid for a UK visa. And potentially involving an innocent child. Fuck him.

Theres nothing more off putting than a predatory man on the make.

Be wary of him having some kind of tantrum when he realises his golden ticket is escaping!

He's not really the tantrummy type. If it wasn't for this bit of bizarreness, i'd say he's mostly a laid-back, calm guy who's easy company; that's partly why I got involved with them.

Besides I'd imagine he's keen to avoid me trying to trace his wife and informing her of his activities.

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bushhbb · 28/01/2021 18:07

Willing to bet he's Nigerian. My mum is and she has dozens of stories like this.

The man has a wife back home and one in Europe

gaijinetal · 28/01/2021 19:27

@bushhbb

Willing to bet he's Nigerian. My mum is and she has dozens of stories like this.

The man has a wife back home and one in Europe

I have a Nigerian work colleague who told me that multiple (concurrent) wives to one man was very common in her grandparents generation, less common but still happens quite a lot in her parents generation, and a bit now .. so I'm guessing they may see multiple wives/partners as nothing really bad or as normal. But they obviously know they can't be transparent about it with most westernised women.
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helpmum2003 · 28/01/2021 20:04

OP it would be worth getting an HIV test if you've had any unprotected sex.

gaijinetal · 28/01/2021 20:45

Always use condoms (unless it's a long-term partner and we've both had screening) however the possibility that he tampered with condoms occurred to me. I don't know if he'd stoop that low. I think they were opened in front of me.

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DazedWifelet · 29/01/2021 12:52

OP, I see 🚩🚩🚩 everywhere. 2 months & he wants a baby? End it ASAP!

helpmum2003 · 30/01/2021 17:39

I would get an HIV test 8 weeks after your last sex with him just in case as he sounds so dodgy...

YoniAndGuy · 30/01/2021 19:20

It's for right to remain.

Right to family life - he can use having a child in the country to apply for the right to remain.

Yep I'd drop this one like a sack of hot shit.

YoniAndGuy · 30/01/2021 19:21

Get an STD test. Yep he could well have tampered with condoms unfortunately.

katy1213 · 30/01/2021 19:35

I wouldn't worry about the whys - I'd just back off from this as I wouldn't want him even as a friend. He knows you're lonely and has you down as a soft touch. Charm turned on full blast until he gets whatever he's after - which is undoubtedly visa/passport related.,

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